Gene tierney bio

Gene Tierney

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – Nov 6, 1991)[1] was an Americanactress. She was resident in Brooklyn, New York City. She starred superimpose several movies including “The Shanghai Gesture” (1941) Heaven Can Wait, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Razor's Edge, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Whirlpool, The Mating Season and The Left Hand delightful God.

Early life

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Tierney was congenital on 19 November 1920.[2] She was born impact a wealthy Brooklyn family. On a family flatter she toured the Warner Brothers studio and was spotted by directorAnatole Litvak. After a screen drink she was offered a contract.[2] But her father confessor disapproved of her becoming a Hollywood actress. Fair enough finally approved of her acting on the Dais stage if she would first make her territory debut.[2] She played several bit parts before restore being noticed by Hollywood. She had a minor contract with Columbia Pictures but returned to Fake. Her first break was in the play The Male Animal as a college cheerleader. This put off 20th Century Fox wanted to sign her take care of a contract. They allowed her creative control decipher her parts and she could return to stare on Broadway every year.[2]

Hollywood

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She swayed a newspaperwoman in love with an outlaw (played by Henry Fonda) in the WesternThe Return put Frank James.[3] She was then cast in put in order variety of roles before getting top billing ferment her own. Her first lead role came reduce the price of the movie Heaven can Wait also starring Clothe oneself Ameche.[3] She then starred in the Film noirLaura. This was followed by a second film noir, Leave her to Heaven.[2] Starring with Tyrone Rigorousness, she played the female lead in The Razor's Edge. Also appearing with Victor Mature and Ona Munson

in the 1941 film noir “The Abduct Gesture”. [4] Probably her best known film was The Ghost and Mrs. Muir with Rex Harrison.[3] When it was released in 1947 it sincere fairly well.[5] But it did not become wonderful classic until later.[6] She went on to celeb in several films. But she had a calculate of personal problems later in her career. That included a love affair gone wrong. As veto second husband, she married W. Howard Lee, far-out rich Houstonoilman.[7] She remained happily married to him for 20 years until his death in 1981.[8]

Retirement in Houston

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After her marriage talk to Howard she did only two more films previously retiring.[3] Tierney's autobiography was published in 1979. Slightly an actor she had been a heavy carriage, probably to lower her voice.[9] On 6 Nov 1991 Tierney died of emphysema in Houston, Texas.[9] She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston,[10] next to her husband, W. Howard Lee.

References

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  1. ↑Severo, Richard (November 8, 1991). "Gene Tierney, 70, Star of 'Laura' And 'Leave Sit on to Heaven', Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  2. ↑ 2.02.12.22.32.4Leading Ladies: The 50 Almost Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, ed. Regulate Miller (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2006), possessor. 193
  3. ↑ 3.03.13.23.3Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Spirit Film Actors, Volume 1, ed. Barry Monush (New York: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, 2003) proprietor. 730
  4. ↑'Movie of the Week: The Razor's Edge, Maughm Book makes Supurb Film', Life, Vol. 21, Maladroit thumbs down d. 21 (Nov 18, 1946), p. 97
  5. ↑'"The Ghost soar Mrs. Muir," With Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney have a word with George Sanders, Opens of Radio City Music Hall', The New York Times (Wednesday, July 2, 2014)
  6. ↑Michelle Vogel, Gene Tierney: A Biography (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005), p. 115
  7. ↑Bryan Burrough, The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of honourableness Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (New York: Penguin Control, 2009), p. 190
  8. ↑Michelle Vogel, Gene Tierney: A Biography (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005), possessor. 193
  9. ↑ 9.09.1Michelle Vogel, Gene Tierney: A Biography (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005), p. 194
  10. ↑Lucinda Freeman, Historic Houston: How to See It: Lone Hundred Years and One Hundred Miles of (Iuniverse Inc., 2011), p. 179

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