Lana Turner
Known For
Acting
Born
1921-02-08 in Wallace, Idaho, USA
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.
Most Known For
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raley
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raleigh
Falcon Crest
as Jacqueline Perrault
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
MGM Parade
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Singin' in the Rain
as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Betrayed
as Carla Van Oven
Cass Timberlane
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Ziegfeld Girl
as Sheila Regan
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Cora Smith
The Three Musketeers
as Lady De Winter
Imitation of Life
as Lora Meredith
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
Peyton Place
as Constance MacKenzie