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Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Actor · Died November 6, 1991, aged 70 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) 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 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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 19, 1920
Died
November 6, 1991 (aged 70)
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Gene Tierney's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 10 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 0

Gentle 6 · Charged 12 · Intense 10

Steady 11 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 3

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 1

Casual 12 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 3

Easy watch 8 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 8

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 17 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 17
Ally
5 of 17
Shapeshifter
2 of 17
Herald
1 of 17
Shadow
1 of 17
Trickster
1 of 17
Mentor
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Romantic
12
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
6
Warm
4
Other
20

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gene Tierney's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Gene Tierney's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Marilyn, dernières séances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as archive footage

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker(1991)

    as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Scruples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · as Harriet Toppingham

  • Daughter of the Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Lenore Constable

  • The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Faye Simpson

  • The Pleasure Seekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Jane Barton

  • Toys in the Attic(1963)

    as Albertine Prine

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Four Nights of the Full Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Advise & Consent(1962)

    as Dolly Harrison

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • The Left Hand of God(1955)

    as Anne 'Scotty' Scott

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Black Widow(1954)

    as Iris Denver

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Egyptian(1954)

    as Baketamon

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Personal Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Kay Barlow

  • Never Let Me Go(1953)

    as Marya Lamarkina

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Ellen Galloway

  • Plymouth Adventure(1952)

    as Dorothy Bradford

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Way of a Gaucho(1952)

    as Teresa Chavez

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Close to My Heart(1951)

    as Midge Sheridan

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The Secret of Convict Lake(1951)

    as Marcia Stoddard

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • On the Riviera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Lili Duran

  • The Mating Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Maggie Carleton

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)

    as Morgan Taylor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Night and the City(1950)

    as Mary Bristol

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Whirlpool(1950)

    as Ann Sutton

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • That Wonderful Urge(1948)

    as Sara Farley

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The Iron Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Anna Gouzenko

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir(1947)

    as Lucy Muir

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Razor's Edge(1946)

    as Isabel Bradley

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Dragonwyck(1946)

    as Miranda Wells

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Leave Her to Heaven(1945)

    as Ellen Berent Harland

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • A Bell for Adano(1945)

    as Tina Tomasino

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Laura(1944)

    as Laura Hunt

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Heaven Can Wait(1943)

    as Martha Strabel Van Cleve

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • China Girl(1942)

    as Haoli Young

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Thunder Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Kay Saunders

  • Rings on Her Fingers(1942)

    as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Shanghai Gesture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

  • Sundown(1941)

    as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Belle Starr(1941)

    as Belle Starr

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Tobacco Road(1941)

    as Ellie May Lester

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Hudson's Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Barbara Hall

  • The Return of Frank James(1940)

    as Eleanor Stone

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles from 1940 to 2008.

Film career

Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting43 of 43: 43 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1940s19 · acting1950s15 · acting1960s6 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 23% of 22 roles
404550

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gene Tierney's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 29 titles divides audiences: 19 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed4

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gene Tierney's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Gene Tierney work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gene Tierney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Darryl F. Zanuck shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles