Lana Turner
Acting
1921-02-08 · 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.
Filmography
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023 · Series
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Movie
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Movie
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
Murders of Hollywood
2003 · Movie
Reflections of Evil
2002 · Movie
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002 · Movie
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001 · Movie
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
La Classe américaine
1993 · Movie
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992 · Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Movie
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
Witches' Brew
1980 · Movie
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 · Movie
Ciné regards
1978 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Bittersweet Love
1976 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
Persecution
1974 · Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969 · Series
The Big Cube
1969 · Movie
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
Madame X
1966 · Movie
Love Has Many Faces
1965 · Movie
Who's Got the Action?
1962 · Movie
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Movie
Bachelor in Paradise
1961 · Movie
By Love Possessed
1961 · Movie
Portrait in Black
1960 · Movie
Imitation of Life
1959 · Movie
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · Movie
Another Time, Another Place
1958 · Movie
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958 · Movie
Peyton Place
1957 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Diane
1956 · Movie
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
The Sea Chase
1955 · Movie
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
Betrayed
1954 · Movie
Flame and the Flesh
1954 · Movie
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Movie
Latin Lovers
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie
The Merry Widow
1952 · Movie
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Movie
Mr. Imperium
1951 · Movie
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Homecoming
1948 · Movie
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Movie
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Movie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Movie
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Movie
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945 · Movie
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · Movie
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
Show-Business at War
1943 · Movie
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Movie
The Youngest Profession
1943 · Movie
Strictly G.I.
1943 · Movie
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Movie
Johnny Eager
1941 · Movie
Honky Tonk
1941 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 · Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Movie
We Who Are Young
1940 · Movie
Trifles of Importance
1940 · Movie
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Movie
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Movie
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939 · Movie
These Glamour Girls
1939 · Movie
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
Dramatic School
1938 · Movie
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938 · Movie
Four's a Crowd
1938 · Movie
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938 · Movie
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · Movie
The Great Garrick
1937 · Movie
Topper
1937 · Movie
They Won't Forget
1937 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Movie