Editing Gene Tierney (section)

==Cultural references==
* Tierney was ranked number 71 in ''[[Premiere Magazine]]''{{-'}}s 2006 list of "The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/List/The-100-Sexiest-Movie-Stars-of-All-Time/71.-Gene-Tierney |title=The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time – 71. Gene Tierney |website=premiere.com |quote=Tierney, a classic beauty, may at first seem too elegant to be a sex symbol, but her Oscar-nominated performance as the femme fatale in ''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]'' firmly established her sexy cred. Plus, Tierney owned her look. She didn't let studio executives mess with her hair color or length, and refused to fix a slight [[overbite]], earning extra sexy points for confidence. |access-date=May 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406023549/http://www.premiere.com/List/The-100-Sexiest-Movie-Stars-of-All-Time/71.-Gene-Tierney |archive-date=April 6, 2009 }}</ref>
* A comedy routine between [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] involved Lewis (in boxing shorts and gear) stating that he's fighting Gene Tierney.<ref>''Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait,'' The Biography Channel. March 26, 1999.</ref> This plays on the similarly named [[Gene Tunney]], who held the world heavyweight boxing title from 1926 to 1928.
* In a third-season episode of ''[[M*A*S*H*]]'' ("[[House Arrest]]"), the characters watch Tierney in ''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]''. After [[Cornel Wilde]] kisses Tierney passionately, [[Hawkeye Pierce]] says, "If he straightens out that overbite, I'll kill him."
* Tierney was featured as the heroine of a novel, ''Gene Tierney and the Invisible Wedding Gift'' (1947), written by Kathryn Heisenfelt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.series-books.com/whitman/whitman.html |title=Whitman Movie Star Authorized Editions |website=Whitman Publishing |access-date=April 9, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Agatha Christie]] is widely assumed to have drawn the basic idea for her 1962 novel ''[[The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side]]'' from the real-life German measles tragedy of Tierney and her baby.
*The [[Off-Broadway]] Musical ''[[Violet (musical)|Violet]]'' references Gene Tierney several times. The main character Violet states that she wants a pair of "Gene Tierney eyes" due to the fact that her face was disfigured after an accident involving her father.
* Tierney is routinely discussed in the 2005 Irish novel ''[[An Evening of Long Goodbyes]]'' by [[Paul Murray (author)|Paul Murray]]