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