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 in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Other notable 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).
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Gene Tierney was a prominent American actress of the classic Hollywood era celebrated for her striking screen presence and dramatic range.
She is best known for her acclaimed title role in the film noir Laura and her Academy Award-nominated performance in Leave Her to Heaven.
She was primarily under contract with 20th Century Fox, starring in numerous major studio productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
