Gene Tierney
Acting
Biography
Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actress in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Other notable roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943), Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge (1946), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1949), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1951) and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).
Born: November 19, 1920
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Laura
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
Night and the City
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Leave Her to Heaven
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Advise & Consent
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
The Oscars
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Harriet Toppingham
as Lenore Constable
as Faye Simpson
as (Archive Footage)
as Jane Barton
as Albertine Prine
as Dolly Harrison
as Anne 'Scotty' Scott
as Iris Denver
as Baketamon
as Kay Barlow
as Self
as Marya Lamarkina
as Ellen Galloway
as Dorothy Bradford
as Teresa Chavez
as Midge Sheridan
as Marcia Stoddard
as Lili Duran
as Maggie Carleton
as Self (archive footage)
as Morgan Taylor
as Mary Bristol
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Ann Sutton
as Sara Farley
as Self
as Anna Gouzenko
as Lucy Muir
as Isabel Bradley
as Miranda Wells
as Ellen Berent Harland
as Tina Tomasino
as Laura Hunt
as Martha Strabel Van Cleve
as Haoli Young
as Kay Saunders
as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
as Belle Starr
as Ellie May Lester
as Barbara Hall
as Eleanor Stone