Person
Gene Tierney
Acting · 1920–1991 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
The Oscars
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The F.B.I.
Faye Simpson
Biography
Self
Laura
Laura Hunt
Dragonwyck
Miranda Wells
Thunder Birds
Kay Saunders
Night and the City
Mary Bristol
China Girl
Haoli Young
Filmography
- 2020Beautiful Like a PoemSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Gene Tierney: A Forgotten StarSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Marilyn, dernières séancesarchive footage
- 1999Gene Tierney: A Shattered PortraitSelf (archive footage)
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerLaura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1987BiographySelf
- 1980ScruplesHarriet Toppingham
- 1969Daughter of the MindLenore Constable
- 1965The F.B.I.Faye Simpson
- 1964The Pleasure SeekersJane Barton
- 1963Toys in the AtticAlbertine Prine
- 1963Four Nights of the Full Moon
- 1962Advise & ConsentDolly Harrison
- 1955The Left Hand of GodAnne 'Scotty' Scott
- 1954Black WidowIris Denver
- 1954The EgyptianBaketamon
- 1953Personal AffairKay Barlow
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953Never Let Me GoMarya Lamarkina
- 1953General Electric TheaterEllen Galloway
- 1952Plymouth AdventureDorothy Bradford
- 1952Way of a GauchoTeresa Chavez
- 1951Close to My HeartMidge Sheridan
- 1951The Secret of Convict LakeMarcia Stoddard
- 1951On the RivieraLili Duran
- 1951The Mating SeasonMaggie Carleton
- 1950The Costume DesignerSelf (archive footage)
- 1950Where the Sidewalk EndsMorgan Taylor
- 1950Night and the CityMary Bristol
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1950WhirlpoolAnn Sutton
- 1948That Wonderful UrgeSara Farley
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1948The Iron CurtainAnna Gouzenko
- 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirLucy Muir
- 1946The Razor's EdgeIsabel Bradley
- 1946DragonwyckMiranda Wells
- 1945Leave Her to HeavenEllen Berent Harland
- 1945A Bell for AdanoTina Tomasino
- 1944LauraLaura Hunt
- 1943Heaven Can WaitMartha Strabel Van Cleve
- 1942China GirlHaoli Young
- 1942Thunder BirdsKay Saunders
- 1942Rings on Her FingersSusan Miller / Linda Worthington
- 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeEve
- 1941The Shanghai GestureVictoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
- 1941SundownGraham 'Zia' Fletcher
- 1941Belle StarrBelle Starr
- 1941Tobacco RoadEllie May Lester
- 1940Hudson's BayBarbara Hall
- 1940The Return of Frank JamesEleanor Stone
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