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Gene Tierney (1920-1991) was an American Oscar® nominated film and stage actress. She was one of the most popular stars working in the 1940s…appearing in 14 $100 million (adjusted gross) movies during that time decade, Gene Tierney’s IMDb page shows 41 acting credits from 1940-1980. This page will rank 36 Gene Tierney movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances were not included in the rankings.
Drivel part of the page: This Gene Tierney page was requested by Film Lover 293. Some of these pages are very difficult to put together. This page turned out to be one of the easiest ones we have ever done. Of her 36 movies…..29 of them were already in our database. 4 required some quick research…and 3 required some deeper research. We will gladly take these numbers any day of the week when doing new UMR pages.
Gene Tierney Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1944
Laura (1944)
1946
The Razor's Edge (1946)
AA Best Picture Nom
1943
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
AA Best Picture Nom
1945
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
AA Best Actress Nom
1946
Dragonwyck (1946)
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
1954
The Egyptian (1954)
1955
The Left Hand of God (1955)
1940
The Return of Frank James (1940)
1951
On the Riviera (1951)
1954
Black Widow (1954)
1945
A Bell for Adano (1945)
1941
Tobacco Road (1941)
1941
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
1942
China Girl (1942)
1941
Belle Starr (1941)
1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
1948
The Iron Curtain (1948)
1942
Rings On Her Fingers (1942)
1962
Advise & Consent (1962)
1950
Night and the City (1950)
1951
The Mating Season (1951)
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
1942
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942)
1948
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
1950
Whirlpool (1950)
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
1941
Sundown (1941)
1952
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
1951
Close To My Heart (1951)
1940
Hudson's Bay (1940)
1953
Never Let Me Go (1953)
1952
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
1953
Personal Affair (1953)
1964
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
1963
Toys in the Attic (1963)
Gene Tierney Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Gene Tierney movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Gene Tierney movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gene Tierney movies by domestic yearly box office rank
- Sort Gene Tierney movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gene Tierney movie received.
- Sort Gene Tierney movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 3 | Laura (1944) | Dana Andrews & Clifton Webb |
6.50 | 252.0 | 252.00 | 39 | 86 | 05 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 1 | The Razor's Edge (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Anne Baxter |
13.50 | 482.6 | 482.60 | 6 | 79 | 04 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 2 | Heaven Can Wait (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
Don Ameche & Charles Coburn |
7.10 | 297.6 | 297.60 | 31 | 77 | 03 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 4 | Leave Her to Heaven (1945) AA Best Actress Nom |
Cornel Wilde & Vincent Price |
14.20 | 521.3 | 521.30 | 3 | 81 | 04 / 01 | 98.2 | |
| 5 | Dragonwyck (1946) | Vincent Price & Walter Huston |
8.10 | 289.6 | 289.60 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 10 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) | Tyrone Power | 4.60 | 197.0 | 197.00 | 55 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 6 | The Egyptian (1954) | Victor Mature & Jean Simmons |
12.90 | 349.4 | 349.40 | 17 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 7 | The Left Hand of God (1955) | Humphrey Bogart | 11.40 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 25 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 11 | The Return of Frank James (1940) | Henry Fonda | 3.70 | 165.8 | 165.80 | 37 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 12 | On the Riviera (1951) | Danny Kaye | 7.10 | 178.6 | 178.60 | 29 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 13 | Black Widow (1954) | Ginger Rogers & Van Heflin |
7.10 | 194.1 | 194.10 | 44 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 8 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | John Hodiak & Harry Morgan |
6.90 | 255.3 | 255.30 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 9 | Tobacco Road (1941) | Directed by John Ford | 5.30 | 237.6 | 237.60 | 22 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 15 | The Shanghai Gesture (1941) | Victor Mature & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
3.50 | 158.4 | 158.40 | 65 | 68 | 02 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 18 | China Girl (1942) | Victor McLaglen & George Montgomery |
4.00 | 172.4 | 172.40 | 65 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 16 | Belle Starr (1941) | Randolph Scott | 4.80 | 216.0 | 216.00 | 30 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 14 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Rex Harrison & Natalie Wood |
