Gene Tierney

from the trailer for
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Birth name Gene Eliza Tierney
Born November 19, 1920
Brooklyn, United States
Died November 6, 1991, aged 70
Houston, Texas, United States
Years active 1940 - 1980
Notable roles Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait,
Laura Hunt in Laura
Ellen Brent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven
Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge
Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season
Gene Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American actress.

Acclaimed as one of the most beautiful women of the 20th century, she is probably 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 films include Rings on Her Fingers (1942), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Dragonwyck (1946), The Razor's Edge (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), That Wonderful Urge (1948), Whirlpool (1949), Night and the City (1950), The Mating Season (1951), Close to my Heart (1951), On the Riviera (1951) Personal Affair (1953) and The Left Hand of God (1
Early years
She was born Gene Eliza Tierney in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle Lavina Taylor. She had an older brother, Howard Sherwood "Butch" Tierney, Jr., and a younger sister, Patricia "Pat" Tierney. Her father was a prosperous insurance broker of Irish decent, her mother a former gym teacher.

Gene attended St. Margaret School, Waterbu