Lana Turner
Acting
Born February 8, 1921 · Wallace, Idaho, USA
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.
Films (86)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Murders of Hollywood
2003
Reflections of Evil
2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
That's Entertainment! III
1994
La Classe américaine
1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Witches' Brew
1980
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Bittersweet Love
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Persecution
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Big Cube
1969
Madame X
1966
Love Has Many Faces
1965
Who's Got the Action?
1962
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
By Love Possessed
1961
Portrait in Black
1960
Imitation of Life
1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
Another Time, Another Place
1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
Peyton Place
1957
Diane
1956
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
The Sea Chase
1955
The Prodigal
1955
Betrayed
1954
Flame and the Flesh
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
Latin Lovers
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
The Merry Widow
1952
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Mr. Imperium
1951
A Life of Her Own
1950
The Three Musketeers
1948
Homecoming
1948
Cass Timberlane
1947
Green Dolphin Street
1947
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Show-Business at War
1943
Slightly Dangerous
1943
The Youngest Profession
1943
Strictly G.I.
1943
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
Johnny Eager
1941
Honky Tonk
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
We Who Are Young
1940
Trifles of Importance
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
These Glamour Girls
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Dramatic School
1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
Four's a Crowd
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
The Great Garrick
1937
Topper
1937
They Won't Forget
1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936