Lana Turner
Acting
- Born:
- 1921-02-08
- Died:
- 1995-06-29
- 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
Filmography
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
This Is Bob Hope...
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Murders of Hollywood
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
That's Entertainment! III
La Classe américaine
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Night of 100 Stars II
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Showbiz Goes to War
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Falcon Crest
Entertainment Tonight
Witches' Brew
The Hollywood Clowns
Ciné regards
The Love Boat
Bittersweet Love
That's Entertainment, Part II
Persecution
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
The Big Cube
The Carol Burnett Show
Madame X
Love Has Many Faces
Who's Got the Action?
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Bachelor in Paradise
By Love Possessed
Portrait in Black
Imitation of Life
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Another Time, Another Place
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Peyton Place
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Diane
The Rains of Ranchipur
MGM Parade
The Sea Chase
The Prodigal
Betrayed
Flame and the Flesh
Great Lady Has an Interview
Latin Lovers
The Oscars
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Merry Widow
Singin' in the Rain
Mr. Imperium
A Life of Her Own
What's My Line?
The Three Musketeers
The Ed Sullivan Show
Homecoming
Cass Timberlane
Green Dolphin Street
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Week-End at the Waldorf
Keep Your Powder Dry
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Twenty Years After
Du Barry Was a Lady
Show-Business at War
Slightly Dangerous
The Youngest Profession
Strictly G.I.
Somewhere I'll Find You
Johnny Eager
Honky Tonk
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Ziegfeld Girl
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
We Who Are Young
Trifles of Importance
Two Girls on Broadway
Dancing Co-Ed
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
These Glamour Girls
Calling Dr. Kildare
Dramatic School
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Four's a Crowd
Love Finds Andy Hardy
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Great Garrick
Topper
They Won't Forget
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)