Lana Turner
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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.
Acting
Movie
Singin' in the Rain
as Actress in The Royal Rascal (uncredited)
1952
Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
1982
Movie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Cora Smith
1946
Movie
Imitation of Life
as Lora Meredith
1959
Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Georgia Lorrison
1952
Movie
La Classe américaine
as Isabelle (archive footage)
1993
TV
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raley
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Elizabeth Raleigh
1977
Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Beatrix 'Bea' Emery
1941
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Lady De Winter
1948
Movie
Topper
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Peyton Place
as Constance MacKenzie
1957
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
TV
Falcon Crest
as Jacqueline Perrault
1981
Movie
The Sea Chase
as Elsa Keller
1955
Movie
Johnny Eager
as Lisbeth Bard
1941
Movie
Madame X
as Holly Parker
1966
Movie
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
as Sheila Regan
1941
Movie
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Movie
They Won't Forget
as Mary Clay
1937
Movie
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Cynthia Potter
1938
