Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as a great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. Tierney was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth19 November 1920
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Where there is hope, there is no despair.
In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.
In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.
Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.
About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.
Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.
I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?
I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.
I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.
I simply did not want my face to be my talent.
I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.