Gene Tierney

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film actress.

Gene Tierney

Born in Brooklyn, New York and schooled in Switzerland, she was acclaimed as one of the beauties of her day. By 1939, she was on Broadway; her wealthy father set up a corporation to help fund her pursuit of an acting career. Her first movie was in 1940 in Hudson's Bay, and later that year, she starred in The Return of Frank James. The following year she was extremely busy, making The Shanghai Gesture, Sundown, Tobacco Road and Belle Starr.

Her popularity began to peak with her role in 1943's Heaven Can Wait. In 1944 she appeared in what became her most famous role, that of the murder victim and title character in Laura. Tierney was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the following year's Leave Her to Heaven, and later starred in Dragonwyck, The Razor's Edge (both 1946), and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947).

By 1955, Tierney was in a hospital, being treated for depression. A failed marriage to fashion designer Oleg Cassini, the premature birth of a partially blind and mentally retarded daughter (Tierney had contracted German measles from one of her fans while pregnant), and several failed love affairs -- the men included John F. Kennnedy and Prince Aly Khan -- had taken their toll. She returned to the screen in 1963 in Advise and Consent.

Gene Tierney died from emphysema in Houston, Texas at age 70. She is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, next to her second husband, oilman W. Howard Lee, whom she married in 1963. His previous wife had been the film star Hedy Lamarr.

She had two daughters by Oleg Cassini -- Daria, who was born mentally handicapped, and Christina -- and miscarried one child while married to W. Howard Lee.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.


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She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.
. Howard Lee. She is not related to actress Emily Watson. She had two daughters by Oleg Cassini -- Daria, who was born mentally handicapped, and Christina -- and miscarried one child while married to W. Outside of acting, she enjoys hockey, tennis, and rounders. His previous wife had been the film star Hedy Lamarr. She has a younger brother, Alex, who was born in 1993.

Howard Lee, whom she married in 1963. The Roman numeral simply indicates that she was the second actress named Emma Watson in their database. She is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, next to her second husband, oilman W. A myth that she is known to her family as "Emma Watson (II)" came about through her being included in the Internet Movie Database under that name. Gene Tierney died from emphysema in Houston, Texas at age 70. Her performance in The Prisoner of Azkaban was also well-received, but had an additional effect – it propelled her to #8 on the Lycos Top 50, and she is the only "Potter Star" to have appeared on that list. Kennnedy and Prince Aly Khan -- had taken their toll. She returned to the screen in 1963 in Advise and Consent. As a result of her critically acclaimed performance in The Chamber of Secrets, on 14 January 2003, she won the award for "Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female" in the Phoenix Film Critics Awards.

A failed marriage to fashion designer Oleg Cassini, the premature birth of a partially blind and mentally retarded daughter (Tierney had contracted German measles from one of her fans while pregnant), and several failed love affairs -- the men included John F. However, she had no professional acting experience prior to her being cast as Hermione. By 1955, Tierney was in a hospital, being treated for depression. She began showing interest in acting as soon as she entered school and began to participate in several plays (including Arthur the Young Years, where she played Morgan Le Faye), The Daisy Pratt Poetry contest (in which she won first place), and even on a video production they made. Muir (1947). Her parents, who are both lawyers, are now divorced. Tierney was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the following year's Leave Her to Heaven, and later starred in Dragonwyck, The Razor's Edge (both 1946), and The Ghost and Mrs. Watson, who was named after her paternal grandmother of the same name, was born in Oxford, England.

In 1944 she appeared in what became her most famous role, that of the murder victim and title character in Laura. She is to continue the role in the fourth movie of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which is in production (as of 2004) and slated for release in late 2005. Her popularity began to peak with her role in 1943's Heaven Can Wait. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born April 15, 1990) is a British actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and its sequels Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). The following year she was extremely busy, making The Shanghai Gesture, Sundown, Tobacco Road and Belle Starr. Her first movie was in 1940 in Hudson's Bay, and later that year, she starred in The Return of Frank James.

By 1939, she was on Broadway; her wealthy father set up a corporation to help fund her pursuit of an acting career. Born in Brooklyn, New York and schooled in Switzerland, she was acclaimed as one of the beauties of her day. Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991) was an American film actress.