Gene Tierney Trivia

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Was offered the role of Linda Nordley in Mogambo (1953), but was forced to turn it down due to pregnancy. Grace Kelly, who went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.

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Despite her earlier romance with John F. Kennedy during the Forties, she voted for Richard Nixon in 1960 instead. She did send JFK a congratulatory note when he was elected president, however. (imdb.com)

In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi and Rina Morelli (most notably Laura (1944) and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)). She was also dubbed by Miranda Bonansea in The Return of Frank James (1940); Rosetta Calavetta in Sundown (1941) and Paola Barbara in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942). (imdb.com)

When Gene saw herself on screen for the first time, she was horrified by her voice ("I sounded like an angry Minnie Mouse"). She began smoking to lower her voice, but it came at a great price - she died of emphysema. (imdb.com)

She appeared in five films with Dana Andrews: Tobacco Road (1941), Belle Starr (1941), Laura (1944), The Iron Curtain (1948) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950). (imdb.com)

Ex-sister-in-law of Igor Cassini. (imdb.com)

Daughter, Antoinette Daria Cassini, was born in Washington, D.C., on 15th October 1943. (imdb.com)

Gave her name as "Gene Eliza Taylor Tierney" upon her marriage to Oleg Cassini in Las Vegas. (imdb.com)

Younger daughter, Christina "Tina" Cassini, was born on her 28th birthday, 19th November 1948. (imdb.com)

Discovered she was expecting daughter Daria while filming Heaven Can Wait (1943). Began filming Laura (1944), after returning from her maternity leave. (imdb.com)

Spoke fluent French. (imdb.com)

Fox offered Gene a lead role in Holiday for Lovers (1959) following her rehabilitation therapy. However, the stress proved too great and she was forced to leave the production. (imdb.com)

Tierney was in the throes of suicidal depression and was admitted to the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, on Christmas Day in 1957, after police talked her down from a building ledge. She was released from Menningers the following year. (imdb.com)

Received extensive shock treatment in the 1950s while battling her mental instability. (imdb.com)

MGM offered her the lead in National Velvet (1944) but when the production was delayed, she instead signed with Fox. (imdb.com)

Had her share of love affairs during her Hollywood reign, including a notorious one with John F. Kennedy, whom she met while filming Dragonwyck (1946). Kennedy broke it up because of his political aspirations. She also had dalliances with Tyrone Power during production of The Razor`s Edge (1946) and with Prince Aly Khan in the early 1950s. (imdb.com)

Second husband, Howard Lee, was originally married to Hedy Lamarr before he married Tierney. (imdb.com)

Howard Hughes provided the funds for her retarded daughter`s medical care. (imdb.com)

Darryl F. Zanuck, founder of 20th Century Fox, said she was unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history. (imdb.com)

Was represented by the John Robert Powers Agency as a fashion model in the 1930s. (imdb.com)

Measurements: 35B-25-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) (imdb.com)

Two daughters, Daria and Christina. (imdb.com)

Interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA. (imdb.com)

Her first daughter was born mentally retarded because Gene had contracted measles during her only appearance at the Hollywood Canteen. This served as the uncredited inspiration for the plot of the 1980 Agatha Christie movie The Mirror Crack`d (1980). (imdb.com)

Spouse: W. Howard Lee (11 July 1960 - 17 February 1981) (his death); Oleg Cassini (1 June 1941 - 28 February 1952) (divorced) 2 children (imdb.com)

Born in NYC (imdb.com)