Lana Turner credits

Turner in a 1939 publicity photo

Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned four decades. Discovered at age 16, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. and appeared in several films for the studio before signing a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio's co-founder, Louis B. Mayer, helped further her career by casting her in several youth-oriented comedies and musicals, including Dancing Co-Ed (1939) Ziegfeld Girl (1941), the latter of which helped establish her as one of the studio's leading performers.

Turner in the trailer for The Postman Always Rings Twice

Turner's role as a femme fatale in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) advanced her career significantly and established her as a dramatic actress. She later appeared in the drama The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) opposite Kirk Douglas. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, she also co-starred opposite Clark Gable in a total of four films, including Slightly Dangerous (1942), Somewhere I'll Find You (1943), and Betrayed (1954). After the critical and commercial failure of Diane (1956), MGM opted not to renew Turner's contract. At the time, her films with the studio had collectively earned over $50 million (equivalent to $450,061,200 in 2017).[1]

In 1957, she took a leading role portraying Constance MacKenzie in 20th Century Fox's Peyton Place, a film adaptation of the Grace Metalious novel of the same name. For her performance, Turner earned her first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1959, she accepted the lead role in Douglas Sirk's remake of Imitation of Life, a drama for Universal Pictures in which she portrayed a struggling stage actress. Turner's final starring role was in 1966's Madame X, for which she earned a David di Donatello award for Best Actress. She spent the majority of the 1970s in semiretirement, appearing in stage plays, before being cast in a recurring guest role on the television series Falcon Crest between 1982 to 1983. She made her final film appearance in the comedy horror film Witches' Brew in 1980.

Film

1930s

Year Title Role Director(s) U.S. box office gross Studio Ref.
1937 They Won't Forget Mary Clay Mervyn LeRoy Warner Bros. [2]
1937 Topper Nightclub Patron[lower-alpha 1] Norman Z. McLeod Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [3]
1937 The Great Garrick Mademoiselle Auber James Whale Warner Bros. [3]
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Nazama's Maid $2,000,000[4] United Artists [3]
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy Cynthia Potter George B. Seitz $2,247,000[5] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [6]
1938 The Chaser Miss Rutherford[lower-alpha 2] Edwin L. Marin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [3]
1938 Four's a Crowd Passerby[lower-alpha 3] Michael Curtiz Warner Bros. [3]
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl Helen Thayer Reinhold Schünzel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [3]
1938 Dramatic School Mado Robert B. Sinclair Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [3]
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Rosalie Jewett Harold S. Bucquet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [6]
1939 These Glamour Girls Jane Thomas S. Sylvan Simon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [7]
1939 Dancing Co-Ed Patty Marlow S. Sylvan Simon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [7]

1940s

Year Title Role Director(s) U.S. box office gross Studio Ref.
1940 Two Girls on Broadway Patricia 'Pat' Mahoney S. Sylvan Simon Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [8]
1940 We Who Are Young Marjorie White Brooks Harold S. Bucquet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [6]
1941 Ziegfeld Girl Sheila Regan Robert Z. Leonard Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Bea Emery Victor Fleming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1941 Honky Tonk Elizabeth Cotton Jack Conway $3,000,000[10] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1942 Johnny Eager Lisbeth Bard Mervyn LeRoy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You Paula Lane Wesley Ruggles Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1943 The Youngest Profession Herself[lower-alpha 4] Edward Buzzell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1943 Slightly Dangerous Peggy Evans/Carol Burden
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady Herself[lower-alpha 5] Roy Del Ruth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair Theo Scofield West Robert Z. Leonard Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry Valerie 'Val' Parks Edward Buzzell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Bunny Smith Robert Z. Leonard $4,200,000[11] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Cora Smith Tay Garnett $5,000,000[12] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [2]
1947 Green Dolphin Street Marianne Patourel Victor Saville $5,000,000[11] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1947 Cass Timberlane Virginia Marshland George Sidney $4,100,000[11] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1948 Homecoming Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall Mervyn LeRoy $4,100,000[11] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [9]
1948 The Three Musketeers Milady de Winter George Sidney $4,500,000[13] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]

