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| Born | February 8, 1921 |
| Hometown | Wallace, Idaho, United States |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
| Spouse | Ronald Pellar (m 1969 - 1972) , Robert Eaton (m 1965 - 1969) , Fred May (m 1960 - 1962) , Lex Barker (m 1953 - 1957) , Bob Topping (m 1948 - 1952) , Joseph Stephen Crane (m 1942 - 1943) , Artie Shaw (m 1940 - 1940) |
| Partner | Johnny Stompanato |
| Children | Cheryl Crane |
| Parents | John Virgil Turner , Mildred Frances Cowan |
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Lana Turner Book ‘A Murder in Hollywood’, From Casey Sherman, In The Works As Series From Jake Crane
- EXCLUSIVE: Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was allegedly stabbed to death in her house by her daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958. This incident is the basis for Casey Sherman’s next true crime thriller; A Murder in Hollywood, and it’s also heading to the small screen. Jake Crane, no relation, who wrote the screenplay for […]
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.A Look Back in Time: Future Academy Award Nominee Lana Turner Visits Twin Cities to Advocate Buying Bonds for War Effort
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Cheryl Crane on new book
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Academy Award | Actress in a Leading Role | Peyton Place (film) | Nominated |
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Joe Morella, a former Variety reporter who became a biographer of numerous Hollywood stars, died Aug. 13 of Covid-related illness in San Diego, Calif. He was 81. Morella wrote at least a dozen biographies — often co-authored by Edward Z. Epstein — of stars including Loretta Young, Lucille Ball, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, […]
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‘Disgraceland’ Creator Delves Into Hollywood With Spinoff Podcast Focused On Dark History Of Stars Including Marilyn Monroe & Bruce Lee
The dark history of Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee and Dennis Hopper is the focus of a new ten-part podcast series from Disgraceland creator Jake Brennan. The podcast creator and host is launching Badlands, with the first season titled Hollywoodland, on May 5. The show, which will premiere on Amazon Music as […]
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New this week: Sia, Clarice Starling and Kristen Wiig
— Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations might normally send moviegoers to theaters to see some of the top films. One nominee, “Judas and the Black Messiah," arrives on HBO Max (as well as in theaters) on Friday. The film, directed by Shaka King, stars Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and Lakeith Stanfield, as the FBI informant who infiltrated the group in the 1960s.
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Lana Turner at 100
As we mark the 100th birthday of Lana Turner (1921-1995) this coming February 8 and reflect on her cinematic legacy, some of us may recall a line from a rather different sort of film from the kind in which Turner typically starred. In 2001’s wacko fantasy-drama Donnie Darko, Jena Malone, distraught over events in her personal life but elated at meeting up with her love interest -- the film’s eponymous anti-hero -- muses, “I guess some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.”Indeed. It’
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When Lana Turner’s Abusive, Gangster Boyfriend Was Killed—by Her Daughter
The movie star Lana Turner had been trying to break up with her abusive mafioso boyfriend for some time. On the April evening of Good Friday 1958, she decided to end things once and for all. The story goes that she had discovered that Johnny Stompanato was not in fact 43, as he had told her, but four years her junior, 32, and it was the last straw. In the melee that ensued in the Turner home after Stompanato objected to the star calling it quits, the young “underworld figure,” as the New York Ti
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Nigel Lythgoe Dances Away From Pedigreed Bel Air Traditional
Televised talent show tycoon Nigel Lythgoe has slung his posh and pedigreed, circa-1930s residence in L.A.’s tony Bel Air neighborhood up for sale with an asking price of $13 million. Said to be briefly occupied in the 1940s by Lana Turner, once owned by “All in the Family” star Jean Stapleton and later by late […]
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