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

Laura

as Laura Hunt

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Lucy Muir

Night and the City

as Mary Bristol

Leave Her to Heaven

as Ellen Berent Harland

Heaven Can Wait

as Martha Strabel Van Cleve

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Morgan Taylor

The Return of Frank James

as Eleanor Stone

Advise & Consent

as Dolly Harrison

Dragonwyck

as Miranda Wells

The Egyptian

as Baketamon