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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 8, 1921
Died
June 29, 1995
Place of Birth
Wallace, Idaho, USA
Also Known As
- Julia Jean Turner
- Лана Тёрнер
- Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Lana Turner
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
8.0
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
7.5
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.6
Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
2.0
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
2003
6.5
Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
Reflections of Evil
2002
6.4
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
1996
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Credits
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.0
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
2.0
Reflections of Evil
as Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
2002
6.5
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
6.4
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.3
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
1996
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
La Classe américaine
as Isabelle (archive footage)
1993
7.6
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
8.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Falcon Crest
as Jacqueline Perrault
1981
5.5
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Witches' Brew
as Vivian Cross
1980
4.5
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
0.0
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raley
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raleigh
1977
6.3
Bittersweet Love
as Claire
1976
3.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Persecution
as Carrie Masters
1974
2.8
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
1969
0.0
The Big Cube
as Adriana Roman
1969
4.2
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
Madame X
as Holly Parker
1966
6.4
Love Has Many Faces
as Kit Jordon
1965
4.7
Who's Got the Action?
as Melanie Flood
1962
5.2
Bachelor in Paradise
as Rosemary Howard
1961
6.3
By Love Possessed
as Marjorie Penrose
1961
4.9
Portrait in Black
as Sheila Cabot
1960
5.5
Imitation of Life
as Lora Meredith
1959
7.4
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958
4.5
Another Time, Another Place
as Sara Scott
1958
5.8
The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Maggie Colby
1958
3.6
Peyton Place
as Constance MacKenzie
1957
6.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Diane
as Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze
1956
5.8
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Lady Edwina Esketh
1955
5.0
The Sea Chase
as Elsa Keller
1955
6.1
The Prodigal
as Samarra
1955
4.0
Betrayed
as Carla Van Oven
1954
5.6
Flame and the Flesh
as Madeline
1954
10.0
Great Lady Has an Interview
as The Star
1954
2.0
Latin Lovers
as Nora Taylor
1953
4.3
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Georgia Lorrison
1952
7.3
The Merry Widow
as Crystal Radek
1952
6.2
Singin' in the Rain
as Actress in 'The Royal Rascal' (uncredited)
1952
8.1
Mr. Imperium
as Fredda Barlo
1951
4.9
A Life of Her Own
as Lily Brannel James
1950
5.1
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Three Musketeers
as Lady De Winter
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Homecoming
as Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
1948
7.0
Cass Timberlane
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
1947
5.5
Green Dolphin Street
as Marianne Patourel
1947
6.1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Cora Smith
1946
7.0
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Bunny Smith
1945
6.0
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Valerie Parks
1945
5.9
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Theodora "Theo" Scoffield West
1944
5.2
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Lana Turner (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Slightly Dangerous
as Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
1943
6.1
The Youngest Profession
as Lana Turner
1943
4.7
Strictly G.I.
as Self - Guest Star
1943
6.0
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Paula Lane
1942
5.6
Johnny Eager
as Lisbeth Bard
1941
6.1
Honky Tonk
as Elizabeth Cotton
1941
6.4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
1941
6.5
Ziegfeld Girl
as Sheila Regan
1941
6.5
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
We Who Are Young
as Marjorie White Brooks
1940
5.8
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.0
Two Girls on Broadway
as Pat Mahoney
1940
6.6
Dancing Co-Ed
as Patty Marlow
1939
6.2
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Herself (uncredited)
1939
3.5
These Glamour Girls
as Jane Thomas
1939
5.5
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Rosalie Lewett
1939
6.1
Dramatic School
as Mado
1938
6.2
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Helen
1938
5.9
Four's a Crowd
as Passerby (uncredited)
1938
4.8
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Cynthia Potter
1938
6.0
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Maid
1938
6.0
The Great Garrick
as Mlle. Auber
1937
5.9
Topper
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
6.7
They Won't Forget
as Mary Clay
1937
5.6
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0