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The True and Tragic Life Story ofHollywood Beauty Gene Tierney
You can’t help but be moved by the tragic life of actress Gene Tierney. Though endowed with astonishing beauty and talent that won her early fame, a series of misfortunes would eventually bring her to the brink of suicide.
The daughter of a successful insurance broker, Gene had a privileged upbringing. By the time she reached her late teens, she was already a head-turner pursuing an acting career. Starting on Broadway, she was soon spotted by Hollywood mogul Darryl Zanuck, who put her under contract to Twentieth Century Fox.
At twenty, she had her first featured role, in Fritz Lang’s “The Return Of Frank James” (1940). She seemed to jump right off the screen. By 1943, she was co-starring opposite Don Ameche in Ernst Lubitsch’s “Heaven Can Wait.”
The following year brought the role with which she’d become most identified: Otto Preminger’s “Laura,” still one of the greatest mysteries ever filmed, had Gene playing a gorgeous young career
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Gene Tierney
American actress (1920–1991)
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991)[1] was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady.[2][3] She 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).[4][5]
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), Mary Bristol in Night and the City (1950), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1951), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).
Early life
Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November 19, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle Lavinia Taylor. She was named after a beloved uncle, who died young.[4 Gene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began ... Read allGene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began to write poetry at an early age. On a trip to Los Angeles she was taken on a tour through ... Read allGene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began to write poetry at an early age. On a trip to Los Angeles she was taken on a tour through the Warner Studios. When Anatole Litvak spotted her, he said to her mother : she ought to ... Read all See production info at IMDbPro•
Gene Tierney, une star oubliée
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