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Gene Tierney: Laura Hunt
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All together, Gene Tierney made over 30 films. Even after Laura, many of her performances were mediocre, but her reputation as a star remained constant. Had it not been for a mental breakdown in the early 1950s, she might well have permanently joined the ranks of the great ladies of film.
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Gene Tierney's exquisitely modeled features graced more than 30 feature films over a period of 25 years. As a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox she was best cast in roles that combined her qualities as a fresh-faced ingenue with elements that hinted at a more enigmatic, possibly sinister exoticism, as in Laura or Leave Her to Heaven. Tierney seemed least effective when saddled with parts that utilized only one of these traits; unfortunately, this was most often the case. She was fortunate enough to work with the finest directors Fox had under contract: Lang, Ford, Mamoulian, Wellman, Lubitsch, King, Stahl, Mankiewicz. Otto Preminger directed her in four films, including the role with which she is most often identified, Laura. In Laura Preminger contrasted her persona as an obscure object of desire in an emblematic painting with the radiantly beautiful, yet more conventional woman she proves to be in real life.
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When Grauman's Chinese Theatre resumed cement handprints and footprints after World War II ended in 1945, Gene was the first actor asked to continue the tradition. Laura (1944) had been a hit, and with the release of Leave Her to Heaven (1945), her star was rising fast in the mid-1940s.
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In 1944, Gene was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Ellen Berent in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN. Though she didn't win, it solidified her position in Hollywood society. The same year, Gene ... turned in an outstanding performance in LAURA where she was a murder victim named Laura Hunt.
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Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of a famous advertising agent named Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). While investigating the murder Mark falls in love with Laura through her photographs and the things he learns about her from her diary, letters, friends and family. ...more about Laura
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A wealthy journalist (Clifton Webb) becomes entranced with a beautiful young career woman named Laura (Gene Tierney). But shortly before her wedding to a dashing young playboy (Vincent Price), she is found murdered.
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