Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her 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). Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, to well-to-do parents, Belle Lavinia (Taylor) and Howard Sherwood Tierney. Her father was a successful insurance broker and her mother was a former teacher. Her childhood was lavish indeed. She also lived, at times, with her equally successful grandparents in Connecticut.
Gene Eliza Tierney (1920 1991) was an American film and stage actress
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920-November 6, 1991), an A-list actress from the 1940s, often seemed to be walking on a tightrope that divided the expectations of her parents and the public from her own dreams and desires. By her own admission, she lived a sheltered life, and it is possible that this wall of seclusion was her downfall. Tierney, Gene (1920-1991)American actress who received an Oscar nomination for her performance in Leave Her to Heaven. Name variations: Gene Lee. Born Gene Eliza Tierney on November 20 (one respected source cites the 19th), 1920, in Brooklyn, New York; died of emphysema in Houston, Texas, on November 6, 1991; one of three children (two girls and a boy) of Howard Tierney (an insurance broker. Gene Eliza Tierney was born on Nov. 19, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY. The second of three children of insurance broker Howard Sherwood Tierney and the former Belle Lavina Taylor, Tierney was named after. Gene Eliza Tierney was born on Nov. 19, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY. The second of three children of insurance broker Howard Sherwood Tierney and the former Belle Lavina Taylor, Tierney was named after a maternal uncle who had died from diabetes at age 17. When Tierney was five, the family traded Brooklyn for a modest country home in Green's Farms.
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Tierney, Gene Eliza (b. 19 November 1920 in Brooklyn, New York; d. 6 November 1991 in Houston, Texas), popular film actress of the 1940s noted for her roles in Laura and Leave Her to Heaven. Tierney was one of three children of Howard Sherwood Tierney, a successful insurance broker, and Belle Lavina Taylor, a homemaker. The family moved during. Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She starred in several movies including "The Shanghai Gesture" (1941) Heaven Can Wait, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Razor's Edge, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Whirlpool, The Mating Season and The Left Hand of God. Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actress in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Other notable roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait. Gene Eliza Tierney was a yesteryear American film and stage actress. Her beauty and elegance complimented her brilliant and enthralling performances, and she became one of the leading ladies of her time. With her blue-green eyes, brown hair, and prominent cheekbones, she mesmerised audiences for years..
Remembering Gene Tierney Old Hollywood Glamour, Vintage Hollywood
About Gene Eliza Tierney One of Hollywood's great beauties of her day, Gene Tierney remains best remembered for her performance in the title role of the 1944 mystery classic Laura and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actress in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Gene Tierney Facts. 1. Debutante's Debut. Gene Eliza Tierney was a New York girl in name, though not exactly in practice. Born on November 19, 1920, in Brooklyn, Tierney's father was a wealthy insurance broker and her mother was a gym teacher. The Tierney family ended up settling in Westport, Connecticut, which, let's just say, was more.
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a. Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, to well-to-do parents, Belle Lavinia (Taylor) and Howard Sherwood Tierney. Her father was a successful insurance broker and her mother was a former teacher. Her childhood was lavish indeed. She also lived, at times, with her equally successful grandparents in Connecticut.
Actress. Brooklyn born Gene Eliza Tierney would survive several major
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 — November 6, 1991) was an American actress and major contract star for 20th Century Fox in the 1940s and early '50s. Considered one of the all-time great screen beauties of The Golden Age of Hollywood, Tierney is best remembered as the title character in 1944's Laura (in which she was quite believably cast as a woman so beautiful the detective. 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. She had an elder brother, Howard Sherwood "Butch" Tierney Jr., and a younger sister, Patricia "Pat" Tierney. Their father was a successful insurance.
