Lana Turner

Acting · 2.1 popularity

Age

105

Movies

Born: February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995
From: 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.

Works

87 films

Singin' in the Rain

19528.1

The Three Musketeers

19486.8

Imitation of Life

19597.4

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

19826.7

The Postman Always Rings Twice

19467.1

The Bad and the Beautiful

19527.3

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

19416.5

Peyton Place

19576.8

Betrayed

19545.8

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

Ziegfeld Girl

19416.7

The Sea Chase

19556.3

Honky Tonk

19416.4

The Youngest Profession

19435.3

Madame X

19666.4

Bachelor in Paradise

19616.3

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Topper

19376.8

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

20026.5

Cass Timberlane

19476.0

The Merry Widow

19526.3

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

By Love Possessed

19615.3

The Adventures of Marco Polo

19386.2

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

La Classe américaine

19937.6

The Prodigal

19554.6

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

20185.9

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

19888.2

Johnny Eager

19416.2

Twenty Years After

19448.0

Who's Got the Action?

19625.2

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

Another Time, Another Place

19585.8

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

20097.5

Diane

19566.0

Reflections of Evil

20026.8

Green Dolphin Street

19476.3

Homecoming

19487.0

Portrait in Black

19605.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

This Is Bob Hope...

20178.0

A Life of Her Own

19505.3

Mr. Imperium

19515.1

Persecution

19743.6

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

Somewhere I'll Find You

19425.7

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

19928.0

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

19614.4

Four's a Crowd

19385.5

Love Finds Andy Hardy

19386.2

The Big Cube

19694.3

Witches' Brew

19804.9

Dramatic School

19386.5

We Who Are Young

19406.3

The Lady Takes a Flyer

19584.4

The Rains of Ranchipur

19555.4

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

19406.8

Rich Man, Poor Girl

19386.1

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

Calling Dr. Kildare

19396.6

Keep Your Powder Dry

19456.1

Marriage Is a Private Affair

19447.1

Love Has Many Faces

19655.2

They Won't Forget

19375.9

The Great Garrick

19376.3

Two Girls on Broadway

19407.0

Show-Business at War

19437.0

Bittersweet Love

19764.0

These Glamour Girls

19395.9

Strictly G.I.

19437.5

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

19366.0

Week-End at the Waldorf

19456.4

Latin Lovers

19534.7

Flame and the Flesh

195410.0

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

20017.3

Dancing Co-Ed

19396.6

Andy Hardy Comes Home

19585.0

Great Lady Has an Interview

19542.0

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

19394.0

Murders of Hollywood

20035.0

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner

1996

Trifles of Importance

19407.5