Lana Turner
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
The Love Boat
Elizabeth Raley
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Elizabeth Raleigh
1977
Series
Falcon Crest
Jacqueline Perrault
1981
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Film
Singin' in the Rain
Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
1952
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
The Sea Chase
Elsa Keller
1955
Film
Ziegfeld Girl
Sheila Regan
1941
Film
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
1982
Film
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Cora Smith
1946
Film
The Three Musketeers
Lady De Winter
1948
Film
The Bad and the Beautiful
Georgia Lorrison
1952
Film
Imitation of Life
Lora Meredith
1959
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
1941
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Topper
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Series
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
Tracy Carlyle Hastings
1969
Film
Peyton Place
Constance MacKenzie
1957
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
The Merry Widow
Crystal Radek
1952
Film
La Classe américaine
Isabelle (archive footage)
1993
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Film
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Cass Timberlane
Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
1947
Film
Madame X
Holly Parker
1966
Film
Honky Tonk
Elizabeth Cotton
1941
Film
Johnny Eager
Lisbeth Bard
1941
Film
Betrayed
Carla Van Oven
1954
Film
The Prodigal
Samarra
1955
Film
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Du Barry Was a Lady
Lana Turner (uncredited)
1943
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Portrait in Black
Sheila Cabot
1960
Film
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Maid
1938
Film
Diane
Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
1956
Film
Bachelor in Paradise
Rosemary Howard
1961
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Who's Got the Action?
Melanie Flood
1962
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
Another Time, Another Place
Sara Scott
1958
Film
Homecoming
Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
1948
Film
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Film
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Film
Slightly Dangerous
Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
1943
Film
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Cynthia
1938
Film
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Film
Calling Dr. Kildare
Rosalie Lewett
1939
Film
A Life of Her Own
Lily Brannel James
1950
Film
By Love Possessed
Marjorie Penrose
1961
Film
Latin Lovers
Nora Taylor
1953
Film
Love Has Many Faces
Kit Jordon
1965
Film
The Youngest Profession
Lana Turner
1943
Film
These Glamour Girls
Jane Thomas
1939
Film
Green Dolphin Street
Marianne Patourel
1947
Film
Four's a Crowd
Passerby (uncredited)
1938
Film
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
1944
Film
Witches' Brew
Vivian Cross
1980
Film
Somewhere I'll Find You
Paula Lane
1942
Film
They Won't Forget
Mary Clay
1937
Film
Keep Your Powder Dry
Valerie Parks
1945
Film
The Rains of Ranchipur
Lady Edwina Esketh
1955
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
Bittersweet Love
Claire
1976
Film
Mr. Imperium
Fredda Barlo
1951
Film
Persecution
Carrie Masters
1974
Film
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Helen
1938
Film
The Big Cube
Adriana Roman
1969
Film
Reflections of Evil
Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
2002
Film
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
Week-End at the Waldorf
Bunny Smith
1945
Film
Dancing Co-Ed
Patty Marlow
1939
Film
Dramatic School
Mado
1938
Film
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Herself (uncredited)
1939
Film
We Who Are Young
Marjorie White Brooks
1940
Film
The Great Garrick
Mlle. Auber
1937
Film
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
Film
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958
Film
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Two Girls on Broadway
Pat Mahoney
1940
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936
Film
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Maggie Colby
1958
Film
Great Lady Has an Interview
The Star
1954
Film
Strictly G.I.
Self - Guest Star
1943
Film
Flame and the Flesh
Madeline
1954
Film
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
1996