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