[141][142] The Three Musketeers went on to become a box-office success, earning $4.5 million ($54,610,283 in 2021 dollars [43]),[143] but Turner's contract was put on temporary suspension by Mayer after production finished. [156], Turner's next project was opposite Kirk Douglas in Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), a drama focusing on the rise and fall of a Hollywood film mogul, in which Turner portrayed an alcoholic movie star. "[310] She also likened her to Clara Bow, adding: "Both of them, trusting and lovable, use their hearts instead of their heads. Lana Turner, original name Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner, (born February 8, 1920/21, Wallace, Idaho, U.S.died June 29, 1995, Los Angeles, California), American film actress known for her glamorous looks and sexual allure. [213] She was ultimately released to the care of her grandmother, and was ordered to regularly visit a psychiatrist alongside her parents. [308] 1941's Ziegfeld Girl was the first film to showcase Turner with platinum blonde hair, which she wore for much of the remainder of her life and for which she came to be known. [64] A remake of The Broadway Melody, the film was marketed as featuring Turner's "hottest, most daring role". Cause of death. He was convicted of killing actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. [232][233] She was replaced by Lee Remick. Lana Turner, 75, the sweater girl-turned-glamorous film star whose discovery at a soda fountain became the stuff Hollywood dreams are made of, died June 29 at her home in Century City, Calif. She . [267] Her next film was Bittersweet Love (1976), a romantic comedy in which she portrayed the mother of a woman who unwittingly marries her half-brother. [28] They also frequently moved, for a time living in Sacramento and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. (The killing was later ruled justifiable homicide.) Her next marriage was to Joseph Stephen Crane in 1942 (via Livingly ). "[131], In August 1947, immediately upon completion of Cass Timberlane, Turner agreed to appear as the female lead in the World War II-set romantic drama Homecoming (1948), in which she was again paired with Clark Gable, portraying a female army lieutenant who falls in love with an American surgeon (Gable). Groucho Marx wept at the funeral. Turner's notoriety was assured in 1958 when her lover, mobster Johnny Stompanato, was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by her daughter Cheryl Crane. William Joseph Shields (10 March 1888 - 14 January 1961), known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film and television actor. Burton reportedly said: 'She set out to get me, and I let. Lana Turner (/ln trnr/; born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995) was an American actress who over the course of her nearly 50-year career achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress as well as for her highly publicized personal life. She was the subject of the poem "Lana Turner has collapsed" by Frank O'Hara,[340] and was depicted as a minor character in James Ellroy's novel L.A. [215] Stompanato's family sought a wrongful death suit of $750,000 in damages against both Turner and her ex-husband, Steve Crane. Turner, Lana (September 28, 1982). After all those years as a sex symbol, nothing had changed--Lana was still as beautiful as ever. [56] During the shoot, Turner completed her studies with an educational social worker, allowing her to graduate high school that year. [278][279][280] During this time, Turner was in the midst of a self-described "downhill slide". "[146] Although unenthusiastic about the screenplay, Turner agreed to appear in the film after executives promised her suspension would be lifted upon doing so. [62] In her next film, Dancing Co-Ed (1939), Turner was given first billing portraying Patty Marlow, a professional dancer who enters a college as part of a rigged national talent contest. [293][294] In a press release, she stated that the cancer had been detected early and had not damaged her vocal cords or larynx. . [102][103] Turner was urged by doctors to undergo a therapeutic abortion to avoid potentially life-threatening complications, but she managed to carry the child to term. [159] Her next film project was Latin Lovers (1953), a romantic musical in which Lamas had originally been cast. [160], In the spring of 1953, Turner relocated to Europe for 18 months to make two films under a tax credit for American productions shot abroad. Lana Turner was born on February 8, 1921 and died on June 29, 1995. "[337], Because of the intersections between Turner's high-profile, glamorous persona, and storied, often troubled personal life, she is included in critical discussions about the Hollywood studio system, specifically its capitalization on its stars' private travails. "[121] It was her first starring role that did not center on her looks. Confidential (1990). [196], In September 1957, Stompanato visited Turner in London, where she was filming Another Time, Another Place, co-starring Sean Connery. [281] She was suffering from an alcohol addiction that had begun in the late 1950s,[270] was missing performances and weighed only 95 pounds (43kg). [104] She gave birth to a daughter, Cheryl, on July 25, 1943. [209], Because of Turner's fame and the fact that the killing involved her teenage daughter, the case quickly became a media sensation. [149] The first, Mr. Imperium, released in March 1951, was a box-office flop, and had Turner starring as an American woman who is wooed by a European prince. "[227] Critics and audiences could not help noticing that the plots of Peyton Place and Imitation of Life both seemed to mirror certain parts of Turner's private life, resulting in comparisons she found painful. The biography is as colorful as any plot she has ever romped through on screen. Lana Turner (1921 - 1995) They Won't Forget (1937) [Mary Clay]: Beaten to death (off-screen) by an unknown assailant in the school building; her body is shown afterwards (barely visible in the darkness) when the police investigate in the basement. [213], Though Turner and her daughter were exonerated of any wrongdoing, public opinion on the event was varied, with numerous publications intimating that Turner's testimony at the inquest was a performance; Life magazine published a photo of Turner testifying in court along with stills of her in courtroom scenes from three of her films. [255] Weeks later, on May 9, 1969, she married Ronald Pellar, a nightclub hypnotist whom she had met at a Los Angeles disco. [96], In July 1942,[97] Turner met her second husband, actor-turned-restaurateur Joseph Stephen "Steve" Crane, at a dinner party in Los Angeles. