Lana Turner
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 titles)
5.9MovieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2018
8.0MovieThis Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage) · 2017
7.5Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage) · 2009
5.0MovieMurders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2003
6.7MovieReflections of Evil
Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage) · 2002
6.5MovieMarlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2002
7.3MovieLana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self (archive footage) · 2001
MovieBecoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Self (archive footage) · 1996
8.0MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage) · 1995
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) · 1994
7.6MovieLa Classe américaine
Isabelle (archive footage) · 1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
8.2MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage) · 1988
6.0MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
6.0MovieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self · 1987
6.8MovieNight of 100 Stars II
Self · 1985
7.0MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983
10.0MovieShowbiz Goes to War
(archive footage) · 1982
6.7MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage) · 1982
5.6ShowFalcon Crest
Jacqueline Perrault · 1981
4.3ShowEntertainment Tonight
Self · 1981
4.9MovieWitches' Brew
Vivian Cross · 1980
MovieThe Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage) · 1979
6.3ShowThe Love Boat
Elizabeth Raley · 1977
4.0MovieBittersweet Love
Claire · 1976
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) · 1976
3.6MoviePersecution
Carrie Masters · 1974
7.3MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage) · 1972
9.0ShowHarold Robbins' The Survivors
Tracy Carlyle Hastings · 1969
4.3MovieThe Big Cube
Adriana Roman · 1969