Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1921-02-08
Day of Death
1995-06-29
Place of Birth
Wallace, Idaho, USA
Lana Turner
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 (86)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Murders of Hollywood
2003
Reflections of Evil
2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
That's Entertainment! III
1994
La Classe américaine
1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
