Gene Tierney

Name:
Gene Tierney
Age:
70
Date of Birth:
Nov 19, 1920
Occupation:
Actress
Spouse:
Oleg Cassini (m. 1941; Div. 1952), W. Howard Lee (m. 1960; D. 1981)
Children:
2
Years active:
1938-1980
Education:
St. Margaret's School (Waterbury, Connecticut),Unquowa School (Fairfield, Connecticut),Brillantmont International School,Miss Porter's School
Died:
Nov 6, 1991 (Emphysema)
Resting place:
Glenwood Cemetery

Gene Tierney - Biography Summary


Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as a great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. Tierney was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).

Tierney's other 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).



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