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Gene Tierney

Nov 19, 1920 - Nov 06, 1991 (70 years old) in 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 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

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The F.B.I.
Faye Simpson
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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
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Black Widow
Iris Denver
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Razor's Edge
Isabel Bradley
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Dragonwyck
Miranda Wells

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