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Gene Tierney Biography (1920-1991)

Born November 20, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY; died of emphysema, November 6, 1991,in Houston, TX; daughter of Howard S. (an insurance broker) and Belle (Taylor) Tierney; married Oleg Cassini (a fashion designer), 1941 (divorced, 1952);married W. Howard Lee (an oil man), 1960 (died, 1981); children: (first marriage) Daria, Christina.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

actress

Birth Details

November 20, 1920

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Death Details

October 30, 1991

Houston, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Appearances
• Eleanor Stone, The Return of Frank James, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940.
• Barbara Hall, Hudson's Bay, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940.
• Belle Starr, Belle Starr, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941.
• Poppy Charteris, The Shanghai Gesture, United Artists (UA), 1941.
• Zia, Sundown, UA, 1941.
• Ellie May Lester, Tobacco Road, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941.
• Miss Young, China Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Lucy, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Susan Miller, Rings on Her Fingers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Eve, Son of Fury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Kay Saunders, Thunder Birds, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Martha, Heaven Can Wait, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943.
• Laura Hunt, Laura, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944.
• Tina, A Bell for Adano, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945.
• Miranda Wells, Dragonwyck, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
• Ellen Berent, Leave Her to Heaven, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
• Isabel Bradley, The Razor's Edge, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
• Anna Gouzenko, The Iron Curtain, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948.
• Sara Farley, That Wonderful Urge, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948.
• Ann Sutton, Whirlpool, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949.
• Mary Bristol, Night and the City, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950.
• Morgan Taylor, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950.
• Midge Sheridan, Close to My Heart, Warner Bros., 1951.
• Maggie Carleton, The Mating Season, Paramount, 1951.
• Lilli, On the Riviera, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
• Marcia Stoddard, The Secret of Convict Lake, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
• Dorothy Bradford, Plymouth Adventure, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1952.
• Teresa, Way of a Gaucho, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Marya Lamarkina, Never Let Me Go, MGM, 1953.
• Iris, Black Widow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
• Baketamon, The Egyptian, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
• Kay Barlow, Personal Affair, UA, 1954.
• Ann Scott, The Left Hand of God, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.
• Dolly Harrison, Advise and Consent, Columbia, 1962.
• Albertine Prine, Toys in the Attic, UA, 1963.
• Jane Barton, The Pleasure Seekers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Movies
• Lendore Constable, Daughter of the Mind, ABC, 1969.
• Harriet Toppingham, Scruples, CBS, 1980.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• G. E. Theater, CBS, 1960.
• The F.B.I., ABC, 1969.
• Credits; Stage Appearances
• Also appeared in play Ring Two, 1939.
• Credits; Writings
• Self-Portrait, Wyden Books, 1979.

Further Reference

Periodicals

• American Film, July-August, 1986, p. 69.
• New York Times, November 8, 1991, p. D19.
• People, November 25, 1991, p. 124.
• Time, November 18, 1991, p. 17.
• Variety, November 11, 1991, p. 68.