Biography - A Short Wiki I tried to persuade the studio to give me something different. [204] Around 8:00p.m. on Friday, April 4, Stompanato arrived at Turner's rented home at 730 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills. [9] She became "thrilled" by the ritual practices of the church,[9] and when she was seven, her mother allowed her to formally convert to Roman Catholicism. Try again later. Search above to list available cemeteries. [96], In July 1942,[97] Turner met her second husband, actor-turned-restaurateur Joseph Stephen "Steve" Crane, at a dinner party in Los Angeles. [65][66] Though they had only briefly known each other, Turner recalled being "stirred by his eloquence", and after their first date the two spontaneously decided to get married. [53] Turner left Warner Bros. and signed a contract with MGM for $100 a week ($1,885 in 2021 dollars [43]). To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Her next film, Imitation of Life (1959), proved to be one of the greatest commercial successes of her career, and her starring role in Madame X (1966) earned her a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress. [153] The following year, she began filming her second musical, The Merry Widow. [306] Film historian Jeanine Basinger notes that she "represented the girl who'd rather sit on the diving board to show off her figure than get wet in the water the girl who'd rather kiss than kibbitz". [97] Topping proposed to her at the 21 Club in New York City by dropping a diamond ring into her martini, and they married shortly after in April 1948 at the Topping family mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. [131] Homecoming was well received by audiences, and Turner and Gable were nicknamed "the team that generates steam". [28] They also frequently moved, for a time living in Sacramento and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. "[4] Critic Leonard Maltin noted in 2005 that Turner "came to crystallize the opulent heights to which show business could usher a small-town girl, as well as its darkest, most tragic and narcissistic depths". "[109], In August 1944, Turner divorced Crane, citing his gambling and unemployment as primary reasons. [21] She expressed interest in performance at a young age, performing short dance routines at her father's Elks chapter in Wallace. [215] The suit was settled out of court for a reported $20,000 in May 1962. The studio recast Turner in the smaller role, though she was still given top billing. The growth of maturity is reflected neatly in her distinguished portrayal. [131] She was the studio's first choice for the role, but it was reluctant to offer her the part, considering her overbooked schedule. It is unclear whether her ashes were kept by her daughter or were scattered at sea with conflicting reports on the fate of her ashes. He was replaced by Ricardo Montalbn. Thanks for your help! Your Scrapbook is currently empty. But she had that sexy clean quality I wanted. [267] Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote that the film served "as a reminder that Miss Turner was never one of our subtler actresses". [42][48] Turner always detested the nickname,[49] and upon seeing a sneak preview of the film, she recalled being profoundly embarrassed and "squirming lower and lower" into her seat. Please try again later. Nevertheless, she insisted she would not give up her glamorous image. [144], In 1949, Turner was to star in A Life of Her Own (1950), a George Cukor-directed drama about a woman who aspires to be a model in New York City. [173] Meanwhile, Diane was given a test screening in late December 1955, and was met with poor response from audiences. [343][344] In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez included Turner in an outdoor mural, Portrait of Hollywood, painted on the auditorium of Hollywood High School, her alma mater. [87][88] James Agee of Time magazine was critical of co-star Robert Taylor's performance and noted: "Turner is similarly handicapped: Metro has swathed her best assets in a toga, swears that she shall become an actress, or else. In an interview, Turner said: "I even go running around in the jungles of New Zealand in a dress that's filthy and ragged. [216] A 1962 novel by Harold Robbins entitled Where Love Has Gone and its subsequent film adaptation were inspired by the event. The clothes she wears are just like the clothes you pay to see her in on Saturday night at the Bijou. "[27], Turner sometimes lived with family friends or acquaintances so that her impoverished mother could save money. [7] Shortly after completing They Won't Forget, she made an appearance in James Whale's historical comedy The Great Garrick (1937), a biographical film about British actor David Garrick, in which she had a small role portraying an actress posing as a chambermaid. Confidential (1990). [311] Film scholar Richard Dyer cites Turner as an example of one of Hollywood's earliest stars whose publicized private life perceptibly inflected their careers: "Her career is marked by an unusually, even spectacularly, high degree of interpenetration between her publicly available private life and her films not only do her vehicles furnish characters and situations in accord with her off-screen image, but frequently incidents in them echo incidents in her life so that by the end of her career films like Peyton Place, Imitation of Life, Madame X and Love Has Many Faces seem in parts like mere illustrations of her life."