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‘Laura’ and ‘The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’: Two Portraits of Gene Tierney

The beautiful actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age portrays characters involved in otherworldly situations.
‘Laura’ and ‘The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’: Two Portraits of Gene Tierney
Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) walks in on Detective Mark McPherson in her apartment, in “Laura.” 20th Century Fox/MovieStillsDB
Tiffany Brannan
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Gene Tierney wasn’t a femme fatale of the 1930s like Jean Harlow and Greta Garbo. She wasn’t a 1940s pinup girl like Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. She wasn’t a bombshell of the 1950s like Marilyn Monroe or an enduring fashion symbol of the 1960s like Audrey Hepburn.

No one but the most devoted classic film fans would even recognize her name today. Nevertheless, this strikingly beautiful brunette achieved stardom at 20th Century Fox in the 1940s and 1950s because of her emotional acting, soothingly breathy voice, and otherworldly charms.

Tiffany Brannan
Tiffany Brannan
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Tiffany Brannan is a 24-year-old opera singer, Hollywood historian, vintage fashion enthusiast, and journalist. Her classic film journey started in 2016 when she and her sister started the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society to reform the arts by reinstating the Motion Picture Production Code. Tiffany launched Cinballera Entertainment in June 2023 to produce original performances which combine opera, ballet, and old films in historic SoCal venues. She's written for The Epoch Times since 2019 and became the host of a YouTube channel, The Epoch Insights, in June 2024.
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