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Lana Turner: Biography

Lana Turner

Birth Name: Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Birth Place: Wallace, ID
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/08/1921, Aquarius
Date of Death: 06/29/1995
Profession: Actor

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Lana Turner Fast Facts:

Her father, a miner and gambler, was murdered in 1930.
In 1937, she was discovered by the publisher of Hollywood Reporter, William Wilkerson, who introduced her to a talent agency.
Director Mervyn LeRoy helped create her stage name, changing it from Judy Turner to the more glamorous Lana Turner.
Breakthrough film role was in 1937's They Won't Forget, in which she appeared wearing a tight, eye-catching wool sweater, sealing her fame as the Sweater Girl.
After shaving her eyebrows for the 1938 film The Adventures of Marco Polo, they never grew back and she resorted to using false eyebrows for the rest of her life.
Her acclaimed performance as an ill-fated showgirl in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) led to her being chosen as Clark Gable's leading lady in 1941's Honky Tonk and again in 1942's Somewhere I'll Find You.
Was a popular pinup for soldiers during World War II.
In 1958, her paramour, underworld figure Johnny Stompanato, was stabbed to death by her teen daughter during a domestic dispute. A jury exonerated her daughter, citing justifiable homicide.
Died of throat cancer in 1995.

Lana Turner Relationships:
Bob Topping - Ex-husband
Ronald Pellar - Ex-husband
John Turner - Father
Cheryl Crane - Daughter
Mildred Turner - Mother
Lex Barker - Ex-husband
Robert P. Eaton - Ex-husband
Artie Shaw - Ex-husband
Stephen Crane - Ex-husband
Fred May - Ex-husband
Lana Turner Awards:
1957 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee

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