Lana Turner
Acting • Born 1921-02-08 – Died 1995-06-29
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.
Filmography
97 credits
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1941
Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
Love Has Many Faces
Movie • 1965
Kit Jordon
Mr. Imperium
Movie • 1951
Fredda Barlo
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie • 1982
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Georgia Lorrison
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie • 1946
Cora Smith
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie • 1941
Sheila Regan
Imitation of Life
Movie • 1959
Lora Meredith
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Sea Chase
Movie • 1955
Elsa Keller
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
Lisbeth Bard
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1948
Lady De Winter
Madame X
Movie • 1966
Holly Parker
Another Time, Another Place
Movie • 1958
Sara Scott
Peyton Place
Movie • 1957
Constance MacKenzie
Reflections of Evil
Movie • 2002
Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Movie • 1938
Cynthia Potter
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie • 1955
Lady Edwina Esketh
Portrait in Black
Movie • 1960
Sheila Cabot
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie • 1942
Paula Lane
Trifles of Importance
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Mary Clay
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie • 1961
Rosemary Howard
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Cube
Movie • 1969
Adriana Roman
Betrayed
Movie • 1954
Carla Van Oven
Who's Got the Action?
Movie • 1962
Melanie Flood
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Bunny Smith
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1941
Elizabeth Cotton
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie • 1940
Pat Mahoney
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Movie • 1944
Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
Persecution
Movie • 1974
Carrie Masters
Homecoming
Movie • 1948
Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Cass Timberlane
Movie • 1947
Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
The Youngest Profession
Movie • 1943
Lana Turner
Green Dolphin Street
Movie • 1947
Marianne Patourel
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Movie • 1958
Maggie Colby
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Rosalie Lewett
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
By Love Possessed
Movie • 1961
Marjorie Penrose
The Great Garrick
Movie • 1937
Mlle. Auber
The Prodigal
Movie • 1955
Samarra
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie • 1938
Maid
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1952
Crystal Radek
Bittersweet Love
Movie • 1976
Claire
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
Latin Lovers
Movie • 1953
Nora Taylor
Dramatic School
Movie • 1938
Mado
A Life of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Lily Brannel James
Diane
Movie • 1956
Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
These Glamour Girls
Movie • 1939
Jane Thomas
Keep Your Powder Dry
Movie • 1945
Valerie Parks
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie • 1938
Helen
Flame and the Flesh
Movie • 1954
Madeline
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie • 1943
Lana Turner (uncredited)
Witches' Brew
Movie • 1980
Vivian Cross
Dancing Co-Ed
Movie • 1939
Patty Marlow
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Strictly G.I.
Movie • 1943
Self - Guest Star
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
Marjorie White Brooks
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Movie • 1939
Herself (uncredited)
Topper
Movie • 1937
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie • 1958
Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
Four's a Crowd
Movie • 1938
Passerby (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
Movie • 1952
Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Isabelle (archive footage)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Great Lady Has an Interview
Movie • 1954
The Star
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Murders of Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Movie • 1992
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Jacqueline Perrault
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
TV • 1969
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Elizabeth Raley
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Elizabeth Raleigh
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self