8.2
Avg Rating
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1981
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
February 8, 1921
Died
June 29, 1995
Birthplace
Wallace, Idaho, USA
Also Known As
Johnny Eager
1941
Topper
1937
Bittersweet Love
1976
Singin' in the Rain
1952
The Three Musketeers
1948
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
Flame and the Flesh
1954
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
The Merry Widow
1952
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
Twenty Years After
1944
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
We Who Are Young
1940
The Big Cube
1969
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938
By Love Possessed
1961
The Youngest Profession
1943
+ 66 more movies