Lana Turner
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.
TV Shows(10)
Falcon Crest
Jacqueline Perrault
1981
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Love Boat
Elizabeth Raley
1977
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
MGM Parade
Self
1955
The Oscars
Self
1953
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(86)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
2004
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Reflections of Evil
Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self (archive footage)
2001
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
1996
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
La Classe américaine
Isabelle (archive footage)
1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
1982
Witches' Brew
Vivian Cross
1980
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
Bittersweet Love
Claire
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Persecution
Carrie Masters
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Big Cube
Adriana Roman
1969
Madame X
Holly Parker
1966
Love Has Many Faces
Kit Jordon
1965
Who's Got the Action?
Melanie Flood
1962
Bachelor in Paradise
Rosemary Howard
1961
By Love Possessed
Marjorie Penrose
1961
Portrait in Black
Sheila Cabot
1960
Imitation of Life
Lora Meredith
1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958
Another Time, Another Place
Sara Scott
1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Maggie Colby
1958
Peyton Place
Constance MacKenzie
1957
Diane
Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
1956
The Rains of Ranchipur
Lady Edwina Esketh
1955
The Sea Chase
Elsa Keller
1955
The Prodigal
Samarra
1955
Betrayed
Carla Van Oven
1954
Flame and the Flesh
Madeline
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
The Star
1954
Latin Lovers
Nora Taylor
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Georgia Lorrison
1952
The Merry Widow
Crystal Radek
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
1952
Mr. Imperium
Fredda Barlo
1951
A Life of Her Own
Lily Brannel James
1950
The Three Musketeers
Lady De Winter
1948
Homecoming
Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
1948
Cass Timberlane
Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
1947
Green Dolphin Street
Marianne Patourel
1947
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Cora Smith
1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
Bunny Smith
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
Valerie Parks
1945
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
Lana Turner (uncredited)
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Slightly Dangerous
Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
1943
The Youngest Profession
Lana Turner
1943
Strictly G.I.
Self - Guest Star
1943
Somewhere I'll Find You
Paula Lane
1942
Johnny Eager
Lisbeth Bard
1941
Honky Tonk
Elizabeth Cotton
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Sheila Regan
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
We Who Are Young
Marjorie White Brooks
1940
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Pat Mahoney
1940
Dancing Co-Ed
Patty Marlow
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Herself (uncredited)
1939
These Glamour Girls
Jane Thomas
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Rosalie Lewett
1939
Dramatic School
Mado
1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Helen
1938
Four's a Crowd
Passerby (uncredited)
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Cynthia Potter
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Maid
1938
The Great Garrick
Mlle. Auber
1937
Topper
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
They Won't Forget
Mary Clay
1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936