Tierney played Jo in a student production of Little Women, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is based on the novel Laura by Vera Caspary in 1943. Shed married playboy designer Oleg Cassini in 1941 and their union was tumultuous. She had no inner ear fluid and became deaf. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. In 1958, Tierney met Texas oil baron W. Howard Lee, who had been married to actress Hedy Lamarr since 1953. Gene Eliza Tierney was born on November 19, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle Lavinia Taylor. Try again later. After an on-again-off again romance Gene and Oleg wed in 1941. She searched the house. Itis believed that Gene Tierney suffered from bipolar depression during a time when effective treatment for that disease was in its infancy. Gene Tierney - Turner Classic Movies Gene Tierney , US actress, wearing a blue short-sleeved blouse, tied around the waist, with her arms behind her head, circa 1940. Though endowed with astonishing beauty and talent that won her early fame, a series of misfortunes would eventually bring her to the brink of suicide.The daughter of a successful insurance broker, Gene had a privileged upbringing. [citation needed], Later in 1958, 20th Century Fox offered Tierney a lead role in Holiday for Lovers (1959), but the stress upon her proved too great, so only days into production, she dropped out of the film and returned to Menninger for a time. On the movie set, she would forget her lines. She was the sole cause of Darias disabilities. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. She played Eve in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), as well as the dual role of Susan Miller (Linda Worthington) in Rouben Mamoulian's screwball comedy Rings on Her Fingers, and roles as Kay Saunders in Thunder Birds, and Miss Young in China Girl (all 1942). View Gene Tierney's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy. She was at a tennis function. Howard Hughes, Tierneys friend paid for Darias medical expenses, ensuring she received the best care. Gene Tierney - IMDb Gene Tierney's first marriage to Oleg Cassini in 1941, they had their first daughter Antoinette Daria (known simply as Daria). As the decade came to a close, Tierney reunited with Laura director Preminger to star as Ann Sutton in the classic film noir Whirlpool (1950), co-starring Richard Conte and Jos Ferrer.