Gene Tierney was one of many actresses in Hollywood, past and present, who have been so labelled, described as "unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history" by studio head Darryl Zanuck.

Gene Tierney in publicity portrait for the film 'Laura', 1944. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) Even back then, politics and becoming president preoccupied Kennedy’s thoughts.

A striking Gene Tierney headshot. The star in 1940 Silver Screen Collection/Getty. Tierney could hold a close-up like few other actresses of her era, as evidenced by this 1940 headshot.

Screen goddess Gene Tierney was more than just another Hollywood tragedy. As a major season of her films comes to the BFI, Geoffrey Macnab unravels the extraordinary life and career of a cinematic ...

1944: Vincent Price and Gene Tierney in the roles of Shelby Carpenter and Laura respectively, in a scene from the 20th Century Fox film noir, 'Laura', directed by Otto Preminger.

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Film star Gene Tierney was worshipped for her looks – but they were also a poisoned chalice. Nearly a century on, has the way we consider beauty changed all that much?