[312]. [176], In 1956, Turner discovered she was pregnant with Barker's child, but gave birth to a stillborn baby girl seven months into the pregnancy. Turner's reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her critically acclaimed performance in the noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), a role which established her as a serious dramatic actress. [180] 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. In 1982, she accepted a much-publicized and lucrative recurring guest role in the television series Falcon Crest, which afforded the series notably high ratings. [8] John was 24 years old at the time, and Mildred's father objected to the courtship. [34] She soon became a protge of LeRoy, who suggested that she take the stage name Lana Turner, a name she would come to legally adopt several years later. [175] Turner gleefully told a reporter at the time that she was "walking around in a daze. [127] As of early 1946, Turner was set for the role, but schedules with Green Dolphin Street almost prohibited her from taking it, and by late 1946, she was nearly recast. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Turner's blood condition resulted in Cheryl being born with near-fatal erythroblastosis fetalis. [85] Meanwhile, the press continued to fuel rumors that Turner and Gable were romantic offscreen, which Turner vehemently denied. She claimed that Stompanato had been violently attacking her mother. [52] Warner obliged, as he believed Turner would not "amount to anything". You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. [205][206] The two began arguing heatedly in the bedroom, during which Stompanato threatened to kill Turner, her daughter Cheryl and her mother. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. [191] After a friend informed her of who Stompanato actually was, she confronted him and tried to break off the affair. 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[156] The Bad and the Beautiful was both a critical and commercial success, and earned her favorable reviews. [33] In 1965, she met Hollywood producer and businessman Robert Eaton, who was ten years her junior, through business associates. [181] The film, directed by Mark Robson, was adapted from Grace Metalious' best-selling novel of the same name. [287] In September, Turner released an autobiography entitled Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth. [71] In the film, she portrayed Sheila Regan, an alcoholic aspiring actress based on Lillian Lorraine. Try again later. "[249] The role earned Turner a David di Donatello Golden Plaque Award for Best Foreign Actress that year. She willed the majority of her estate left to Carmen Lopez Cruz, her maid for 45 years. Actress. "Joan Rivers interviews Lana Turner". [250], In late 1968, she began filming the low-budget thriller The Big Cube, in which she portrayed a glamorous heiress being dosed with LSD by her stepdaughter in hopes of driving her insane and receiving the family estate. She is far more deadly because she lets her audience relax. [219] The production was difficult for Turner given the recent events of her personal life, and she suffered a panic attack on the first day of filming. Though Turner only appeared on screen for a few minutes,[46] Wilkerson wrote in The Hollywood Reporter that her performance was "worthy of more than a passing note". [177] In July 1957,[97] she filed for divorce from Barker after her daughter Cheryl alleged that he had regularly molested and raped her over the course of their marriage.

[120] In the midst of filming Green Dolphin Street, Turner began an affair with actor Tyrone Power,[122][123] whom she considered to be the love of her life. During World War II, the American GI made her one of their favorite pinup girls, with her many photographs in voluptuous poses. Instead, she divorced him and kept the reason behind the split out of the press. [143] A Life of Her Own was among the least successful of Cukor's films, receiving unfavorable reviews and low box-office sales. [50][51], In late 1937, LeRoy was hired as an executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), and asked Jack L. Warner to allow Turner to relocate with him to MGM. Try again later. On April 4, 1958, Stompanato was stabbed to death by Turner's teenage daughter Cheryl Crane at her mother's home in Beverly Hills, California. [182] Released in December 1957, Peyton Place was a major blockbuster success, which worked in Turner's favor as she had agreed to take a percentage of the film's overall earnings instead of a salary. [29] Following her father's death, Turner lived for a period in Modesto with a family who physically abused her and "treated her like a servant". Miss Turner, who had been treated for throat cancer, apparently died of natural causes, a police spokeswoman, Ramona Baety, confirmed to The Associated Press. Her hair was dark, messy, uncombed. "[320], According to her daughter, Turner's obsessive attention to detail often resulted in dressmakers storming out during dress fittings.

