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Lana Turner

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Also known as Julia Jean Turner, Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, Judy Turner

American actress (1921–1995)

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Lana Turner was an American actress who became a major Hollywood star during the Golden Age of cinema in the mid-20th century. She is remembered as one of the most glamorous and commercially successful film actresses of her era, appearing in numerous movies that defined popular entertainment from the 1940s through the 1960s.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1921
Works
7

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Switzerland
Active from
1939-11-26
Active to
2023-05-24
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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). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/

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Instance of
human
Given name
Lana
Family name
Turner
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Wallace
Place of death
Los Angeles
Child
Cheryl Crane
Occupation
model
Educated at
Hollywood High School
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Catholic Church
Image
Lana Turner 1945 CBS crop.png
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Commons category
Lana Turner
cause of death
esophageal cancer
date of birth
1921-02-08
date of death
1995-06-29
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actress
manner of death
natural causes
place of burial
California
filmography
Lana Turner filmography
name in native language
Lana Turner
start of work period
1937-00-00
end of work period
1991-00-00
birth name
Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
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Encyclopedic overview

Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (/ˈlɑːnə/ LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) 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.

Born to working-class parents in Idaho, Turner spent her childhood there before her family relocated to California. In 1936, at the age of 15, she was discovered by a talent scout, while shopping at the Top Hat malt shop in Hollywood. At the age of 16, she was signed to a personal contract by Warner Bros. director Mervyn LeRoy, who took her with him when he transferred to MGM in 1938. She soon attracted attention by playing a murder victim in her screen debut, LeRoy's film They Won't Forget (1937), and she later moved into supporting roles that often cast her as an ingénue.

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