2.80 | 95.9 | 95.90 | 118 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 19 | The Iron Curtain (1948) | Dana Andrews | 5.30 | 164.5 | 164.50 | 66 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 20 | Rings On Her Fingers (1942) | Henry Fonda | 2.90 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 98 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 17 | Advise & Consent (1962) | Henry Fonda & Charles Laughton |
5.70 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 47 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 22 | Night and the City (1950) | Richard Widmark | 3.60 | 92.9 | 92.90 | 95 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 23 | The Mating Season (1951) | Thelma Ritter | 4.60 | 116.1 | 116.10 | 67 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 21 | Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) | Dana Andrews | 2.90 | 74.4 | 74.40 | 110 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 24 | Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942) | Preston Foster | 3.60 | 153.9 | 153.90 | 74 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 27 | That Wonderful Urge (1948) | Tyrone Power | 4.30 | 135.7 | 135.70 | 83 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 25 | Whirlpool (1950) | Richard Conte | 3.30 | 85.6 | 85.60 | 100 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 26 | The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) | Glenn Ford & Ethel Barrymore |
3.90 | 96.4 | 96.40 | 91 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 30 | Sundown (1941) | George Sanders & Directed by William Wanger |
2.80 | 125.8 | 185.20 | 90 | 46 | 03 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 29 | Way of a Gaucho (1952) | Rory Calhoun & Richard Boone |
3.90 | 88.4 | 88.40 | 88 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 74.3 | |
| 28 | Close To My Heart (1951) | Ray Milland | 2.50 | 62.5 | 62.50 | 137 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 31 | Hudson's Bay (1940) | Paul Muni & Vincent Price |
1.80 | 79.6 | 79.60 | 115 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 32 | Never Let Me Go (1953) | Clark Gable | 4.50 | 93.6 | 152.70 | 78 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 34 | Plymouth Adventure (1952) | Spencer Tracy | 5.30 | 120.5 | 191.00 | 59 | 41 | 01 / 01 | 66.8 | |
| 33 | Personal Affair (1953) | Leo Genn | 2.60 | 54.9 | 54.90 | 139 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 63.5 | |
| 35 | The Pleasure Seekers (1964) | Ann-Margret | 5.70 | 76.0 | 76.00 | 51 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 36 | Toys in the Attic (1963) | Dean Martin & Directed by George Roy Hill |
2.60 | 37.9 | 37.90 | 75 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 45.5 |
Adjusted Gene Tierney Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Plymouth Adventure (1952) | Spencer Tracy | 191.00 | |
| Sundown (1941) | George Sanders & Directed by William Wanger |
185.20 | |
| Never Let Me Go (1953) | Clark Gable | 152.70 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Gene Tierney
1. Gene Eliza Teirney was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1920. Her father, a successful insurance broker, set up a corporation, Belle-Tier, to fund and promote her acting career….I think that it worked!
2. Gene Tierney most famous movie role was in 1944’s Laura. She originally did not want to make the movie but did it anyway under contract obligations….so basically 20th Century Fox made her make the movie.
3. Gene Tierney appeared in five films with Dana Andrews: 1941’s Tobacco Road, 1941’s Belle Starr , 1944’s Laura, 1948’s The Iron Curtain and 1950’s Where the Sidewalk Ends.
4. Gene Tierney’s only Oscar® nomination was for 1945’s Leave Her To Heaven. Her incredible performance as one of the movie’s greatest villains is probably why this is one of Martin Scorsese‘s favorite movies.
5. Gene Tierney 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.
6. Gene Tierney was married two times. She had two children….both daughters.
7. Gene Tierney’s daughter was born intellectually disabled because Gene had contracted 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 1980’s The Mirror Crack’d.
8. When Gene Tierney 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.
9. Gene Tierney appeared in 18 $100 million box office hits. That is tied for 8th place when looking at all the actresses that are on our website.
10. Gene Tierneys’ cumulative movie totals: Adjusted domestic box office: $4.21 billion. Her movies received 29 Oscar® nominations….winning 4 times.
Check out Gene Tierney‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Bruce
1 Thanks for your interesting explanation of your move to ‘stay at home’ You sure wouldn’t have gotten many Hub pages done with the hours u worked in that store.
2 When we were in Atlanta we met a guy who had just become ‘stay at home’. But he didn’t turn the opportunity into the creative hobby that you have done. In fact he became obsessed with watching Gorge W Bush campaigning for the White House.