1950s

Year Title Role Director(s) U.S. box office gross Studio Ref.
1950 A Life of Her Own Lily Brannel James George Cukor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [15]
1951 Mr. Imperium Fredda Barlo Don Hartman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1952 The Merry Widow Crystal Radek Curtis Bernhardt Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Georgia Lorrison Vincente Minnelli $2,400,000[16] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1953 Latin Lovers Nora Taylor Mervyn LeRoy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1954 Flame and the Flesh Madeline Richard Brooks Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1954 Betrayed Carla Van Oven Gottfried Reinhardt Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1955 The Prodigal Samarra Richard Thorpe Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [2]
1955 The Sea Chase Elsa Keller John Farrow $12,000,000[17] Warner Bros. [14]
1955 The Rains of Ranchipur Lady Edwina Esketh Jean Negulesco 20th Century Fox [18]
1956 Diane Diane de Poitiers David Miller Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [14]
1957 Peyton Place Constance MacKenzie Mark Robson $25,600,000[19] 20th Century Fox [2]
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer Maggie Colby Jack Arnold Universal Pictures [14]
1958 Another Time, Another Place Sara Scott Lewis Allen Paramount Pictures [20]
1959 Imitation of Life Lora Meredith Douglas Sirk $14,000,000[21] Universal Pictures [22]

1960s

Year Title Role Director(s) U.S. box office gross Studio Ref.
1960 Portrait in Black Sheila Cabot Michael Gordon Universal Pictures [22]
1961 By Love Possessed Marjorie Penrose John Sturges United Artists [23]
1961 Bachelor in Paradise Rosemary Howard Jack Arnold Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [23]
1962 Who's Got the Action? Melanie Flood Daniel Mann Paramount Pictures [14]
1965 Love Has Many Faces Kit Jordan Alexander Singer $1,100,000[24] Columbia Pictures [14]
1966 Madame X Holly Parker David Lowell Rich Universal Pictures [25]
1969 The Big Cube Adriana Roman Tito Davison Warner Bros. [26]

1970s–1980s

Year Title Role Director(s) U.S. box office gross Studio Ref.
1974 Persecution Carrie Masters Don Chaffey Fanfare Films [14]
1976 Bittersweet Love Claire David Miller AVCO Embassy Pictures [14]
1980 Witches' Brew Vivian Cross United Artists [27]

Unrealized projects

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1940 Our Dancing Daughters Remake of 1928 film; never made [28]
1940 The Uniform Set to star opposite Clark Gable; Turner was replaced with Rosalind Russell, and the film was released as They Met in Bombay [29]
1947 Bedeviled Unfinished; Turner dropped out to appear in The Three Musketeers [30]
1949 Samson and Delilah Delilah Role went to Hedy Lamarr [31]
1959 Streets of Montmartre Suzanne Valadon Set to star opposite Louis Jourdan; never made [32]

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes Ref.
1969–1970 Harold Robbins' The Survivors Tracy Carlyle Hastings 15 episodes [33]
1971 The Last of the Powerseekers Tracy Carlyle Hastings Television film [34]
1982–1983 Falcon Crest Jacqueline Perrault 6 episodes [35]
1985 The Love Boat Elizabeth Raley 2 episodes [36]

Radio

Air date ProgramEpisode Role Notes Ref.
June 2, 1941Lux Radio TheatreThey Drive by NightLana CarlsenGuest-starring with Lucille Ball[37][38]
January 19, 1942Philip Morris PlayhouseThe Devil and Miss JonesMary JonesCo-starring with Lionel Barrymore[39][40]
July 5, 1944The Orson Welles AlmanacThe Mercury Wonder ShowHerselfGuest-starring with Susan Hayward[41]
June 19, 1944The Orson Welles AlmanacFifth War Loan Drive[42]
May 3, 1945SuspenseFear Paints a PictureJulia[43]
April 11, 1946Lux Radio TheatreHonky TonkElizabeth CottonCo-starring with John Hodiak[44]
June 17, 1946Screen Guild TheaterMarriage Is a Private AffairTheo Scofield WestCo-starring with John Hodiak[45]
August 14, 1946Academy Award TheaterVivacious LadyFrancey[44]
April 13, 1948The Bob Hope ShowHerselfSkit performed with Bob Hope[46]
September 19, 1949Lux Radio TheatreGreen Dolphin StreetMarianne Patourel[47]

Theater

Year(s) Title Role Notes Ref.
1971 Forty Carats Ann Stanley Touring performance [48]
1975 The Pleasure of His Company Jessica Anne Poole Single performance; Arlington Park Theater, Chicago [49]
1978 Divorce Me, Darling Amelia Conway Performances at Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago[50] [51]
1976–78 Bell, Book and Candle Gillian Holroyd Touring performance; co-starring with Patrick Horgan[52] [53]
1980–82 Murder Among Friends Angela Forrester Touring performance[54] [55]

Awards and nominations

Year Award or institute Category Work Outcome Ref.
1958Academy AwardsBest ActressPeyton PlaceNominated[56]
1966David di DonatelloGolden Plate for Best Foreign ActressMadame XWon[57]
1994San Sebastián International Film FestivalDonostia Lifetime Achievement Award[58]