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) [Cora Smith]: Killed in a car accident while riding with John Garfield; we see the car go off the road . With her film career launched in earnest by the dawn of the forties, she became a top pin-up . It wasn't much of a play even when Julie Harris was doing it, and it all but disappears under the old-time Hollywood glamor of Miss Turner's star presence. It's an image I've worked too hard to obtain and preserve. [225] Reviews were mixed,[226] although Variety praised her performance, writing: "Turner plays a character of changing moods, and her changes are remarkably effective, as she blends love and understanding, sincerity and ambition. [71] In the film, she portrayed Sheila Regan, an alcoholic aspiring actress based on Lillian Lorraine. She was 74 years old when she passed away. [69] She would later recall that Shaw treated her "like an untutored blonde savage, and took no pains to conceal his opinion". [258] She was diagnosed with throat cancer in the spring of 1992. [79] While the film was financially successful,[80] Time magazine panned it, calling it "a pretentious resurrection of Robert Louis Stevenson's ghoulish classic As for Lana Turner, fully clad for a change, and the rest of the cast they are as wooden as their roles. "That, and a sense of loss and of growing up too fast. In 1992, Turner was diagnosed with throat cancer and died of the disease three years later at age 74. [144] A Life of Her Own was among the least successful of Cukor's films, receiving unfavorable reviews and low box-office sales. The New York Times writes that she married bandleader Artie Shaw in 1940 when she was just 19. Lana Turner Lana Turner ( / ln / LAH-n; [a] born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995) was an American actress. [158] A little over a week before the film's release in December 1952, Turner divorced her third husband, Bob Topping. [248] A review in the Chicago Tribune praised her performance, noting: "when she takes the stand in the final (with Keir Dullea) courtroom scene, her face resembling a dust bowl victory garden, it's the most devastating denouement since Barbara Fritchie poked her head out the window. [179][180] According to Cheryl, Turner confronted Barker before forcing him out of their home at gunpoint. [194] Fearing that her mother's life was in danger, Cheryl who had been watching television in an adjacent room grabbed a kitchen knife and ran to Turner's defense. [324] She favored the designers Salvatore Ferragamo, Jean Louis, Helen Rose and Nolan Miller. [241] The same year, she starred in By Love Possessed (1961), based on a bestselling novel by James Gould Cozzens. [157] The Bad and the Beautiful was both a critical and commercial success, and earned her favorable reviews. Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those closest to me. [21][25] His robbery and homicide were never solved,[21] and his death had a profound effect on Turner. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical . [98] The two eloped to Las Vegas a week after they began dating. Lana Turner's father was murdered when she was a child. Scotty Bowers, who claimed to have been one of Hollywood's most infamous hustlers and procurers, arranging illicit liaisons with both straight and gay film stars, often taking part in . Pamela Tiffin Tina Turner's son Ronnie Turner 's cause of death has been revealed. On September 28, 1964 the date of his 28th wedding anniversary with wife Susan Flemming - Harpo Marx died at the age of 75 after undergoing an open-heart procedure. CONTACT DETAILS Web Site: . Atty. [27] Her mother worked 80 hours per week as a beautician to support herself and her daughter,[30][31] and Turner recalled sometimes "living on crackers and milk for half a week". Nevertheless, she insisted she would not give up her glamorous image. I tried to persuade the studio to give me something different. [86] "I adored Mr. Gable, but we were [just] friends," she later recalled. Contents. San Sebastin International Film Festival, "A star was born in Idaho; Wallace folks remember Turner's early years. The star of films such as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Peyton's Place, and The Bad and The Beautiful took the world by storm. [181] Weeks after her divorce, Turner began filming 20th Century-Fox's Peyton Place, in which she had been cast in the lead role of Constance MacKenzie, a New England mother struggling to maintain a relationship with her teenage daughter. [70], In 1940, Turner appeared in her first musical film, Two Girls on Broadway, in which she received top billing over established co-stars Joan Blondell and George Murphy. "[266] In April 1975, Turner spoke at a retrospective gala in New York City examining her career, which was attended by Andy Warhol, Sylvia Miles, Rex Reed and numerous fans. [33] She stated that she had "never seen myself walking before [It was] the first time [I was] conscious of my body. Popular African-American vocalist and entertainer Barbara McNair dazzled audiences with her singing prowess and exceptional beauty for well over four decades until her death on February 4, 2007 of throat cancer in Los Angeles. [210] More than 100 reporters and journalists attended the April 12, 1958 inquest, described by attendees as "near-riotous". According to his son, Arthur Marx, it was the only time he ever saw his father cry. "[250] The role earned Turner a David di Donatello Golden Plaque Award for Best Foreign Actress that year. In 1958, during an intense argument between Ms. Tuner and Johnny Stompanato, Lana's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl came to her mother's defense and, according to court records, stabbed, and killed Stompanato. Lana Turner dating history, 2023, 2022, list of Lana Turner relationships. He was later found bludgeoned to death on the corner of Minnesota and Mariposa Streets, on the edge of San Francisco's Potrero Hill and the Dogpatch District, with his left shoe and sock missing. Intense media scrutiny surrounded the actress in 1958 when her teenage daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Turner's lover Johnny Stompanato to death in their home during a domestic struggle. [64] In the midst of her marriage to Shaw, she starred in We Who Are Young, a drama in which she played a woman who marries her coworker against their employer's policy. [346] Turner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard. [92], Arriving to sell bonds in her hometown of Wallace, Idaho, she was greeted with a banner that read "Welcome home, Lana", followed by a large celebration during which the mayor declared a holiday in her honor. Turner on her representation in press[305], When Turner was discovered, MGM executive Mervyn LeRoy envisioned her as a replacement for the recently deceased Jean Harlow and began developing her image as a sex symbol. In an interview, Turner said: "I even go running around in the jungles of New Zealand in a dress that's filthy and ragged. 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