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Dec 25, 2023 · Daria was born with severe intellectual disabilities, deafness, and communication difficulties. Her mother, actress Gene Tierney, devoted herself to her care and advocacy, despite their divorce and her own health issues.
Daria Cassini was the daughter of actress Gene Tierney and designer Oleg Cassini. She was born with severe disabilities due to her mother's rubella infection and spent most of her life in an institution.
- October 15, 1943
- September 11, 2010
Daria was the daughter of actress Gene Tierney and designer Oleg Cassini. She was born in 1943 with rubella and died in 2010 in Texas.
When Daria was four, Oleg and Gene made the difficult decision to institutionalize Daria (1943-2010). Daria spent most of her life at the ELWYN, an institution for specially disabled in Vineland, NJ. Gene Tierney never fully recovered from the blow that Daria was disabled.
Sep 13, 2010 · Daria Cassini, the sister of actress Gene Tierney and designer Oleg Cassini, died on September 11, 2010. She was remembered by her family and friends, and memorial contributions were made to ELWYN, a nonprofit organization for people with challenges.
Jun 24, 2023 · Fortunately, other than Daria, her marriage with Cassini had produced another daughter, Christina. “I suppose life is a little like that, a message in a bottle pitched out to sea, to be carried ...
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Nov 24, 2015 · Worse yet, Gene had contracted rubella from a fan while pregnant with her first child. When Daria Cassini was born in 1943, she was deaf and severely mentally handicapped. (She and Cassini would also have a second daughter, Christina, born in 1948.)
