Lana Turner Actor
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Feb 8, 1921
- Died: Jun 29, 1995
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American film and television actress.
Discovered and signed to a film contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the age of 16, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget. She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy. During the early 1940s, she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager, Honky Tonk, Ziegfeld Girl, and Somewhere I'll Find You. She appeared 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. Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful and Peyton Place, 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, proved to be one of the greatest successes of her career, but from the early 1960s, her roles were fewer.
A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
men
I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
being good
It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.
forgiveness & work
The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.
truth
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
being funny & money
Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.
humor