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