Best wishes Bob
Hey Bob.
1. I agree….I would probably be divorced…..and all of this movie trivia running through my head would be trying to figure out a way to get out…lol.
2. One day…I think this hard work will pay off….over the years I have gotten a few business sponsor proposals….however they did not match the pages….couple of them were online casinos…..movies and gambling do not seem to mix. So we have decided to remain “ad free”.
3. Some of the websites out there have great ideas for stories….yet there pages are so flooded with ads….you can hardly get to the information.
Cogerson 🙂
Yeah the trick is tot try to make as much money as possible without losing ground on content to the point where it is no longer fun or as informative. But I can see your mind is always working !
Always….always….always. 🙂
Hello Bruce,
Thanks for this page. I’ve seen 8 films only, but I was fascinated by Laura. Like french critics, however. Laura was just a moderate succes at the french box office at the time, but it became instantly cult. Gene Tierney was one of the most beautiful woman of the cinema history. Perhaps of the world, in my case. Her most succesfull movie in France was Son Of Fury.
Hey Laurent.
1. Are you back home now? Did you get a chance to “scrape” any information? WoC/Debbie usually makes it easy to follow her directions…but she was a little concerned about a language translation problem.
2. Tally count. We are at the bottom.
Larry from USA 26,
Flora from Canada 24,
Paul from Unknown 18,
Bern1960 from Canada 17
Steve from New England 9
Laurent from France 8
Cogerson from USA 8
3. Not too surprised that Laura was not too big of a hit….it only did moderately well here in the States. I am surprised her Son Of Fury did so well.
4. You will be happy to know….that your name is now in our massive movie database….WoC/Debbie download the information you sent me into our movie database….so now when I am looking through the information….I am seeing Laurent pop up. You have me beat…she never did that for Cogerson…lol.
As always thanks for the viewpoint from France.
1. Yes the explanantions of your wife are clear, but I really do not have to be good with computers because I can’t scape for the moment…
2. I have to confess I never see Leave Her To Heaven….I I really have to see it.
3. Son of fury was a succes because Tyrone Power.
4. I’m honored that my name is your database. I began to gain international reputation, too. lol.
GOOD EVENING LAURENT
1 I have just watched France beat Germany 2 – 0 in the European Football Competition so your country now reaches Sunday’s final against Portugal. Best of luck ! My wife and I are rooting for France and you’ll see why as you read on.
2 Laura is supposed to have layers of subtle meanings that it wouldn’t be proper for me to repeat here. Gene Tierney had mental problems that plagued her for large parts of her career and she mentioned in an interview that when they were making the Left Hand of God Humphrey Bogart advised to to seek psychiatric help. She was ultimately hospitalised for depression.
3 I have strong associations with France and they are:
(1) For 24 years my wife and I have regularly holidayed in France and most of the time at a villa in a village called Chabenet just outside Chateaurox the hometown of Gerard Depardieu.
(2) We have travelled all over France and we love the towns, cities and culture.
(3) Our son is married to a French girl from Bourges. They live in London while her parents still reside in Bourges.
(4) The parents also own a holiday bungalow outside La Rochelle and they loaned it to my wife and me free of charge last year for out summer vacation. We plan to return there next year for our holidays as it is a very charming place.
4. I enjoy your posts and hope to see some more of them
Best wishes BOB
Hello Bob,
Yes France beat Germany. OK, I’m not a really fan of soccer (I prefer rugby), but it’s an event in France because this had not hapen for near 60 years !!
Thank you for loving my country. It’s a beautiful country even if the French are not always easy to live with and understand.
🙂
Hey Bob. Thanks for sharing all of this information on France. You make it sound like a place we need to check out.
Hey Laurent.
1. Glad her directions are easy to follow.
2. Wow…you and Steve have both not seen Leave Her To Heaven
3. I can see that Power was probably the reason for the success….especially since it was one of Tierney’s first movies.
Paul from Unknown still beat you, Bruce.
LOL!
The beautiful Gene Tierney gets her movie page. Whenever I see her name I remember Jerry Lewis in one of the Martin & Lewis comedies confusing her name with Gene Tunny, a famous heavyweight boxer.
