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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. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses and one of MGM's biggest stars, with her films ...
Jan 28, 2024 · The infamous 1958 killing of actress Lana Turner's then-boyfriend Johnny Stompanato by Turner's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane gets a new look in this exclusive excerpt from Casey Sherman's 'A ...
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.
Jul 28, 2024 · Lana Turner in Imitation of Life (1959). Turner was initially worried about appearing in this movie, as her character has a tense relationship with her daughter. The daughter also develops a crush on the mother's boyfriend — and Turner was concerned that would heighten the rumors that Turner's own daughter Cheryl had an "affair" with gangster Johnny Stompanato before she stabbed him.
Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about ...
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. "She just took a breath and she ...
Lana Turner, 1942. The story of Turner's chance discovery by William Wilkerson at a Hollywood malt shop at age 16 was widely circulated during her lifetime, and went on to become a part of Hollywood mythology. [4] [5] Varied accounts as to where the discovery occurred were recounted in publication and via word of mouth during her early career in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with a popular ...
Jun 30, 1995 · Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Ramona Beaty confirmed that Turner, 75, died at her Century City home. Her daughter, Cheryl Crane, was by her side. "She was doing fine. This was a total ...
Jul 1, 1995 · Lana Turner, who built a successful movie career on her first screen appearance as a teen-age "sweater girl," died on Thursday. She was 75 and lived in Los Angeles. "She just took a breath and she ...
Aug 17, 2017 · Lana Turner was the girl who turned that myth into reality. The Hollywood Reporter ‘s part in this was founder Billy Wilkerson, then 47, doing the discovering. In early 1937, Judy Turner ...