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Gene Tierney
*This is the sexiest looking actress in Hollywood history". My personal opinion right here even though it can be discussed how to compare a woman from the 1940s that had to adhere to the rigid ethical codes of minimum sex appeal on view at the time against someone like Pamela Anderson that had every opportunity to strip off to her panties in the 1990s. Gene had the most stunningly perfect face that ever graced the big screen in the entire 111+ year history of Hollywood to date. Her figure was utterly stunning as well. With regards to her film career, it blossomed during the Second World War years after an uneasy start in the late 1930s where it was bounded about that Gene just wasn't a good actress. "As pretty as a sunset" but virtually no acting range whatsoever to trouble the likes of Katherine Hepburn. But stuck at it she did and the breaks soon came along with hits like "The Return of Frank James (1940) and starring role "Belle Star" (1941). Then her star ascended from there starring in hit after hit and the acting skills grew with it. Her two best and most well known films were film noir masterpieces "Laura" (1944), and for me her greatest ever film that earned her an "Best Actress" Oscar nomination "Leave Her To Heaven" (1945). The whole of the 1940s was her decade and one of the biggest stars at the time. The 1950s was another strong decade with great film noir and drama vehicles to her name. As usual with high visibility in the spotlight and huge pressures in her personal life - the cracks began to show. A failed marriage behind her looking after two children and one being a disabled daughter began to take it's toll on her. Launching herself into ill advised love affairs that went nowhere and mental illness resulted in her been admitted into hospital for depression and underwent the now barbaric extensive "Electric Shock" treatment for her mental illness. She took 7 years away from the big screen going into semi retirement to "find her happy place again" and returned in 1962's great cold war thriller "Advise & Consent". Not long after this though she knew and the industry let her know her services were no longer in demand. Only three more film credits came along before calling it a day in 1964 aged only 44 years old??? Imagine that these days with a top actress hitting the skids by their early 40s. Television came calling for a few guest spot appearances in the mid to late 1960s like classic show "The F.B.I" (1969) and the final role in tv series "Scruples" (1980). Just a decade later she was gone, Emphysema claimed her at just aged 70 in November 1991. Today's stars just don't know how lucky they really are compared to the trials of Gene Tierney - An American Legend. *Above pic of beautiful angelic Gene in the early 1940s where barely any other actress in her day got close to that perfect little face and beautiful figure.
Gene Tierney
*This is the sexiest looking actress in Hollywood history". My personal opinion right here even though it can be discussed how to compare a woman from the 1940s that had to adhere to the rigid ethical codes of minimum sex appeal on view at the time against someone like Pamela Anderson that had every opportunity to strip off to her panties in the 1990s. Gene had the most stunningly perfect face that ever graced the big screen in the entire 111+ year history of Hollywood to date. Her figure was utterly stunning as well. With regards to her film career, it blossomed during the Second World War years after an uneasy start in the late 1930s where it was bounded about that Gene just wasn't a good actress. "As pretty as a sunset" but virtually no acting range whatsoever to trouble the likes of Katherine Hepburn. But stuck at it she did and the breaks soon came along with hits like "The Return of Frank James (1940) and starring role "Belle Star" (1941). Then her star ascended from there starring in hit after hit and the acting skills grew with it. Her two best and most well known films were film noir masterpieces "Laura" (1944), and for me her greatest ever film that earned her an "Best Actress" Oscar nomination "Leave Her To Heaven" (1945). The whole of the 1940s was her decade and one of the biggest stars at the time. The 1950s was another strong decade with great film noir and drama vehicles to her name. As usual with high visibility in the spotlight and huge pressures in her personal life - the cracks began to show. A failed marriage behind her looking after two children and one being a disabled daughter began to take it's toll on her. Launching herself into ill advised love affairs that went nowhere and mental illness resulted in her been admitted into hospital for depression and underwent the now barbaric extensive "Electric Shock" treatment for her mental illness. She took 7 years away from the big screen going into semi retirement to "find her happy place again" and returned in 1962's great cold war thriller "Advise & Consent". Not long after this though she knew and the industry let her know her services were no longer in demand. Only three more film credits came along before calling it a day in 1964 aged only 44 years old??? Imagine that these days with a top actress hitting the skids by their early 40s. Television came calling for a few guest spot appearances in the mid to late 1960s like classic show "The F.B.I" (1969) and the final role in tv series "Scruples" (1980). Just a decade later she was gone, Emphysema claimed her at just aged 70 in November 1991. Today's stars just don't know how lucky they really are compared to the trials of Gene Tierney - An American Legend. *Above pic of beautiful angelic Gene in the early 1940s where barely any other actress in her day got close to that perfect little face and beautiful figure.