Lana Turner
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Born:
Feb 08, 1921

Died:
Jun 29, 1995

Age: 74 Deceased

From:
Wallace, Idaho, USA

Department:
Acting

Total Credits: 97

Avg Rating: 6.4

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Lana Turner

Also known as: Julia Jean Turner, Лана Тёрнер, Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner

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 Tu...

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