Lana Turner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1921
- Died
- June 29, 1995 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
TV · 1 ep
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as Isabelle (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
Falcon Crest
TV · as Jacqueline Perrault · 6 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Witches' Brew
Movie · as Vivian Cross
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie · as (archive footage)
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Elizabeth Raley, Elizabeth Raleigh · 1 ep
Bittersweet Love
Movie · as Claire
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
Persecution
Movie · as Carrie Masters
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Cube
Movie · as Adriana Roman
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
TV · as Tracy Carlyle Hastings · 14 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
Madame X
Movie · as Holly Parker
Love Has Many Faces
Movie · as Kit Jordon
Who's Got the Action?
Movie · as Melanie Flood
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie · as Rosemary Howard
By Love Possessed
Movie · as Marjorie Penrose
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Portrait in Black
Movie · as Sheila Cabot
Imitation of Life
Movie · as Lora Meredith
Another Time, Another Place
Movie · as Sara Scott
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Movie · as Maggie Colby
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie · as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peyton Place
Movie · as Constance MacKenzie
Diane
Movie · as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sea Chase
Movie · as Elsa Keller
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie · as Lady Edwina Esketh
The Prodigal
Movie · as Samarra
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Betrayed
Movie · as Carla Van Oven
Flame and the Flesh
Movie · as Madeline
Great Lady Has an Interview
Movie · as The Star
Latin Lovers
Movie · as Nora Taylor
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · as Georgia Lorrison
The Merry Widow
Movie · as Crystal Radek
Singin' in the Rain
Movie · as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
Mr. Imperium
Movie · as Fredda Barlo
A Life of Her Own
Movie · as Lily Brannel James
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Lady De Winter
Homecoming
Movie · as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cass Timberlane
Movie · as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Green Dolphin Street
Movie · as Marianne Patourel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie · as Cora Smith
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie · as Bunny Smith
Keep Your Powder Dry
Movie · as Valerie Parks
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Movie · as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Youngest Profession
Movie · as Lana Turner
Slightly Dangerous
Movie · as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · as Lana Turner (uncredited)
Strictly G.I.
Movie · as Self - Guest Star
Show-Business at War
Movie · as Self
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie · as Paula Lane
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Beatrix Emery
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Sheila Regan
Johnny Eager
Movie · as Lisbeth Bard
Honky Tonk
Movie · as Elizabeth Cotton
Trifles of Importance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie · as Pat Mahoney
We Who Are Young
Movie · as Marjorie White Brooks
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie · as Self
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Rosalie Lewett
These Glamour Girls
Movie · as Jane Thomas
Dancing Co-Ed
Movie · as Patty Marlow
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Movie · as Herself (uncredited)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Movie · as Cynthia
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie · as Maid
Dramatic School
Movie · as Mado
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie · as Helen
Four's a Crowd
Movie · as Passerby (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
Movie · as Mary Clay
The Great Garrick
Movie · as Mlle. Auber
Topper
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self