Lana Turner

1921-1995

Biography: life and films

Lana Turner was an American actress. She was born in Wallace, Idaho, USA on 8th February 1921 and died in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA on 29th June 1995, aged 74.

Her best films as an actor include Robert Z. Leonard's Ziegfeld Girl (1941), Mervyn LeRoy's crime-thriller Johnny Eager (1942), Tay Garnett's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959).

Lana Turner appeared in 56 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mervyn LeRoy (4 films), S. Sylvan Simon (3), Robert Z. Leonard (3), Wesley Ruggles (2), Jack Arnold (2), Harold S. Bucquet (2), George Sidney (2), Edward Buzzell (2) and David Miller (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (36 films), romance (21), comedy (12), comedy-romance (9), War (7), comedy-drama (6), Thriller (6), Horror (4), crime-thriller (3) and history (2).

Our average rating for Lana Turner over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

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The Great Garrick (1937) [a]

They Won't Forget (1937) [a]

Dramatic School (1938) [a]

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) [a]

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) [a]

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) [a]

Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) [a]

Dancing Co-Ed (1939) [a]

These Glamour Girls (1939) [a]

Two Girls on Broadway (1940) [a]

We Who Are Young (1940) [a]

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) [a]

Honky Tonk (1941) [a]

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) [a]

Johnny Eager (1942) [a]

Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) [a]

Slightly Dangerous (1943) [a]

The Youngest Profession (1943) [a]

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944) [a]

Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) [a]

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) [a]

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) [a]

Cass Timberlane (1947) [a]

Green Dolphin Street (1947) [a]

Homecoming (1948) [a]

The Three Musketeers (1948) [a]

A Life of Her Own (1950) [a]

Mr. Imperium (1951) [a]

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) [a]

The Merry Widow (1952) [a]

Latin Lovers (1953) [a]

Betrayed (1954) [a]

Flame and the Flesh (1954) [a]

The Prodigal (1955) [a]

The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) [a]

The Sea Chase (1955) [a]

Diane (1956) [a]

Peyton Place (1957) [a]

Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958) [a]

Another Time, Another Place (1958) [a]

The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) [a]

Imitation of Life (1959) [a]

Portrait in Black (1960) [a]

Bachelor in Paradise (1961) [a]

By Love Possessed (1961) [a]

Who's Got the Action? (1962) [a]

Love Has Many Faces (1965) [a]

Madame X (1966) [a]

The Big Cube (1969) [a]

Persecution (1974) [a]

Bittersweet Love (1976) [a]

Witches' Brew (1980) [a]

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [a]

Thwarted (1991) [a]

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997) [a]

Reflections of Evil (2002) [a]



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