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Better known for her extraordinary beauty than her acting talent, Tierney was the offspring of affluent parents. Her father was a very successful insurance broker and her doting and equally successful grandparents ensured little Gene went to the finest schools on the East Coast. She was then sent to Europe for two years of polishing, in Switzerland’s finishing schools.

Set on a career in the theatre, Tierney’s father established a company dedicated to his daughter’s thespian aspirations; by 1939 she was performing walk-on parts on Broadway. Friends with the stars of the day, she enchanted Darryl Zanuck and he signed her to 20th Century Fox. Appalled by the squeakiness of her voice in her first film 'The Return of Frank James', Tierney starts to smoke heavily to lower her voice; the unorthodox method worked but her addiction to cigarettes later caused the emphysema that killed her.

In 1941 Tierney made four films and attempted to marry actor Robert Sterling, but her parents disapproved and they split up. When she met designer Oleg Cassini, her parents again disapproved, so Tierney eloped to Las Vegas, using earrings as wedding rings. Two years later Tierney contracted German measles while pregnant, and her baby, Daria, was born deaf, dumb and mentally retarded.

Her film career enjoyed continuing success with her for Best Actress nomination for 'Leave Her to Heaven' and, although she did not win, her position as a top Hollywood star was assured. Her success continued into the early 1950s until she was hospitalized for depression in 1955, after a divorce and sucession of failed love affairs. She made no further films for seven years and, on her return, found it impossible to rekindle her earlier success.

She died in Houston from emphysema, weeks before her 71st birthday.

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In 1939 Tierney refused to have her teeth remodelled to suit the fashion and custom of Hollywood.

John F. Kennedy and Tierney fell in love at first sight, but Kennedy said he could never marry her owing to his political ambitions.



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THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES - 1940 (20th Century Fox)

HUDSON'S BAY - 1940 (20th Century Fox)

TOBACCO ROAD - 1941 (20th Century Fox)

BELLE STARR - 1941 (20th Century Fox)

SUNDOWN - 1941 (United Artists)

THE SHANGHAI GESTURE - 1942 (United Artists)

SON OF FURY - 1942 (20th Century Fox)

RINGS ON HER FINGERS - 1942 (20th Century Fox)

THUNDER BIRDS - 1942 (20th Century Fox)

CHINA GIRL - 1942 (20th Century Fox)

HEAVEN CAN WAIT - 1943 (20th Century Fox)

LAURA - 1944 (20th Century Fox)

A BELL FOR ADANO - 1945 (20th Century Fox)

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - 1945 (20th Century Fox)

DRAGONWYCK - 1946 (20th Century Fox)

THE RAZOR'S EDGE - 1946 (20th Century Fox)

THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR - 1947 (20th Century Fox)

THE IRON CURTAIN - 1948 (20th Century Fox)

THAT WONDERFUL URGE - 1948 (20th Century Fox)

WHIRLPOOL - 1949 (20th Century Fox)

NIGHT AND THE CITY - 1950 (20th Century Fox)

WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS - 1950 (20th Century Fox)

THE MATING SEASON - 1951 (Paramount)

ON THE RIVIERA - 1951 (20th Century Fox)

THE SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE - 1951 (20th Century Fox)

CLOSE TO MY HEART - 1951 (Warner Bros)

WAY OF A GAUCHO - 1952 (20th Century Fox)

PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE - 1952 (MGM)

NEVER LET ME GO - 1953 (MGM)

PERSONAL AFFAIR - 1954 (20th Century Fox)

BLACK WIDOW - 1954 (20th Century Fox)

THE EGYPTIAN - 1954 (20th Century Fox)

THE LEFT HAND OF GOD - 1955 (20th Century Fox)

ADVISE AND CONSENT - 1962 (Columbia)

TOYS IN THE ATTIC - 1963 (United Artists)

THE PLEASURE SEEKERS - 1964 (20th Century Fox)

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