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Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Gene Eliza Tierney
1920 -1991 (emphysema)
American born Brooklyn

Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . With prominent cheekbones and the most appealing overbite of her day, her striking good looks helped propel her to stardom. Her best known role is the enigmatic murder victim in Laura (1944). She was also Oscar-nominated for Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Her acting performances were few in the 1950s as she battled a troubled emotional life that included hospitalization and shock treatment for depression. Spouse W. Howard Lee (11 July 1960 - 17 February 1981) (his death), Oleg Cassini (1 June 1941 - 28 February 1952) (divorced) 2 children.

"Scruples" (1980) , Daughter of the Mind (1969) , "The F.B.I." (1969) , The Pleasure Seekers (1964) , Toys in the Attic (1963) , Cuatro noches de la luna llena, Las (1963) , Advise & Consent (1962) , "General Electric Theater" (1960) , The Left Hand of God (1955) , Black Widow (1954) , The Egyptian (1954) , Personal Affair (1953) , Never Let Me Go (1953) , Plymouth Adventure (1952) , Way of a Gaucho (1952) , The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) , On the Riviera (1951) , The Mating Season (1951) , Close to My Heart (1951) , Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) , Night and the City (1950) , Whirlpool (1949) , That Wonderful Urge (1948) , The Iron Curtain (1948), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) , The Razor's Edge (1946) , Dragonwyck (1946) , Leave Her to Heaven (1945) , A Bell for Adano (1945) , Laura (1944) , Heaven Can Wait (1943) , China Girl (1942) , Thunder Birds (1942) , Rings on Her Fingers (1942) , Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) , The Shanghai Gesture (1941) , Sundown (1941) , Belle Starr (1941) , Tobacco Road (1941) , Hudson's Bay (1941) , The Return of Frank James (1940)