Gene Tierney was absolutely one of the most beautiful women to grace the silver screen in golden Hollywood. Gene married dress designer Oleg Cassini and found herself pregnant with her first child in early 1943.
With World War II raging in Europe and the Pacific, Hollywood stars contributed to the war effort by working shifts at the Hollywood Canteen, signing autographs, posing for pictures, pouring coffee, and passing out donuts. Right before a move to Kansas for her husband's army training, Gene pulled one last shift at the Canteen.
She woke up days later with German Measles or Rubella. Keep in mind, there was no vaccination for measles, mumps, or rubella at this time. After a week of bedrest, the family moved as planned, and the remainder of the pregnancy progressed as normal.
Until baby Daria was born premature, blind, deaf, and severely impaired. Her birth defects were traced back to the rubella Gene contracted early in pregnancy.
Gene and Oleg were devastated. They sought the care of the best doctors in the world for Daria. It was clear that Daria would need more care than they could give at home, so she was institutionalized at a facility in New Jersey.
Gene never recovered from the blow of Daria's birth. Two years after Daria was born, a woman approached her at a tennis match. The woman met Gene at the Canteen, and wondered if she ever caught German Measles. Apparently, the woman broke quarantine just to meet Gene on her last night. She had German Measles, and was always curious if Gene caught it.
Gene just turned at walked away.
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