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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-11-19

Day of Death

1991-11-06 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Gene Eliza Tierney

The Get Girl

ジーン・ティアニー

جین تیرنی

Gene Tierney

Biography

Gene Eliza Tierney 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 for Best Actress 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

Acting

Laura

1944

Laura

as

Laura Hunt

The Egyptian

1954

The Egyptian

as

Baketamon

Dragonwyck

1946

Dragonwyck

as

Miranda Wells

The Iron Curtain

1948

The Iron Curtain

as

Anna Gouzenko

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

as

Marcia Stoddard

Whirlpool

1950

Whirlpool

as

Ann Sutton

Daughter of the Mind

1969

Daughter of the Mind

as

Lenore Constable

On the Riviera

1951

On the Riviera

as

Lili Duran

The Shanghai Gesture

1941

The Shanghai Gesture

as

Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

The Return of Frank James

1940

The Return of Frank James

as

Eleanor Stone

Black Widow

1954

Black Widow

as

Iris Denver

The Left Hand of God

1955

The Left Hand of God

as

Anne 'Scotty' Scott

Never Let Me Go

1953

Never Let Me Go

as

Marya Lamarkina

Advise & Consent

1962

Advise & Consent

as

Dolly Harrison

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as

Morgan Taylor

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

Leave Her to Heaven

as

Ellen Berent Harland

Tobacco Road

1941

Tobacco Road

as

Ellie May Lester

Heaven Can Wait

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as

Martha Strabel Van Cleve

Night and the City

1950

Night and the City

as

Mary Bristol

China Girl

1942

China Girl

as

Haoli Young

Belle Starr

1941

Belle Starr

as

Belle Starr

Plymouth Adventure

1952

Plymouth Adventure

as

Dorothy Bradford

The Razor's Edge

1946

The Razor's Edge

as

Isabel Bradley

Sundown

1941

Sundown

as

Graham 'Zia' Fletcher

The Pleasure Seekers

1964

The Pleasure Seekers

as

Jane Barton

Rings on Her Fingers

1942

Rings on Her Fingers

as

Susan Miller / Linda Worthington

Thunder Birds

1942

Thunder Birds

as

Kay Saunders

Personal Affair

1953

Personal Affair

as

Kay Barlow

Hudson's Bay

1940

Hudson's Bay

as

Barbara Hall

The Mating Season

1951

The Mating Season

as

Maggie Carleton

Toys in the Attic

1963

Toys in the Attic

as

Albertine Prine

That Wonderful Urge

1948

That Wonderful Urge

as

Sara Farley

A Bell for Adano

1945

A Bell for Adano

as

Tina Tomasino

Close to My Heart

1951

Close to My Heart

as

Midge Sheridan

Way of a Gaucho

1952

Way of a Gaucho

as

Teresa Chavez

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

1999

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

as

Self (archive footage)

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

2017

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

as

Self (archive footage)

The Costume Designer

1950

The Costume Designer

as

Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as

Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020

Beautiful Like a Poem

as

Self (archive footage)

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as

Faye Simpson

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as

Ellen Galloway

Scruples

Scruples

as

Harriet Toppingham

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Mystery Guest

Biography

Biography

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing