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Gene Tierney

Born 1920-11-19

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

Laura 1944 · 7.9 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · 7.8 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 · 7.6 Night and the City 1950 · 7.8 Heaven Can Wait 1943 · 7.3 Advise & Consent 1962 · 7.7 The Razor's Edge 1946 · 7.3 The Egyptian 1954 · 6.5 The Return of Frank James 1940 · 6.6 The Left Hand of God 1955 · 6.4 The Mating Season 1951 · 7.4 The Iron Curtain 1948 · 6.3 Belle Starr 1941 · 5.7 Way of a Gaucho 1952 · 6.4