Lana Turner
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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.
Known for
Credits
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Lady De Winter
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Sheila Regan
Betrayed (1954)
as Carla Van Oven
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Cora Smith
The Big Cube (1969)
as Adriana Roman
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Lana Turner (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Georgia Lorrison
Imitation of Life (1959)
as Lora Meredith
Strictly G.I. (1943)
as Self - Guest Star
Peyton Place (1957)
as Constance MacKenzie
Cass Timberlane (1947)
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
By Love Possessed (1961)
as Marjorie Penrose
Topper (1937)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Sea Chase (1955)
as Elsa Keller
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Maid
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
as Melanie Flood
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Bunny Smith
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Elizabeth Cotton
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
as Lady Edwina Esketh
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Eager (1941)
as Lisbeth Bard
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Persecution (1974)
as Carrie Masters
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Isabelle (archive footage)
The Merry Widow (1952)
as Crystal Radek
Madame X (1966)
as Holly Parker
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Diane (1956)
as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Lily Brannel James
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
as Cynthia
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Love Has Many Faces (1965)
as Kit Jordon
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Mary Clay
Portrait in Black (1960)
as Sheila Cabot
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
as Marianne Patourel
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
as Rosemary Howard
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Sara Scott
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Paula Lane
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Youngest Profession (1943)
as Lana Turner
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Rosalie Lewett
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
Homecoming (1948)
as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Four's a Crowd (1938)
as Passerby (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Pat Mahoney
The Prodigal (1955)
as Samarra
We Who Are Young (1940)
as Marjorie White Brooks
Murders of Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Garrick (1937)
as Mlle. Auber
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
as Maggie Colby
Mr. Imperium (1951)
as Fredda Barlo
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
as Valerie Parks
Witches' Brew (1980)
as Vivian Cross
Dramatic School (1938)
as Mado
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Bittersweet Love (1976)
as Claire
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Flame and the Flesh (1954)
as Madeline
Latin Lovers (1953)
as Nora Taylor
Great Lady Has an Interview (1954)
as The Star
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
as Helen
These Glamour Girls (1939)
as Jane Thomas
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)
as Herself (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Patty Marlow