Lana Turner

Lana Turner

Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner

Birth Date

2/8/1921 (Age 74)

Birth Place

Wallace, Idaho, USA

Death Date

6/29/1995

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). She is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens thanks to her role 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 ...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

15

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Georgia Lorrison

Actress in 'The Royal Rascal' (uncredited)

Cora Smith

Constance MacKenzie

Lady De Winter

Frequent Collaborators

Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk

1 film together

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli

1 film together

Mark Robson

Mark Robson

1 film together

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman

3 films together

George J. Folsey

George J. Folsey

2 films together

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