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Detailed filmography
Muse to great directors and partner to the greatest actors of her era, Gene Tierney traversed genres (from film noir to melodrama, thriller to romance), leaving a lasting imprint on American cinema.
Her filmography paints the portrait of a subtle actress, often associated with complex, ambiguous or tragic characters, whose interpretation culminates in works that have become emblematic. To explore Gene Tierney’s films is to plunge into a cinema of atmosphere, glances and silences, where formal elegance always serves a profoundly human emotion.
1940s (16)
Direct sequel to Jesse James (1939). Frank James, brother of the famous outlaw, seeks to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of Robert Ford.
A fictionalized account of the founding of the Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada in the 17th century.
Adaptation of Erskine Caldwell’s scandalous novel, centered on a poor Georgian family.
A fictionalized biopic of the famous Wild West outlaw, often referred to as the “Queen of Bandits”.
In Shanghai, a young woman from a good family falls into despair by frequenting a gambling house run by the mysterious Mother Gin Sling.
During the Second World War, in a colonial Africa rife with conspiracies, secret agents try to foil Nazi spies.
The romantic story of an 18th-century young man (Tyrone Power) fighting for his rights and his fortune.
Sophisticated comedy in which a man recounts his love life at the gates of Hell, to find out if he deserves damnation.
A policeman investigates the murder of a young woman, but falls in love with her portrait. When Laura reappears, the mystery deepens.
During the Second World War, an American officer administers a small, liberated Italian town.
A sickly jealous woman destroys everything around her to keep her husband to herself.
Adaptation of the novel by Somerset Maugham. A man seeks wisdom in post-war India, leaving behind his fiancée.
A widow moves into a haunted house and falls in love with the ghost of a sea captain.
A romantic comedy in which a journalist uses his charm to trap a wealthy heiress, but ends up falling in love.
A married woman is manipulated by a hypnotist who implicates her in a murder.
1950s (12)
In London, a con man tries to make a name for himself in the wrestling promoter world, but his thirst for success leads to his downfall.
A brutal policeman accidentally kills a suspect and tries to cover it up.
A comedy in which a beautiful heiress marries a modest young man, and has to deal with her intrusive mother-in-law.
Danny Kaye plays the dual role of dancer and aviator. The plot revolves around misunderstandings and identity theft.
In Argentina, a gaucho in rebellion against society chooses the freedom of the plains.
Superproduction retracing the voyage of the Mayflower and the founding of the Plymouth colony.
An American journalist tries to get his Russian wife out of the Stalinist USSR.
In the New York art world, an ambitious young woman is found dead, and suspicion falls on those close to her.
A mysterious man, posing as a priest, takes refuge in a mission in China.
An aging marshal faces new challenges in a small Wild West town.
1960s (3)
Adaptation of Allen Drury’s political novel. Behind the scenes in the U.S. Senate, intrigues are woven around the appointment of a new Secretary of State, revealing secrets and manipulations.
Adapted from the play by Lillian Hellman. Two sisters living in the American South find their daily lives turned upside down by the arrival of an unstable brother and his wife.
A light-hearted musical in which three young American women move to Madrid to find love and success.
1960, the end of a career
These three films marked the end of her cinematic career: after The Pleasure Seekers, Gene Tierney chose to retire from the set for good, to live a peaceful life with her husband Howard Lee. She left the cinema in style, directed one last time by Preminger, Hellman and Negulesco, three great names of the seventh art. Her roles reflected her evolution from the femme fatale of the 1940s to a more mature figure, tinged with gravity and tenderness. The press hailed the dignity with which she retired from Hollywood, without scandal or decline, as a final act of elegance.
“She knew how to slip away gracefully, as she had always lived her career.”
– Los Angeles Times, 1965
