Lana Turner
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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
Credits
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Lady De Winter
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Georgia Lorrison
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Cora Smith
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Imitation of Life (1959)
as Lora Meredith
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Sheila Regan
Peyton Place (1957)
as Constance MacKenzie
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Sara Scott
The Sea Chase (1955)
as Elsa Keller
Cass Timberlane (1947)
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Topper (1937)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Lana Turner (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
as Rosemary Howard
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Maid
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
We Who Are Young (1940)
as Marjorie White Brooks
Portrait in Black (1960)
as Sheila Cabot
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Madame X (1966)
as Holly Parker
Love Has Many Faces (1965)
as Kit Jordon
The Merry Widow (1952)
as Crystal Radek
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
as Melanie Flood
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Isabelle (archive footage)
Betrayed (1954)
as Carla Van Oven
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Bunny Smith
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
as Lady Edwina Esketh
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Elizabeth Cotton
Four's a Crowd (1938)
as Passerby (uncredited)
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
The Youngest Profession (1943)
as Lana Turner
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
as Cynthia
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Lily Brannel James
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
as Valerie Parks
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
as Maggie Colby
By Love Possessed (1961)
as Marjorie Penrose
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
as Helen
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Mary Clay
Johnny Eager (1941)
as Lisbeth Bard
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Paula Lane
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Rosalie Lewett
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Pat Mahoney
Persecution (1974)
as Carrie Masters
The Prodigal (1955)
as Samarra
Flame and the Flesh (1954)
as Madeline
Diane (1956)
as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)
as Herself (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Patty Marlow
Reflections of Evil (2002)
as Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
as Marianne Patourel
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Cube (1969)
as Adriana Roman
Homecoming (1948)
as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
Great Lady Has an Interview (1954)
as The Star
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Latin Lovers (1953)
as Nora Taylor
Witches' Brew (1980)
as Vivian Cross
Mr. Imperium (1951)
as Fredda Barlo
The Great Garrick (1937)
as Mlle. Auber
Dramatic School (1938)
as Mado
Bittersweet Love (1976)
as Claire
Murders of Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Strictly G.I. (1943)
as Self - Guest Star
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
These Glamour Girls (1939)
as Jane Thomas
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)