Lana Turner
Born February 08, 1921 (Age: 105)
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Wallace, Idaho, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 97
Reflections of Evil
2002
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as Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
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Age: 81
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 81
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 73
La Classe américaine
1993
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as Isabelle (archive footage)
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Age: 72
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
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as
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Age: 70
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 66
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 64
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
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as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
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Age: 61
Witches' Brew
1980
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as Vivian Cross
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Age: 59
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 55
Persecution
1974
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as Carrie Masters
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Age: 53
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 50
The Big Cube
1969
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as Adriana Roman
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Age: 48
Love Has Many Faces
1965
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as Kit Jordon
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Age: 44
Who's Got the Action?
1962
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as Melanie Flood
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Age: 41
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
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as Rosemary Howard
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Age: 40
By Love Possessed
1961
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as Marjorie Penrose
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Age: 40
Portrait in Black
1960
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as Sheila Cabot
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Age: 39
Imitation of Life
1959
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as Lora Meredith
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Age: 38
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
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as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Another Time, Another Place
1958
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as Sara Scott
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Age: 37
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
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as Maggie Colby
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Age: 36
Diane
1956
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as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
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Age: 34
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
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as Lady Edwina Esketh
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Age: 34
The Sea Chase
1955
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as Elsa Keller
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Age: 34
The Prodigal
1955
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as Samarra
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Age: 34
Betrayed
1954
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as Carla Van Oven
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Age: 33
Flame and the Flesh
1954
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as Madeline
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Age: 33
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
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as The Star
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Age: 33
Latin Lovers
1953
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as Nora Taylor
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Age: 32
A Life of Her Own
1950
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as Lily Brannel James
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Age: 29
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
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as Bunny Smith
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Age: 24
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
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as Valerie Parks
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Age: 24
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
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as Paula Lane
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Age: 21
Johnny Eager
1941
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as Lisbeth Bard
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Age: 20
Honky Tonk
1941
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as Elizabeth Cotton
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Age: 20
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
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as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
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Age: 20
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
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as Sheila Regan
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Age: 20