Lana Turner

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February 8, 1921

June 29, 1995 (aged 74) Century City, California, U.S. of throat cancer

Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner

Artie Shaw (1940–1940)

Joseph Stephen Crane (1942–1943, 1943–1944)

Henry J. Topping (1948–1952)

Lex Barker (1953–1957)

Fred May (1960–1962)

Robert Eaton (1965–1969)

Ronald Dante (1969–1972)

Actress

1991 Thwarted

1985 The Love Boat (TV series)

1982-1983 Falcon Crest (TV series)

1980 Witches' Brew

1976 Bittersweet Love

1974 Persecution

1971 The Last of the Powerseekers (TV movie)

1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)

1969-1970 The Survivors (TV series)

1969 The Big Cube

1966 Madame X

1965 Love Has Many Faces

1962 Who's Got the Action?

1961 Bachelor in Paradise

1961 By Love Possessed

1960 Portrait in Black

1959 Imitation of Life

1958 Another Time, Another Place

1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer

1957 Peyton Place

1956 Diane

1955 The Rains of Ranchipur

1955 The Sea Chase

1955 The Prodigal

1954 Betrayed

1954 Flame and the Flesh

1953 Latin Lovers

1952 The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 The Merry Widow

1951 Mr. Imperium

1950 A Life of Her Own

1948 The Three Musketeers

1948 Homecoming

1947 Cass Timberlane

1947 Green Dolphin Street

1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice

1945 Week-End at the Waldorf

1945 Keep Your Powder Dry

1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair

1943 Du Barry Was a Lady (uncredited)

1943 Slightly Dangerous

1942 Somewhere I'll Find You

1941 Johnny Eager

1941 Honky Tonk

1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941 Ziegfeld Girl

1940 We Who Are Young

1940 Two Girls on Broadway

1939 Dancing Co-Ed

1939 These Glamour Girls

1939 Calling Dr. Kildare

1938 Dramatic School

1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl

1938 Four's a Crowd (uncredited)

1938 The Chaser(scenes deleted)

1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo

1937 The Great Garrick

1937 Topper (uncredited)

1937 They Won't Forget

Appearances

2001 Biography (TV series documentary)

1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)

1985 Circus of the Stars #10 (TV special documentary)

1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)

1981 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

1972 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)

1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)

1968 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)

1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)

1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1959-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)

1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)

1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)

1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1957 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)

1956 Climax! (TV series)

1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short) (uncredited)

1943 The Youngest Profession

1943 Strictly G.I. (short)

Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)

1939 Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (short) (uncredited)

1938 A Vitaphone Pictorial Revue, Series 2, No. 6 (documentary short)(uncredited)

Academy Awards

1958 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Peyton Place (1957).

Laurel Awards

1966 Nominated Golden Laurel Dramatic Performance, Female for: Madame X (1966). 5th place.

1961 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 9th place.

1960 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 13th place.

1959 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 9th place.

1958 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Dramatic Performance for: Peyton Place (1957). 4th place.

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1994 Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

1975 Won Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Best Actress for: Persecution (1974).

Walk of Fame

Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 6233 Hollywood Blvd.
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A successful man is one who makes more money than a wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

I planned on having one husband and seven children, but it turned out the other way around.

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According to the book "Golden Girls of MGM" by Jane Ellen Wayne, she lost her eyebrows due to the glue used to attach false ones to give her an Asian look.

Fainted during her 1953 wedding to Lex Barker.

Although diagnosed with throat cancer in 1992, Turner continued to smoke until almost the very end of her life.

Her singing was dubbed in her movies.


Salary

Imitation of Life (1959) 50% of the film's profits

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) $4,000 a week

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