Lana Turner
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995) was an American actress. She was born in Wallace, Idaho. She was first discovered and signed into movie contract by MGM when she was 16. She played mainly feature roles and was one of Hollywood's first scream queens. She would become very popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Turner appeared in the television series Falcon Crest during 1982 and 1983. The actress died from throat cancer in 1995 in Century City, Los Angeles.
Lana Turner Media
Turner at the age of five in Wallace, Idaho[1]
Edward Norris and Turner in They Won't Forget (1937), her feature film debut
Turner with Lew Ayres in These Glamour Girls (1939)
Judy Garland, Turner, and James Stewart on the set of Ziegfeld Girl (1941), which precipitated her rise at MGM
Turner performing on Suspense radio show, 1945
Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), considered by many critics to be her career-defining performance
Turner with George Cukor on the set of A Life of Her Own (1950)
Other websites
- Lana Turner on IMDb
- ↑ Turner 1982, p. 65.