Gene Tierney Biography

Fast Facts

• While living in Houston, she became active in such causes as helping retarded children
• Won the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding body of work at the 1986 San Sebastian International Film Festival
• During a lull in her film career caused by mental health issues, she worked as a sales girl in a local dress shop
• Learned to speak fluent French at the Brillantmont International School in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Published her first poem, "Night," in the school magazine at the Unquowa School in Fairfield, Conn
• Best known for her haunting portrayal of the murder victim Laura in the film of the same name
• Her Broadway credits include "Mrs․ O'Brien Entertains," "Ring Two" and "The Male Animal․"
• Was active in local Houston politics in her later years
• Her film-related material, personal paper, letters and other documents were put in the keeping of the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives
• Was invited the 1956 inauguration of President Eisenhower