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