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Gene Tierney

American actress (1920–1991)

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Gene Tierney was an American actress who had a prominent career in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, living from 1920 to 1991. She is remembered as a significant figure in classic cinema, though specific details about her most notable roles and achievements would require additional context to fully explain her historical importance.

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Born: 1920-11-19
Died: 1991-11-06
Works: 3

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Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

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Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)2020
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star — Self (archive footage)2017
Marilyn, dernières séances — archive footage2008
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait — Self (archive footage)1999
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)1991
Biography — Self

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Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American stage and film actress. Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She starred as Laura Hunt in Otto Preminger's Laura (1944), a film noir classic, and as Ellen Berent in John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Darryl F. Zanuck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, said Tierney was "unquestionably, the most beautiful woman in movie history."

Tierney was a 20th Century Fox contract player who did much of her work for the studio. She starred in many commercially successful Fox films, including The Return of Frank James (1940; her film debut), Tobacco Road (1941), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), Heaven Can Wait (1943), A Bell for Adano (1945), The Razor's Edge (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Iron Curtain (1948), Whirlpool and Night and the City (both 1950), The Mating Season (1951), On the Riviera (1951), The Egyptian (1954), The Left Hand of God (1955), and The Pleasure Seekers (1964; her last film role). After her Hollywood career began to decline, Tierney made sporadic appearances on many television shows. Her role in the miniseries Scruples (1980), marked her last work credit.