Lana Turner

Also Known As: Julia Jean Turner, Лана Тёрнер, Julia Jean Mildred Frances 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Wallace, Idaho, USA

Birthday: February 08, 1921

Deathday: June 29, 1995

Adult: No

Gender: Female

Popularity:

1.36%

Known For:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Love Has Many Faces
Mr. Imperium
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Ziegfeld Girl
Imitation of Life
The Hollywood Clowns
The Sea Chase
Johnny Eager
The Three Musketeers
Madame X
Another Time, Another Place
Peyton Place
Reflections of Evil
Love Finds Andy Hardy
The Rains of Ranchipur
Portrait in Black
Somewhere I'll Find You
Trifles of Importance
They Won't Forget
Showbiz Goes to War
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Bachelor in Paradise
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Big Cube
Betrayed
Who's Got the Action?
Week-End at the Waldorf
Honky Tonk
Two Girls on Broadway
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Persecution
Homecoming
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Cass Timberlane
The Youngest Profession
Green Dolphin Street
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Calling Dr. Kildare
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
By Love Possessed
The Great Garrick
The Prodigal
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Merry Widow
Bittersweet Love
Slightly Dangerous
Latin Lovers
Dramatic School
A Life of Her Own
Diane
These Glamour Girls
Keep Your Powder Dry
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Flame and the Flesh
Du Barry was a Lady
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Witches' Brew
Dancing Co-Ed
Night of 100 Stars II
Strictly G.I.
We Who Are Young
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Topper
That's Entertainment! III
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Show-Business at War
That's Entertainment, Part II
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Twenty Years After
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
This Is Bob Hope...
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Four's a Crowd
Singin' in the Rain
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
La Classe américaine
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Great Lady Has an Interview