
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.
- November 19, 1920
- November 6, 1991 (aged 70)
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Actor
- 29 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
What are Gene Tierney's films like?
Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 26
Light 6 · Serious 12 · Dark 10
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
Usually the Hero: 6 of 17 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Belle Shirley / Belle Starr in Belle Starr (1941)
- Shapeshifteras Zia in Sundown (1941)
- Allyas Miss Haoli Young in China Girl (1942)
- Heroas Susan Miller in Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
- Allyas Martha Strabel Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Heraldas Tina Tomasino in A Bell for Adano (1945)
- Shadowas Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Heroas Miranda Wells in Dragonwyck (1946)
- Shapeshifteras Isabel Bradley in The Razor's Edge (1946)
- Heroas Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Tricksteras Sara Farley in That Wonderful Urge (1948)
- Heroas Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1950)
- Allyas Mary Bristol in Night and the City (1950)
- Heroas Midge Sheridan in Close to My Heart (1951)
- Allyas Marcia Stoddard in The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
- Allyas Anne 'Scotty' Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955)
- Mentoras Albertine Prine in Toys in the Attic (1963)
Moods and endings
- 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)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Scruples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

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

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

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

Toys in the Attic(1963)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all filmsFour Nights of the Full Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Advise & Consent(1962)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Left Hand of God(1955)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Black Widow(1954)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Egyptian(1954)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Personal Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Never Let Me Go(1953)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Plymouth Adventure(1952)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Way of a Gaucho(1952)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Close to My Heart(1951)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
On the Riviera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

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

Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Night and the City(1950)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Whirlpool(1950)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
That Wonderful Urge(1948)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Iron Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir(1947)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Razor's Edge(1946)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Dragonwyck(1946)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
A Bell for Adano(1945)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Laura(1944)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Heaven Can Wait(1943)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
China Girl(1942)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Thunder Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Rings on Her Fingers(1942)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Shanghai Gesture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Sundown(1941)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Belle Starr(1941)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Tobacco Road(1941)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Hudson's Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
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.

Biggest box office
Night and the City (1950)

Highest rated
Laura (1944)

Most popular right now
The Egyptian (1954)
Film career
Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles.
- 1940Screen debut· The Return of Frank James
- 1945First top-billed film· Leave Her to Heaven
- 1947Career best· The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Billing
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.
- 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.
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
- Otto PremingerShared titles: Advise & Consent (1962), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Whirlpool (1950), Laura (1944)See all 4 shared titles with Otto Preminger

- Joseph L. MankiewiczShared titles: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Dragonwyck (1946)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph L. Mankiewicz

- Rouben MamoulianShared titles: Laura (1944), Rings on Her Fingers (1942)See all 2 shared titles with Rouben Mamoulian

- Henry HathawayShared titles: China Girl (1942), Sundown (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Hathaway

Writers
- Philip DunneShared titles: The Egyptian (1954), Way of a Gaucho (1952), That Wonderful Urge (1948), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)See all 5 shared titles with Philip Dunne

- Ben HechtShared titles: The Secret of Convict Lake (1951), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Whirlpool (1950), China Girl (1942)See all 4 shared titles with Ben Hecht

- Lamar TrottiShared titles: The Razor's Edge (1946), A Bell for Adano (1945), Belle Starr (1941)See all 3 shared titles with Lamar Trotti

- Nunnally JohnsonShared titles: Black Widow (1954), Tobacco Road (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Nunnally Johnson

Actors
- Dana AndrewsShared titles: Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Laura (1944), Belle Starr (1941), Tobacco Road (1941)See all 4 shared titles with Dana Andrews

- Henry FondaShared titles: Advise & Consent (1962), Rings on Her Fingers (1942), The Return of Frank James (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Fonda

- John CarradineShared titles: The Egyptian (1954), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), The Return of Frank James (1940)See all 3 shared titles with John Carradine

- Reginald GardinerShared titles: Black Widow (1954), That Wonderful Urge (1948), Sundown (1941)See all 3 shared titles with Reginald Gardiner

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alfred NewmanShared titles: The Egyptian (1954), Dragonwyck (1946), The Razor's Edge (1946), A Bell for Adano (1945), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), Belle Starr (1941)See all 8 shared titles with Alfred Newman

- Dorothy SpencerShared titles: The Left Hand of God (1955), Black Widow (1954), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Dragonwyck (1946), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Sundown (1941)See all 6 shared titles with Dorothy Spencer

- Arthur C. MillerShared titles: Whirlpool (1950), Dragonwyck (1946), The Razor's Edge (1946), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), Tobacco Road (1941)See all 5 shared titles with Arthur C. Miller
- Cyril J. MockridgeShared titles: Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), That Wonderful Urge (1948), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Rings on Her Fingers (1942), Belle Starr (1941)See all 5 shared titles with Cyril J. Mockridge
Producers
- Darryl F. ZanuckShared titles: The Egyptian (1954), Night and the City (1950), That Wonderful Urge (1948), Dragonwyck (1946), The Razor's Edge (1946), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), China Girl (1942), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), Tobacco Road (1941), The Return of Frank James (1940)See all 10 shared titles with Darryl F. Zanuck

- Frank P. RosenbergShared titles: The Secret of Convict Lake (1951), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)See all 2 shared titles with Frank P. Rosenberg
- Fred KohlmarShared titles: That Wonderful Urge (1948), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Kohlmar
- Ernst LubitschShared titles: Dragonwyck (1946), Heaven Can Wait (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Ernst Lubitsch

Mixed roles
- Clarence BrownShared titles: Never Let Me Go (1953), Plymouth Adventure (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Clarence Brown




