Gene Eliza Tierney (November , â€" November , ) 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 (), and was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as
Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven ().Tierney's other roles
include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (), Isabel Bradley
Maturin in The Razor's Edge (), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (), Mary Bristol in Night and the City (),
Morgan Taylor-Paine in Where the Sidewalk Ends (), Maggie Carleton
McNulty in The Mating Season (), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of
God ().Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November , , in Brooklyn, New
York City, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle
Lavinia Taylor. She was named after a beloved uncle, who died
young.[page needed] She had an elder brother, Howard Sherwood "Butch"
Tierney Jr., and a younger sister, Patricia "Pat" Tierney. Their
father was a successful insurance broker of Irish descent; their
mother was a former physical education instructor.[page needed]
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 (), and was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as
Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven ().Tierney's other roles
include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (), Isabel Bradley
Maturin in The Razor's Edge (), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (), Mary Bristol in Night and the City (),
Morgan Taylor-Paine in Where the Sidewalk Ends (), Maggie Carleton
McNulty in The Mating Season (), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of
God ().Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November , , in Brooklyn, New
York City, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle
Lavinia Taylor. She was named after a beloved uncle, who died
young.[page needed] She had an elder brother, Howard Sherwood "Butch"
Tierney Jr., and a younger sister, Patricia "Pat" Tierney. Their
father was a successful insurance broker of Irish descent; their
mother was a former physical education instructor.[page needed]
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