Notes

  1. ↑ Uncredited role
  2. ↑ Scenes deleted
  3. ↑ Uncredited role
  4. ↑ Cameo role
  5. ↑ Uncredited role

References

  1. ↑ Morella & Epstein 1971, p. 162.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jordan 2009, p. 247.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jordan 2009, p. 221.
  4. ↑ Stephens, Christaldi & Wanamaker 2013, p. 118.
  5. ↑ Eyman 2005, p. 324.
  6. 1 2 3 Fischer 1991, p. 188.
  7. 1 2 Wayne 2003, p. 168.
  8. ↑ Wayne 2003, p. 169.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wayne 2003, p. 196.
  10. ↑ "Honky Tonk (1941)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Finler 2003, p. 154.
  12. ↑ Eyman 2005, p. 380.
  13. ↑ Morella & Epstein 1971, p. 122.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wayne 2003, p. 197.
  15. ↑ Fischer 1991, p. 202.
  16. ↑ Kay 1990, p. 62.
  17. ↑ "The Sea Chase (1955)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  18. ↑ Wayne 2003, p. 183.
  19. ↑ "Peyton Place (1957)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  20. ↑ Wayne 2003, p. 185.
  21. ↑ "Imitation of Life (1959)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  22. 1 2 Wayne 2003, p. 187.
  23. 1 2 Wayne 2003, p. 188.
  24. ↑ "Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America". Variety. Top Grossers of 1965. January 5, 1966. p. 36.
  25. ↑ Wayne 2003, p. 189.
  26. ↑ Basinger 1976, p. 134.
  27. ↑ Jordan 2009, p. 218.
  28. ↑ "'Our Dancing Daughters' Will Star Lana Turner". Schenectady Gazette. March 28, 1940. p. 10.
  29. ↑ Parsons, Louella O. (December 6, 1940). "Clark Gable and Lana Turner Cast As New Hollywood Co-Starring Team". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 22.
  30. ↑ Thomas, Bob (December 5, 1947). "Independents Seek Shelter of Major Studios for Cold Winter". Denton Record-Chronicle. p. 4.
  31. ↑ Barton 2010, p. 169.
  32. ↑ Parsons, Louella (July 16, 1959). "Lana Turner To Star As Mother Of Utrillo". The Indianapolis Star. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ↑ Basinger 1976, p. 136.
  34. ↑ Parish 1978, p. 447.
  35. ↑ "Lana Turner to Appear On CBS's 'Falcon Crest'". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 26, 1981. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  36. ↑ Davis, William (February 15, 1985). "Clear Seas For 'Love Boat'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  37. ↑ Grams 2000, p. 300.
  38. ↑ Billips & Pierce 1995, p. 251.
  39. ↑ "Lana Turner Friday Star on 'Playhouse'". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1941. p. 22. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. ↑ Pitts 2015, p. 78.
  41. ↑ Heyer 2005, p. 182.
  42. ↑ Clements & Weber 1996, p. 163.
  43. ↑ Fear Paints a Picture. Suspense. CBS Radio. May 3, 1945 – via Internet Archive.
  44. 1 2 Valentino 1976, p. 267.
  45. ↑ Basinger 1976, p. 62.
  46. ↑ Turner, Lana; Hope, Bob (April 13, 1948). The Bob Hope Show (Radio broadcast)|format= requires |url= (help). NBC.
  47. ↑ Billips & Pierce 1995, p. 415.
  48. ↑ Morella & Epstein 1971, p. 289.
  49. ↑ Valentino 1976, p. 284.
  50. ↑ "This Weekend in Chicago". The Pantagraph. Chicago. December 14, 1978. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  51. ↑ Christiansen, Richard (November 3, 1978). "Lana Turner in 'Divorce' Entertains Just Being Lana". Chicago Tribune. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  52. ↑ Shearer, Lloyd (August 28, 1977). "Lana's Lectures". San Bernardino Sun. San Bernardino, California. p. 113 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  53. ↑ Gussow, Mel (July 22, 1977). "Along the Straw-Hat Trail". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  54. ↑ Blank, Ed (May 30, 1982). "Lana Turner: Still All Glamour". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
  55. ↑ Chambers, Andrea; Adelson, Suzanne (November 8, 1982). "Lana Turner". People. 18 (19). Archived from the original on December 3, 2013.
  56. ↑ Kashner & MacNair 2002, p. 254.
  57. ↑ Valentino 1976, p. 251.
  58. ↑ Wayne 2003, p. 194.

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