I thought you might like to see a memorial for Lana Turner I found on Findagrave.com. "[102], Turner returned to feature films with a lead role in the 1974 British horror film Persecution, in which she played a disturbed wealthy woman tormenting her son. [332][333][334] In a 1973 Films in Review retrospective on her career, Turner was referred to as "a master of the motion picture technique and a hardworking craftsman". I don't wear any make-up and my hair's a mess." [246], In 1966, Turner had her last major starring role in the courtroom drama film Madame X, based on the 1904 play by Alexandre Bisson, in which Turner portrayed a lower-class woman who marries into a wealthy family. [251] One critic deemed Turner's acting in the film "strained and amateurish", and declared it "one of her poorest performances". Indeed, there is cause for suspicion that they didn't even bother to think. "[81], Turner was then cast in the Western Honky Tonk (1941), the first of four films in which she would star opposite Clark Gable. 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. She appeared in five roles on stage from 1971 to 1982. [275] During rehearsals, a stagehand told reporters that Turner was "the hardest working broad I've known". [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. [337] Turner has also been cited in scholarly discussions of women's sexuality. Lana has always acted hastily and been guided more by her own ideas than by any advance any studio gave her. [223][306] However, her image in 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice marked a departure from her strictly-sex symbol screen persona to that of a full-fledged femme fatale. Sorry! After 18 years at MGM, I'm a free agentI used to go on a bended knee to the front office and say, please give me a decent story. In 1992, Turner was diagnosed with throat cancer and died of the disease three years later at age 74. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. [160] The films were Flame and the Flesh, in which she portrayed a manipulative woman who takes advantage of a musician, and Betrayed, an espionage thriller set in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands; the latter marked Turner's fourth and final film appearance opposite Clark Gable. [23] On December 14, 1930,[24] her father won some money at a traveling craps game, stuffed his winnings in his left sock, and headed for home. I got a big chance to do some real acting in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and I'm not going to slip back if I can help it. Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those closest to me. Lana Turner DIED A PAINFUL DEATH SHORTLY after revealing her secret to her only adopted child. [69] She would later recall that Shaw treated her "like an untutored blonde savage, and took no pains to conceal his opinion". [20] As a child, Turner was known to family and friends as Judy. No one who adored her in movies would be disappointed to meet her in the flesh. At age sixteen, she signed with Warner Brothers Studio. She was the subject of the poem "Lana Turner has collapsed" by Frank O'Hara,[339] and was depicted as a minor character in James Ellroy's novel L.A. I'll work for nothing, just give me a good story. [228] During this time, Turner's daughter Cheryl privately came out as a lesbian to her parents, who were both supportive of her. [56] During the shoot, Turner completed her studies with an educational social worker, allowing her to graduate high school that year. [290] In her early 60s, Turner stopped drinking to preserve her health,[282] but she was unable to quit smoking. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? [338], Turner has been depicted and referenced in numerous works across literature, film, music and art. [138][139] Studio head Louis B. Mayer threatened to suspend her contract, but Turner managed to leverage her box-office draw with MGM to negotiate an expansion of her role in the film, as well as a salary increase amounting to $5,000 per week ($60,678 in 2021 dollars [43]). I don't think it's healthy to stay off the screen that long. [35][36][e] One version of the story erroneously has her discovery occurring at Schwab's Pharmacy,[39] which Turner claimed was the result of a reporting error that began circulating in articles published by columnist Sidney Skolsky.

[203] Stompanato, angered that he did not attend with her, awaited her return home that evening, whereupon he physically assaulted her. [164][165] She was reluctant to appear in the film because of the character's scanty, "atrocious" costumes and "stupid" lines, and during the shoot struggled to get along with co-star Edmund Purdom, whom she later described as "a young man with a remarkably high opinion of himself". She soon attracted attention by playing the role of a murder victim in her film debut, LeRoy's They Won't Forget (1937), and she later moved into supporting roles, often appearing as an ingnue. This account has been disabled. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. WebLana Turner 's former home in Beverly Hills where Stompanato was killed in 1958. A Handley-Page Halifax bomber "London's Revenge" DK186 ZL L carried the name of Lana Turner into battle over Germany. Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA. [197] To avoid further confrontation, Turner and her makeup artist, Del Armstrong, called Scotland Yard in order to have Stompanato deported. WebLana Turners Death Cause and Date Born (Birthday) 19210208 Death Date June 29, 1995 Age of Death 74 years Cause of Death Oropharyngeal Cancer Profession Movie Actress The movie actress Lana Turner died at the age of 74. "[38] With her mother's permission, Turner was referred by Wilkerson to the actor/comedian/talent agent Zeppo Marx. [221] When she returned to the set, "her face was so swollen, she couldn't work", Moore said. [159], 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. Mildred was four days shy of her 17th birthday when she gave birth to her only child. [41] While in the shop, she was spotted by William R. Wilkerson, publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. [169], MGM then gave Turner the titular role of Diane de Poitiers in the period drama Diane (1956), which had originally been optioned by the studio in the 1930s for Greta Garbo. [193][194] Turner would also claim that on one occasion he drugged her and took nude photographs of her while unconscious, potentially to use as blackmail. