The Golden Age of Hollywood

The Golden Age of Hollywood
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Star of the Week: Gene Tierney

Every Monday there will be a different star of the week. Heads up: it won't always be just stars.
Today's Star of the Week will be Gene Tierney.

Real Name: Gene Eliza Tierney
Born: November 19, 1920
        in Brooklyn, New York. 
Died: November 6, 1991  (aged 70)
Height: 5-7
Oscar nominations: 1 - Leaven Her To Heaven (1945)
No Oscar wins!
Trademark: Prominent cheekbones and an overbite. Portrayed woman with a coolness or mystery.

Gene Tierney was a successful actress who acted from the 40s to the 60s but her best decade was the 1940s in which she starred in the film noir Laura, Leave Her To Heaven (she got an oscar nomination) and her best, The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Unfortunately she suffered from bipolar disorder. Due to all her years of smoking, she died of emphysema.

 

Notable Films: Laura (1944), Leave Her To Heaven (1945), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
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