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The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title

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Gene Tierney
Age: 70 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 19
Died: 1991
Died: November 6
Actor
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Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Gene Eliza Tierney
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that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.
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I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.
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I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.
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I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
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Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.
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I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.
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I ask myself: would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm, and instead of shock treatments received rest and quiet and the good medication?
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When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb
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About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.
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