Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
GENE TIERNEY d1991. American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as a great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. 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). 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). She died in Texas aged 70 on November 6th 1991