Even beautiful people can have tumultuous lives.
Gene Tierney, model and early silver screen actress, suffered from nental illness that plagued her through much of her career.
During the filming of The Left Hand of God in 1955, co-star Humphrey Bogart convinced her to seek help for her mental instability.
Shortly after, she saw a psychiatrist and was admitted to Harkness Pavilion in New York and later the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticutt where she had to undergo 27 shock treatments. This made Tierney a vocal opponent to shock treatment, claiming that the experience had stolen much of her memory.
By 1957, reports were the mother of two was trying to take her own life.
She was institutionalized in Kansas at that time and later released for a rehabilitation process which involved working as a sales clerk.
Tierney eventually met Texas oil baron W Howard Lee who fell in love and married her in Aspen during 1960.
For two years to follow, Tierny led a very conservative lifestyle where playing bridge became a big priority.
The break helped her cope better and in 1962, 20th Century Fox announced she would star in Return to Peyton Place. However, this did not mark her comeback as she had to drop out because she was pregnant.
It wasn't until the film Advise and Consent came along that Tierney was officially back in the movies.
A year later, she starred in Toys in the Attic and received high critical praise for her performance.
The Pleasure Seekers, which starred Tierney and Ann Margaret, came out in 1964 and marked another chapter of Tierney's career as she chose to retire for five more years following this film.
By 1969 she was ready again for the making of a television movie and a decade later, ready to release her autobiography.
Her last production was the television mini-series Scruples which also starred Lindsay Wagner.
Tierney lost her husband in 1981 and she herself died of emphysema in Houston, Texas at age 71.