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Gene Tierney

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Gene Tierney

Born November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied November 6, 199138 films

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).  Other notable roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943), Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge (1946), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1949), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1951), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).

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Laura posterFirst watchLaura19447.6as Laura HuntA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir poster7.5The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947Night and the City poster7.5Night and the City1950Leave Her to Heaven poster7.5Leave Her to Heaven1945Where the Sidewalk Ends poster7.2Where the Sidewalk Ends1950Heaven Can Wait poster6.9Heaven Can Wait1943Advise & Consent poster7.2Advise & Consent1962Dragonwyck poster6.6Dragonwyck1946The Return of Frank James poster6.4The Return of Frank James1940

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. 1969Daughter of the MindLenore Constable
  2. 1964The Pleasure SeekersJane Barton
  3. 1963Toys in the AtticAlbertine Prine
  4. 1963Four Nights of the Full Moon
  5. 1962Advise & ConsentDolly Harrison
  6. 1955The Left Hand of GodAnne 'Scotty' Scott
  7. 1954Black WidowIris Denver
  8. 1954The EgyptianBaketamon
  9. 1953Personal AffairKay Barlow
  10. 1953Never Let Me GoMarya Lamarkina
  11. 1952Plymouth AdventureDorothy Bradford
  12. 1952Way of a GauchoTeresa Chavez
  13. 1951Close to My HeartMidge Sheridan
  14. 1951The Secret of Convict LakeMarcia Stoddard
  15. 1951On the RivieraLili Duran
  16. 1951The Mating SeasonMaggie Carleton
  17. 1950Where the Sidewalk EndsMorgan Taylor
  18. 1950Night and the CityMary Bristol
  19. 1950WhirlpoolAnn Sutton
  20. 1948That Wonderful UrgeSara Farley
  21. 1948The Iron CurtainAnna Gouzenko
  22. 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirLucy Muir
  23. 1946The Razor's EdgeIsabel Bradley
  24. 1946DragonwyckMiranda Wells
  25. 1945Leave Her to HeavenEllen Berent Harland
  26. 1945A Bell for AdanoTina Tomasino
  27. 1944LauraLaura Hunt
  28. 1943Heaven Can WaitMartha Strabel Van Cleve
  29. 1942China GirlHaoli Young
  30. 1942Thunder BirdsKay Saunders
  31. 1942Rings on Her FingersSusan Miller / Linda Worthington
  32. 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeEve
  33. 1941The Shanghai GestureVictoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
  34. 1941SundownGraham 'Zia' Fletcher
  35. 1941Belle StarrBelle Starr
  36. 1941Tobacco RoadEllie May Lester
  37. 1940Hudson's BayBarbara Hall
  38. 1940The Return of Frank JamesEleanor Stone