Lana Turner
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican actress (1921-1995)
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.
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![Turner at the age of five in Wallace, Idaho[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lana_Turner_c._1926.jpg/1280px-Lana_Turner_c._1926.jpg)
Turner at the age of five in Wallace, Idaho[5]
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 in 1943
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 performanceFilmography 40
Singin' in the Rain
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Bad and the Beautiful
Imitation of Life
La Classe américaine
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Three Musketeers
Topper
Peyton Place
The Sea Chase
Madame X
Johnny Eager
Ziegfeld Girl
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment! III
Love Finds Andy Hardy
They Won't Forget
Portrait in Black
Bachelor in Paradise
Betrayed
Green Dolphin Street
Honky Tonk
Du Barry Was a Lady
Another Time, Another Place
A Life of Her Own
The Big Cube
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Rains of Ranchipur
Reflections of Evil
Week-End at the Waldorf
Four's a Crowd
Somewhere I'll Find You
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Andy Hardy Comes Home
The Merry Widow
Who's Got the Action?
Diane
The Prodigal97 credits on file
Television 10
The Love Boat
Falcon Crest
What's My Line?
The Carol Burnett Show
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Entertainment Tonight
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
MGM Parade
Harold Robbins' The SurvivorsAwards 4
In their orbit 8
Nearby in actors 6
About this person
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses, and one of MGM's biggest stars, with her films earning over one billion dollars in 2026 currency for the studio during her 18-year contract with them. Turner is frequently cited as a popular culture icon due to her glamorous persona, and a screen legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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