Gene Tierney

<p> Called the most beautiful woman in movie history, Gene Tierney starred in such 1940s classics as <I>Laura, Leave Her to Heaven</I> and <I>The Ghost and Mrs. Muir</I>. Her ­on-­screen presence and ability to transform into a variety of characters made her a film legend. Her personal life was a whirlwind of romance (she married a count, was engaged to a prince, and was courted by a future president) and tragedy (her first daughter was born with severe retardation a