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6208/lana-turner. WebOn June 29, 1996 at the age of 75, the oral cancer got the better of Lana, and she died at home with her daughter at her side. "[108] Critic Anita Loos praised Turner's performance in the film, writing: "Lana Turner typifies modern allure. "[33] Several years after the film's release, Modern Screen journalist Nancy Squire wrote that Turner "made a sweater look like something Cleopatra was saving for the next visiting Caesar". In 1992, Turner was diagnosed with throat cancer and died of the disease three years later at age 74. Turner, who disclosed in May 1992 that she had been treated for throat cancer, died at her Century City home with her daughter Cheryl Crane at her side, police Officer Sonia Monaco said. [218] She portrayed a struggling stage actress who makes personal sacrifices to further her career. Turner's private life, however, was a fiasco with her battling alcoholism and numerous marriages. cities. [112], She was then cast as the female lead in Week-End at the Waldorf, a loose remake of Grand Hotel (1932) in which she portrayed a stenographer (a role originated by Joan Crawford). cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [189] He pursued Turner aggressively, sending her various gifts. [292][293] In a press release, she stated that the cancer had been detected early and had not damaged her vocal cords or larynx. [254] Weeks later, on May 9, 1969, she married Ronald Pellar, a nightclub hypnotist whom she had met at a Los Angeles disco. [54] The same year, she was loaned to United Artists for a minor role as a maid in The Adventures of Marco Polo. [38] By Turner's own account, she was a junior at Hollywood High School when she skipped a typing class and bought a Coca-Cola at the Top Hat Malt Shop[34][40] located on the southeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and McCadden Place. [42] Lana's cause of death was throat cancer. Failed to delete memorial. Shortly after, the two eloped and moved west, settling in Idaho. [126], Turner's next film was the romantic drama Cass Timberlane, in which she played a young woman in love with an older judge, a role for which Jennifer Jones, Vivien Leigh and Virginia Grey had also been considered. Weve updated the security on the site. Turner reportedly held a gun to Barker's head and thought about killing him, per People. "[313] In addition, Basinger credits Turner as the first mainstream female star to "take the male prerogative openly for herself", publicly indulging in romances and affairs that in turn fueled the publicity surrounding her. San Sebastin International Film Festival, "A star was born in Idaho; Wallace folks remember Turner's early years. Mervyn LeRoy on Turner during her first audition, December 1936[34], Turner's discovery is considered a show-business legend and part of Hollywood mythology among film and popular cultural historians. [207], According to testimony provided by Turner, Stompanato died at the scene when Cheryl, who had been listening to the couple's fight behind the closed door, stabbed Stompanato in the stomach when Turner attempted to usher him out of the bedroom. "When six o'clock came, he went his way and I went mine.

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She is remembered as an American calendar pin-up model and film actress with a 50-year career. So what happened? [260] Pellar denied the accusations and no charges were filed against him. [260] In addition, she later accused him of stealing $100,000 worth of jewelry from her. [100] After discovering she was pregnant in November 1942, Turner remarried Crane in Tijuana in March 1943. [29], While baptized a Protestant at birth,[32] Turner attended Mass with the Hislops, a Catholic family with whom her mother had temporarily boarded her in Stockton, California. [132] By this period, Turner was at the zenith of her film career, and was not only MGM's most popular star, but also one of the ten highest-paid women in the United States, with annual earnings of $226,000. Lana Turner death quick facts: [268], In the early 1970s, Turner transitioned to theater, beginning with a production of Forty Carats, which toured various East Coast cities in 1971. That licked me. By the time this one comes out, it will be almost three years since I was last on the screen, in The Three Musketeers. [290][291] During her contract with MGM, photographs that showed her holding cigarettes had to be airbrushed at the studio's request in an effort to conceal her smoking. [35] Wilkerson was attracted by her beauty and physique, and asked her if she was interested in appearing in films, to which she responded: "I'll have to ask my mother first. Upon Turner's death, John Updike wrote in The New Yorker that she "was a faded period piece, an old-fashioned glamour queen whose fifty-four films, over four decades didn't amount, retrospectively to much As a performer, she was purely a studio-made product. [22], The Turner family struggled financially, and relocated to San Francisco when she was six years old, after which her parents separated. When she was six years old, her parents relocated to San Francisco as the family was struggling financially. [155], 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. [83] In January 1942, she began shooting her second picture with Gable, titled Somewhere I'll Find You;[84] however, the production was halted for several weeks after the death of Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, in a plane crash. Turner, Lana (September 29, 1982).