I’ve seen just 9 of the 36 films listed here, maybe more but that’s how many I know for sure. Favorites include – Laura, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Heaven Can Wait and The Return of Frank James.
Top rated films I’ve yet to see include – The Razor’s Edge, Advice and Consent and Leave Her to Heaven.
Laura is her most famous film and tops the critics chart, it is one of the great film noirs. Checking youtube it’s no.7 on my Top 40 film noirs video, only 6 films are higher, not bad. Have you done a noir page yet Bruce? [cue Bruce snarling]
Btw Burt Reynold’s underrated thriller Sharky’s Machine rips off, sorry, ‘borrows’ an important sub-plot from Laura.
I will check out Gene’s evil turn in Leave Her to Heaven eventually. Looking at my files it’s listed on there but I can’t remember watching it.
Top marks Bruce. Enjoyed the trivia too. Voted Up!
Hey Steve….
1. I imagine her first name caused lots of confusion for her over the years….as far as I know she was one of the few female “Genes” versus the many female “Jeans”.
2. Your tally count keeps me at the bottom.
Larry from USA 26,
Flora from Canada 24,
Paul from Unknown 18,
Bern1960 from Canada 17
Steve from New England 9
Laurent from France 8
Cogerson from USA 8
3. I am shocked you have not seen Leave Her To Heaven….(1) Because it is a classic (2) It is filmed in some pretty awesome color and (3) and most importantly it also stars Vincent Price.
4. Tierney’s performance is shocking…and very memorable…..when you see it….you will look at the picture of her in a row boat differently
5. I shared this link on a Facebook Film Noir page….saying “She was the Queen of Film Noir”….they did not like that title at all….so if she was not the Queen of Film Noir who was? Gloria Graham? Good to know your You Tube video and my critic score are close.
6. Sharkey’s Machine is one of my mom’s favorite movies….and yes Burt “borrowed” lots from Laura.
7. I think if you watched Leave Her To Heaven….you would have remembered one of the greatest villain performances of all-time….as my mom said….”She was Evil, Evil, Evil”….not sure many people rate 3 evils from my mom….lol
As always…thanks for checking out our latest page.
It’s in the collection I might watch it tonight. Is she that evil evi evil? Do they find the mark of the beast under her hair while she’s asleep? Is she the ultimate femme fatale? Do they call in an exorcist at the climax?
Btw Bruce I’ve been meaning to ask how do you keep track of all the comments? Is there a comments page? Do you get email notifications? I only see links to 5 comments on each page.
Hey Steve….hope you liked it if you watched it. I think it shocked me because I thought I was going to be seeing a romantic happy movie. Instead I got Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction in a 1945 movie….very very shocking.
As for the comments….yes only the last 5 show up on the page…..normally can keep up with the comments…..lately (thankfully) the comments have been coming fast and furious….so I have to use “my comment” section that my website provider offers….it lists all 13,567 comments….from most recent to oldest.
She was just so stunning like a goddess. And a talented actress too.
Hey Goetz….I agree with your comment….thanks for stopping by.
Hi
Tierney was one of the most beautiful looking actresses ever to grace the silver screen. It’s incredible that she didn’t want the role of Laura, which proves that not every star knew what was good for them.
Personally my favourite would be Leave Her To Heaven. I think the colour in it is fantastic. The scene where’s she’s in the boat and her husband’s young brother is drowning and she does nothing. It’s just so chilling.
It’s sad that she had so many health problems later on in life, but fortunately her last marriage, she was very happy. Great page.
Hey Chris.
1. I can imagine Tierney fussing about how 20th Century-Fox was making her make the movie….I imagine when people starting talking about how great the movie was and how great her performance was..she stopped the fussing.
2. I am right there with you about Leave Her To Heaven….probably one of the great female villain roles of all-time…right there with Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Judith Anderson in Rebecca and Jessica Walters in Play Misty For Me.
3. The boat scene is very chilling…I made sure to find a picture of her in the boat….so everybody that knows the movie…will think about that scene when they see the picture.
4. I am also glad the later part of her life was happy.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cogerson 🙂
I LOVE the film PLAY MISTY FOR ME.
LOVE the film.
Hey Flora….it is a great one…and one that Fatal Attraction pretty much copied.