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Gene Tierney
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 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
Night and the City
as Mary Bristol
Laura
as Laura Hunt
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Heaven Can Wait
as Martha Strabel Van Cleve
The Return of Frank James
as Eleanor Stone
Black Widow
as Iris Denver
Leave Her to Heaven
as Ellen Berent Harland
The Egyptian
as Baketamon
Dragonwyck
as Miranda Wells
The Razor's Edge
as Isabel Bradley
