The crossword solutions for the term GENE ACTRESS are TIERNEY. Gene Tierney was an American film and stage actress who rose to fame in the 1940s and 1950s. She is best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1944 film Laura, as well as her roles in Leave Her to Heaven, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and Whirlpool. Tierney was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times during her career.