Name
Lana Turner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-02-08
Deathday
1995-06-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Wallace, Idaho, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). She is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens thanks to her role in the 1941 horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 1958, her daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed Turner's lover Johnny Stompanato to death. A coroner's inquest brought considerable media attention to Turner and concluded that Crane had acted in self defense. Turner's next film, Imitation of Life (1959), proved to be one of the greatest successes of her career, but from the early 1960s her roles were fewer. She gained recognition near the end of her career with a recurring guest role in the television series Falcon Crest during 1982 and 1983. Turner made her final television appearance in 1991, and died from throat cancer in 1995.
Known For
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Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his e...
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Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as thr...
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In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance M...
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- 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
- 1965 Love Has Many Faces as Kit Jordon
- 1951 Mr. Imperium as Fredda Barlo
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
- 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful as Georgia Lorrison
- 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice as Cora Smith
- 1941 Ziegfeld Girl as Sheila Regan
- 1959 Imitation of Life as Lora Meredith
- 1979 The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1955 The Sea Chase as Elsa Keller
- 1941 Johnny Eager as Lisbeth Bard
- 1948 The Three Musketeers as Lady De Winter
- 1966 Madame X as Holly Parker
- 1958 Another Time, Another Place as Sara Scott
- 1957 Peyton Place as Constance MacKenzie
- 1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy as Cynthia
- 1955 The Rains of Ranchipur as Lady Edwina Esketh
- 1960 Portrait in Black as Sheila Cabot
- 1942 Somewhere I'll Find You as Paula Lane
- 1940 Trifles of Importance as Self (archive footage)
- 1937 They Won't Forget as Mary Clay
- 1982 Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1961 Bachelor in Paradise as Rosemary Howard
- 1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1969 The Big Cube as Adriana Roman
- 1954 Betrayed as Carla Van Oven
- 1962 Who's Got the Action? as Melanie Flood
- 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf as Bunny Smith
- 1941 Honky Tonk as Elizabeth Cotton
- 1940 Two Girls on Broadway as Pat Mahoney
- 1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
- 1974 Persecution as Carrie Masters
- 1948 Homecoming as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
- 1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 Cass Timberlane as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
- 1943 The Youngest Profession as Lana Turner
- 1947 Green Dolphin Street as Marianne Patourel
- 1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer as Maggie Colby
- 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1939 Calling Dr. Kildare as Rosalie Lewett
- 2018 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 By Love Possessed as Marjorie Penrose
- 1937 The Great Garrick as Mlle. Auber
- 1955 The Prodigal as Samarra
- 1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo as Maid
- 1952 The Merry Widow as Crystal Radek
- 1976 Bittersweet Love as Claire
- 1943 Slightly Dangerous as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
- 1953 Latin Lovers as Nora Taylor
- 1938 Dramatic School as Mado
- 1950 A Life of Her Own as Lily Brannel James
- 1956 Diane as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
- 1939 These Glamour Girls as Jane Thomas
- 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry as Valerie Parks
- 1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl as Helen
- 1954 Flame and the Flesh as Madeline
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady as Lana Turner (uncredited)
- 1980 Witches' Brew as Vivian Cross
- 1939 Dancing Co-Ed as Patty Marlow
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1943 Strictly G.I. as Self - Guest Star
- 1940 We Who Are Young as Marjorie White Brooks
- 1939 Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga as Herself (uncredited)
- 1937 Topper as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1958 Andy Hardy Comes Home as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1943 Show-Business at War as Self
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1940 A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1944 Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 2002 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2017 This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
- 1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1938 Four's a Crowd as Passerby (uncredited)
- 1952 Singin' in the Rain as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
- 2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 La Classe américaine as Isabelle (archive footage)
- 1996 Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 Great Lady Has an Interview as The Star
- 1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 2003 Murders of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 6 episodes ) as Jacqueline Perrault
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1969 Harold Robbins' The Survivors ( 14 episodes ) as Tracy Carlyle Hastings
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Raley
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Raleigh
- 1955 MGM Parade ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year ( 1 episode )
