Laura
1944
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Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) [1] was an American film and stage actress.
Gene Tierney. Actress: Laura. With prominent cheekbones, luminous skin and the most crystalline green eyes of her day, Gene Tierney's striking good looks helped propel her to stardom. Her best known role is the enigmatic murder victim in Laura (1944).
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- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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- Houston, Texas, USA
Tierney hid a world of tragedy behind her sophisticated façade. She battled for years with manic depression, an illness that her tumultuous personal life did nothing to help. As her mental health got worse, jobs also became more and more difficult.
Film star Gene Tierney was worshipped for her looks – but they were also a poisoned chalice. Nearly a century on, has the way we consider beauty changed all that much?
- Christina Newland
Nov 8, 1991 · Actress Gene Tierney, whose mystical features were transposed into the portrait of “Laura,” haunting millions of moviegoers as it did the tough detective who sought to unravel her alleged slaying...
Nov 6, 1991 · Biography. When Paramount Pictures fumbled Gene Tierney’s proposed film debut in its aborted adaptation of "National Velvet," 20th Century Fox saw promise in the gimlet-eyed beauty with the regal cheekbones and curiously beguiling overbite. Honing her craft under extreme conditions – she brooked the tempers of such autocratic émigrés as ...
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Jun 24, 2023 · The Behind-the-Scenes Tragedy of Golden Age Actress Gene Tierney. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, which bloomed in the late 1920s and dwindled in the late 1960s, film production and ...
