Gene Tierney. The most beautiful woman in Hollywood

Marta Górna |
28-11-2018

It was called the greatest beauty of the factory of dreams, but it also lacked talent. However, she has become a source of inspiration for Agatha Christie, the queen of crime.

The Hollywood star settles in the English province and organizes in his new estate a party during which his loyal fan is murdered. Only Miss Marple, a curious old lady and an amateur detective, can solve this mystery. This is the plot of one of the best novels of the queen of crime, Agatha Christie.

Gene Tierney
/ photo: Wikimedia Commons

The book "Zwierciadło breaks out in a heap" is based on the tragic story of Gene Tierney, a woman named by the film's magnate and founder of the 20th Century Fox label of Darryl F. Zanucka, "the most beautiful Hollywood actress ".

Gene Tierney wants glory

Gene Tierney was born in 1920 in New York. She received her name after her beloved uncle, who died before she was born. Gene's parents cared about his daughter's education, but Tierney's fate was sealed when she and Warner Bros visited them at age 17. The beauty of the teenagers so impressed the brand's bosses that they offered him a movie contract. But Gene's parents visited him with this idea. At least for a few months.

Gene Tierney
/ movie image & # 39; Heavens Can Wait & # 39;

Gene Tierney belonged to New York society, but endless parties and balls bored him. She decided to become an actress. At the request of the father, he takes his first steps on the stage of the theater, but Hollywood tells him rather quickly. And literally. When she appeared on Broadway, Zanuck was sitting in the audience, who immediately decided to give Tierney a job in the film.

Gene Tierney
/ image of the film & # 39; Leave it to heaven & # 39;

At the age of 20, Gene Tierney debuted on the big screen. Along with Henry Fonda, she played "The Return of Frank James" in the western. After several smaller movie roles, there was a breakthrough. In 1943, Tierney played the main character of the comedy drama "Heaven can wait".

Three years later, Tierney is nominated for an Oscar for the first and last time of his career. Ellen, morally morose, in "Let her go to heaven", she delights the critics and creates one of the best creations of her career. The 1940s were a steady march of glory for the actress.

"The mirror breaks into a pile of chips"

Each role of Tierney seemed to confirm that he was not only one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but also one of the most talented. "Laura", "The Razor's Edge", "Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "Iron Curtain", "Swirl" – all Tierney's films in the cast were a hit.

But Tierney's life was not as magical as it may seem. In 1943, she gave birth to a deaf and insane girl. It turned out that the child's illness had been caused by a Tierney pregnant rubella. The actress was infected by a fan too zealous, sick of rubella. This episode of the star's life became Christie's inspiration, but also the reason for the depression that Tierney suffered all his life and which ultimately destroyed his career.

Gene Tierney
/ photo: Wikimedia Commons

In the 1950s, the state of Tierney deteriorated. The actress abandoned her roles (for example in "Mogambo" she was replaced by Grace Kelly), she suffered depressive mania attacks, she became hysterical. She was admitted to several psychiatric hospitals and escaped from one of them to protest radical treatment methods.

By the end of the 1950s, she had already committed suicide and had been hospitalized another time. Every event of his life has been widely reported by the newspapers.

Unsuccessful returns

In the first half of the 1960s, Tierney returned to Hollywood. But only for a moment. She played, among others in "Burza nad Washingtonem" and "Zabawkach w ostychu" and when it seemed that she would stay in the factory of her dreams for good, she stopped playing for a few years. In 1969, she came back again, in two small roles. And then she ended with Hollywood once and for all.

Tierney had two husbands and many novels with Hollywood 's most famous Golden Age stars, including Kirk Douglas and prominent politicians, such as the future President of the United States. , John F. Kennedy.

Apparently, Tierney started smoking right after his first movie role. She thought her voice was ringing in the movie theater and she wanted to lower it by smoking cigarettes. As a result, he smoked like a dragon until his death in 1991. She died of emphysema.