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Gene Tierney Trivia
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- Howard Hughes provided the funds for her retarded daughters' medical care.
- Interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA.
- Her first daughter was born mentally retarded because Gene had contracted measles during a U.S.O. tour. This served as the uncredited inspiration for the plot of the 1980 Agatha Christie movie The Mirror Crack'd (1980).
- Measurements: 35B-25-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- During her first film she discovered that her voice was too high and it was suggested that she take up smoking to lower her voice. It worked, but she eventually died of emphysema.
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