Lana Turner
Known for: Acting
Born: February 8, 1921
Died: June 29, 1995
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
87 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
5.7
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
7.7
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
5.0
Murders of Hollywood
2003
6.5
Reflections of Evil
2002
6.5
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
7.3
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
NR
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.6
La Classe américaine
19938.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
6.6
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
4.9
Witches' Brew
1980
NR
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
4.0
Bittersweet Love
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
3.6
Persecution
1974
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
9.0
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969
4.3
The Big Cube
1969
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
6.4
Madame X
1966
5.2
Love Has Many Faces
1965
5.2
Who's Got the Action?
1962
4.4
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
6.3
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
5.2
By Love Possessed
1961
5.7
Portrait in Black
1960
7.4
Imitation of Life
1959
5.0
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
5.8
Another Time, Another Place
1958
4.4
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
6.7
Peyton Place
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
6.0
Diane
1956
5.4
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.3
The Sea Chase
1955
4.6
The Prodigal
1955
5.8
Betrayed
1954
10.0
Flame and the Flesh
1954
2.0
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
4.7
Latin Lovers
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
6.3
The Merry Widow
1952
8.1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
5.1
Mr. Imperium
1951
5.3
A Life of Her Own
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.1
Homecoming
1948
6.0
Cass Timberlane
1947
6.3
Green Dolphin Street
1947
7.1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.1
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
7.1
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
5.3
The Youngest Profession
1943
7.5
Strictly G.I.
1943
5.7
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
6.6
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
6.3
We Who Are Young
1940
7.5
Trifles of Importance
1940
7.0
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
6.6
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
4.0
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
5.9
These Glamour Girls
1939
6.6
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
6.5
Dramatic School
1938
6.1
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
5.5
Four's a Crowd
1938
6.2
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
6.2
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
6.6
The Great Garrick
1937
6.7
Topper
1937
5.9
They Won't Forget
1937
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936