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Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

Gene Tierney

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Gene Tierney
Age: 70 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 19
Died: 1991
Died: November 6
Actor
Autobiographer
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Gene Eliza Tierney
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Fonda
Cooper
Gary

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