Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 8, 1921
Place of Birth:
Wallace, Idaho, USA
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Lana Turner
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Reflections of Evil | Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Isabelle (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Witches' Brew | Vivian Cross |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Bittersweet Love | Claire |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Persecution | Carrie Masters |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | The Big Cube | Adriana Roman |
| 1966 | Madame X | Holly Parker |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Kit Jordon |
| 1962 | Who's Got the Action? | Melanie Flood |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise | Rosemary Howard |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Marjorie Penrose |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black | Sheila Cabot |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Lora Meredith |
| 1958 | Another Time, Another Place | Sara Scott |
| 1958 | The Lady Takes a Flyer | Maggie Colby |
| 1958 | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Constance MacKenzie |
| 1956 | Diane | Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Elsa Keller |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Lady Edwina Esketh |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Samarra |
| 1954 | Betrayed | Carla Van Oven |
| 1954 | Flame and the Flesh | Madeline |
| 1954 | Great Lady Has an Interview | The Star |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers | Nora Taylor |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Georgia Lorrison |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Crystal Radek |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | Actress in 'The Royal Rascal' (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Mr. Imperium | Fredda Barlo |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Lily Brannel James |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | Lady De Winter |
| 1948 | Homecoming | Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane | Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Marianne Patourel |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Cora Smith |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Bunny Smith |
| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry | Valerie Parks |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Lana Turner |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Lana Turner (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Strictly G.I. | Self - Guest Star |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Paula Lane |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Beatrix 'Bea' Emery |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Sheila Regan |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Lisbeth 'Liz' Bard |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Elizabeth Cotton |
| 1940 | Trifles of Importance | Self (archive footage) |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Pat Mahoney |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Marjorie White Brooks |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Rosalie Lewett |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Jane Thomas |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Patty Marlow |
| 1939 | Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Herself (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Cynthia Potter |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Maid |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Mado |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Helen |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Mary Clay |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | Mlle. Auber |
| 1937 | Topper | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Jacqueline Perrault |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Elizabeth Raleigh |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Elizabeth Raley |
| 1969 | Harold Robbins' The Survivors | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |