Lana Turner
- Teen actor
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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.
Acted in
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Reflections of Evil
2002
as Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
as Isabelle (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Falcon Crest
1981
as Jacqueline Perrault
Witches' Brew
1980
as Vivian Cross
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
The Love Boat
1977
as Elizabeth Raley
The Love Boat
1977
as Elizabeth Raleigh
Bittersweet Love
1976
as Claire
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Persecution
1974
as Carrie Masters
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969
The Big Cube
1969
as Adriana Roman
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
Madame X
1966
as Holly Parker
Love Has Many Faces
1965
as Kit Jordon
Who's Got the Action?
1962
as Melanie Flood
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Rosemary Howard
By Love Possessed
1961
as Marjorie Penrose
Portrait in Black
1960
as Sheila Cabot
Imitation of Life
1959
as Lora Meredith
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Another Time, Another Place
1958
as Sara Scott
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1958
as Maggie Colby
Peyton Place
1957
as Constance MacKenzie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Diane
1956
as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Lady Edwina Esketh
The Sea Chase
1955
as Elsa Keller
The Prodigal
1955
as Samarra
Betrayed
1954
as Carla Van Oven
Flame and the Flesh
1954
as Madeline
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
as The Star
Latin Lovers
1953
as Nora Taylor
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Georgia Lorrison
The Merry Widow
1952
as Crystal Radek
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Actress in 'The Royal Rascal' (uncredited)
Mr. Imperium
1951
as Fredda Barlo
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Lily Brannel James
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Three Musketeers
1948
as Lady De Winter
Homecoming
1948
as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
Cass Timberlane
1947
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Marianne Patourel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Cora Smith
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Bunny Smith
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as Valerie Parks
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Du Barry was a Lady
1943
as Lana Turner (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Lana Turner
Strictly G.I.
1943
as Self - Guest Star
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Paula Lane
Johnny Eager
1941
as Lisbeth 'Liz' Bard
Honky Tonk
1941
as Elizabeth Cotton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Sheila Regan
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
We Who Are Young
1940
as Marjorie White Brooks
Trifles of Importance
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Pat Mahoney
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Patty Marlow
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Herself (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls
1939
as Jane Thomas
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Rosalie Lewett
Dramatic School
1938
as Mado
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Helen
Four's a Crowd
1938
as Passerby (uncredited)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
as Cynthia Potter
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Maid
The Great Garrick
1937
as Mlle. Auber
Topper
1937
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mary Clay
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self