Lana Turner
- Acting
- February 8, 1921 · Wallace, Idaho, USA
- June 29, 1995
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
- 1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood · Self
- This Is Bob Hope... · Self
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · Self
- Murders of Hollywood · Self
- Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song · Self
- Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir · Self
- Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- La Classe américaine · Isabelle (archive footage)
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind · Self
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC · Self
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · Self
- Night of 100 Stars II · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Showbiz Goes to War · (archive footage)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
- Falcon Crest · Jacqueline Perrault
- Entertainment Tonight · Self
- Witches' Brew · Vivian Cross
- The Hollywood Clowns · (archive footage)
- Ciné regards · Self
- The Love Boat · Elizabeth Raley, Elizabeth Raleigh
- Bittersweet Love · Claire
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- Persecution · Carrie Masters
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory · Self
- Harold Robbins' The Survivors · Tracy Carlyle Hastings
- The Big Cube · Adriana Roman
- The Carol Burnett Show · Self
- Madame X · Holly Parker
- Love Has Many Faces · Kit Jordon
- Who's Got the Action? · Melanie Flood
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years · Self
- Bachelor in Paradise · Rosemary Howard
- By Love Possessed · Marjorie Penrose
- Portrait in Black · Sheila Cabot
- Imitation of Life · Lora Meredith
- Andy Hardy Comes Home · Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Another Time, Another Place · Sara Scott, Co-producer
- The Lady Takes a Flyer · Maggie Colby
- Peyton Place · Constance MacKenzie
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Diane · Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
- The Rains of Ranchipur · Lady Edwina Esketh
- MGM Parade · Self
- The Sea Chase · Elsa Keller
- The Prodigal · Samarra
- Betrayed · Carla Van Oven
- Flame and the Flesh · Madeline
- Great Lady Has an Interview · The Star
- Latin Lovers · Nora Taylor
- The Oscars · Self
- The Bad and the Beautiful · Georgia Lorrison
- The Merry Widow · Crystal Radek
- Singin' in the Rain · Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
- Mr. Imperium · Fredda Barlo
- A Life of Her Own · Lily Brannel James
- What's My Line? · Self
- The Three Musketeers · Lady De Winter
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Homecoming · Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
- Cass Timberlane · Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
- Green Dolphin Street · Marianne Patourel
- The Postman Always Rings Twice · Cora Smith
- Week-End at the Waldorf · Bunny Smith
- Keep Your Powder Dry · Valerie Parks
- Marriage Is a Private Affair · Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
- Twenty Years After · (archive footage)
- Du Barry Was a Lady · Lana Turner (uncredited)
- Show-Business at War · Self
- Slightly Dangerous · Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
- The Youngest Profession · Lana Turner
- Strictly G.I. · Self
- Somewhere I'll Find You · Paula Lane
- Johnny Eager · Lisbeth Bard
- Honky Tonk · Elizabeth Cotton
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Beatrix 'Bea' Emery