Gene Tierney Net Worth

#Fact1Although she played Tod Andrews's mother in Heaven Can Wait (1943), she was six years his junior in real life.2Related to Academy Award winner Gordon Hollingshead through her mother's side of the family.3She was a guest at the house of Tyrone Power on May 19, 1946, when Primula Niven, wife of actor David Niven, fell down a flight of stairs, sustaining injuries that would eventually result in her death.4She was a lifelong staunch Republican and a strong supporter of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in particular.5Her mother, Belle Taylor, was a gymnastics teacher. Her father, Howard Tierney, served in World War I. Her older brother is named Howard Junior and her younger sister is named Pat. She had Irish and English ancestry.6No relation to actress Maura Tierney.7Was 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.8Despite 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.9In 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).10When 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.11She 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).12Ex-sister-in-law of Igor Cassini.13Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 28, a daughter Christina Cassini on November 20, 1948. Child's father was her 1st [now ex] husband, Oleg Cassini.14Gave birth to her 1st child at age 22, a daughter Antoinette Daria Cassini on October 15, 1943. Child's father was her 1st [now ex] husband, Oleg Cassini.15Gave her name as "Gene Eliza Taylor Tierney" upon her marriage to Oleg Cassini in Las Vegas.16Discovered she was expecting daughter Daria while filming Heaven Can Wait (1943). Began filming Laura (1944), after returning from her maternity leave.17Spoke fluent French.18Fox 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.19Tierney 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.20Received extensive shock treatment in the 1950s while battling her mental instability.21MGM offered her the lead in National Velvet (1944) but when the production was delayed, she instead signed with Fox.22Had 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.23Second husband, Howard Lee, was originally married to Hedy Lamarr before he married Tierney.24Howard Hughes provided the funds for her daughter's medical care.25Darryl F. Zanuck, founder of 20th Century Fox, said she was unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history.26Was represented by the John Robert Powers Agency as a fashion model in the 1930s.27Two daughters: Daria Cassini and Christina Cassini.28Interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA.29Her first daughter was born intellectually disabled because Gene had contracted rubella (aka German measles) during her only appearance at the Hollywood Canteen. This served as the uncredited inspiration for the plot of the 1962 Agatha Christie novel and later movie The Mirror Crack'd (1980).