Gene Tierney

Actor, Film actor

1920 – 1991

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Who was Gene Tierney?

Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, Tierney played the title character in the film Laura, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven.

Other notable roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait, Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge, Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Ann Sutton in Whirlpool, Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God.

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Born
Nov 19, 1920
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • Gene Eliza Tierney
  • Gene Eliza Taylor Tierney
  • The Get Girl
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • St. Margaret’s School, Waterbury
  • The Unquowa School, Bridgeport
  • Brillantmont Finishing School, Lausanne
  • Miss Porter's School
    (1938 - )
Lived in
  • Brooklyn
Died
Nov 6, 1991
Houston, Texas
Resting place
Glenwood Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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