Gene Tierney
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Gene Eliza Tierney November 19, 1920 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 6, 1991 (aged 70) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Emphysema |
| Resting place | Glenwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | St. Margaret's School (Waterbury, Connecticut) Unquowa School (Fairfield, Connecticut) Brillantmont International School Miss Porter's School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–1980 |
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| Children | Daria Cassini (1943-2010) Christina Cassini (1948-2015) |
| Website | www |
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).
Tierney was born on November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle Lavinia Taylor. The family owned a brownstone at 900 St. Mark's Avenue, which was at the time a very fashionable street in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. She was named after a beloved uncle, who died young. She had an elder brother, Howard Sherwood “Butch” Tierney, Jr., and a younger sister, Patricia “Pat” Tierney. Their father was a successful insurance broker of Irish descent, their mother a former physical education instructor.
Tierney attended St. Margaret's School in Waterbury, Connecticut, and the Unquowa School in Fairfield. She published her first poem, entitled "Night", in the school magazine and wrote poetry occasionally throughout her life. Tierney played Jo in a student production of Little Women, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
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