Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is probably best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura in the 1940s.

Later life

Years after the tragedy of her daughter Daria, Tierney learned from a fan who approached her that the woman had sneaked out of quarantine while sick with German measles to meet her during her USO tour in the early 1940s. Tierney said that when the woman recounted the story to her, she just stared at her silently, then turned and walked away. She said she did not remember her, but after that second meeting she would remember her for the rest of her life.

Related Topics:
Fan - Quarantine - 1940s

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In 1960, Tierney sent a telegram of congratulations to Kennedy on his election victory, although she voted for Richard Nixon.

Related Topics:
1960 - Telegram - Richard Nixon

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She married oil baron Howard Lee in Aspen in 1960 and moved to Houston. Tierney loved life in Texas with Lee and became an expert bridge player. In 1962, 20th Century Fox announced she would play the lead role in Return to Peyton Place, but she became pregnant and dropped out of the project. She later had a miscarriage.

Related Topics:
1960 - Houston - Bridge - 1962 - Return to Peyton Place - Miscarriage

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Her comeback to the screen was in her role as Dolly Harrison in Advise and Consent (1962) co-starring Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Peter Lawford, and Burgess Meredith. A year later she played Albertine Prine in Toys in the Attic starring Dean Martin and Geraldine Page.

Related Topics:
Advise and Consent - 1962 - Franchot Tone - Lew Ayres - Henry Fonda - Walter Pidgeon - Charles Laughton - Don Murray - Peter Lawford - Burgess Meredith - Toys in the Attic - Dean Martin - Geraldine Page

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Tierney played Jane Barton in The Pleasure Seekers (1964) starring Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, and Carol Lynley, then again retired.

Related Topics:
The Pleasure Seekers - 1964 - Ann-Margret - Anthony Franciosa - Carol Lynley

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She played Lenore Constable, however, in the television movie Daughter of the Mind (1969) with Don Murray and Ray Milland.

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Television movie - Daughter of the Mind - 1969 - Don Murray - Ray Milland

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Her autobiography, Self-Portrait, where she candidly discussed her life, career and mental problems, was published in 1979.

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Autobiography - 1979

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Tierney's final show business performance was as Harriet Toppingham in the TV mini-series Scruples (1980) starring Lindsay Wagner.

Related Topics:
Mini-series - Scruples - 1980 - Lindsay Wagner

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She died at age 70 of emphysema in Houston. She is interred in Section E-1 of Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, beside her second husband, Howard Lee.

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Gene Tierney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

Related Topics:
Hollywood Walk of Fame - Hollywood Boulevard - Hollywood

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