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Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (/ ˈ l ɑː n ə / LAH-nə; [a] February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.
Lana Turner was a Hollywood star who rose to fame as the "Sweater Girl" and later proved her acting skills in films like The Postman Always Rings Twice and Imitation of Life. She had a turbulent personal life marked by eight marriages, a murder scandal and alcoholism.
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Jul 19, 2024 · Lana Turner (1921–95) was an American film actress known for her glamorous looks and sexual allure. She enjoyed her greatest popularity in the 1940s and ’50s, often playing the part of a ‘good girl gone bad,’ in such movies as The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Bad and the Beautiful, Peyton Place, and Imitation of Life.
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Jan 28, 2024 · A new book by Casey Sherman argues that Lana Turner, a Hollywood star, was behind the 1958 stabbing of Johnny Stompanato by her daughter Cheryl Crane. The book reveals how Turner was targeted by a crime boss and how she tried to protect her family.
Jun 25, 2022 · Cheryl Crane is the daughter of actress Lana Turner and her first husband Joseph Stephen Crane. She endured a lonely childhood, sexual abuse by her stepfather, and witnessed the murder of her mother's lover Johnny Stompanato.
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Jun 8, 2023 · Two Survivors: The Scandalous Saga of Lana Turner and Cheryl Crane. In separate autobiographies, the “sweater girl” screen siren and her daughter recall their remarkable lives—and the fatal ...
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Jun 30, 1995 · Lana Turner, who built a successful movie career on her first screen appearance as a teen-age "sweater girl," died yesterday. She was 75 and lived in Los Angeles.
