# List of performances and awards of Lana Turner

Lana Turner (1921–1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned four decades. Discovered in 1937 at age 16, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. but soon transferred to 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) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941), the latter of which was a commercial success and helped establish her as one of the studio's leading performers. Turner subsequently co-starred with Clark Gable in the drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1943), the first of four films she would appear in with him.
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. It earned her acclaim with Bosley Crowther of The New York Times deeming it "the role of her career." In addition to her film roles, Turner frequently appeared on radio programs throughout the 1940s, including Suspense and The Orson Welles Almanac. In 1952, she co-starred in the drama The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) opposite Kirk Douglas, portraying an alcoholic actress. Turner made her final film appearance with Gable in the drama 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
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. The film was a major box office success, and Turner earned her first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance. 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, which was another commercial success at the box office. Turner's final leading 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 touring stage plays, such as Forty Carats and Bell, Book and Candle. In 1982, she was cast in a recurring guest role on the television soap opera Falcon Crest. She made her final film appearance in the comedy horror film Witches' Brew in 1980.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Director(s) | Studio |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Mary Clay | Mervyn LeRoy | Warner Bros. |
| 1937 | Topper | Nightclub Patron | Norman Z. MacLeod | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | Mademoiselle Auber | James Whale | Warner Bros. |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Nazama's Maid | Archie MayoJohn Ford | United Artists |
| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Cynthia Potter | George B. Seitz | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Miss Rutherford | Edwin L. Marin | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Passerby | Michael Curtiz | Warner Bros. |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Helen Thayer | Reinhold Schünzel | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Mado | Robert B. Sinclair | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Rosalie Jewett | Harold S. Bucquet | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Jane Thomas | S. Sylvan Simon | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Patty Marlow | S. Sylvan Simon | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Patricia 'Pat' Mahoney | S. Sylvan Simon | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Marjorie White Brooks | Harold S. Bucquet | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Sheila Regan | Robert Z. Leonard | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Bea Emery | Victor Fleming | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Elizabeth Cotton | Jack Conway | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1942 | Johnny Eager | Lisbeth Bard | Mervyn LeRoy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Paula Lane | Wesley Ruggles | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Herself | Edward Buzzell | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Peggy Evans /Carol Burden | Wesley RugglesBuster Keaton (uncredited) | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Herself | Roy Del Ruth | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Theo Scofield West | Robert Z. Leonard | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry | Valerie 'Val' Parks | Edward Buzzell | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Bunny Smith | Robert Z. Leonard | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Cora Smith | Tay Garnett | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Marianne Patourel | Victor Saville | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane | Virginia Marshland | George Sidney | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1948 | Homecoming | Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall | Mervyn LeRoy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | Milady de Winter | George Sidney | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Lily Brannel James | George Cukor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1951 | Mr. Imperium | Fredda Barlo | Don Hartman | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Crystal Radek | Curtis Bernhardt | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Georgia Lorrison | Vincente Minnelli | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers | Nora Taylor | Mervyn LeRoy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1954 | Flame and the Flesh | Madeline | Richard Brooks | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1954 | Betrayed | Carla Van Oven | Gottfried Reinhardt | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Samarra | Richard Thorpe | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Elsa Keller | John Farrow | Warner Bros. |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Lady Edwina Esketh | Jean Negulesco | 20th Century Fox |
| 1956 | Diane | Diane de Poitiers | David Miller | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Constance MacKenzie | Mark Robson | 20th Century Fox |
| 1958 | The Lady Takes a Flyer | Maggie Colby | Jack Arnold | Universal Pictures |
| 1958 | Another Time, Another Place | Sara Scott | Lewis Allen | Paramount Pictures |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Lora Meredith | Douglas Sirk | Universal Pictures |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black | Sheila Cabot | Michael Gordon | Universal Pictures |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Marjorie Penrose | John Sturges | United Artists |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise | Rosemary Howard | Jack Arnold | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1962 | Who's Got the Action? | Melanie Flood | Daniel Mann | Paramount Pictures |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Kit Jordan | Alexander Singer | Columbia Pictures |
| 1966 | Madame X | Holly Parker | David Lowell Rich | Universal Pictures |
| 1969 | The Big Cube | Adriana Roman | Tito Davison | Warner Bros. |
| 1974 | Persecution | Carrie Masters | Don Chaffey | Fanfare Films |
| 1976 | Bittersweet Love | Claire | David Miller | AVCO Embassy |
| 1980 | Witches' Brew | Vivian Cross | Herbert L. StrockRichard Schorr | United Artists |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Herself | Bud FriedgenMichael J. Sheridan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |

### Unrealized projects

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

## Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Herself | Episode: "1.10" |
| 1969–70 | Harold Robbins' The Survivors | Tracy Carlyle Hastings | 15 episodes |
| 1971 | The Last of the Powerseekers | Tracy Carlyle Hastings | Television film |
| 1982–83 | Falcon Crest | Jacqueline Perrault | 6 episodes |
| 1985 | The Love Boat | Elizabeth Raleigh | Episode: "Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go" |

## Radio

| Air date | Program | Episode | Role(s) | Notes |
| June 2, 1941 | Lux Radio Theatre | They Drive by Night | Lana Carlsen | Guest-starring with Lucille Ball |
| January 19, 1942 | Philip Morris Playhouse | The Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | Co-starring with Lionel Barrymore |
| July 5, 1944 | The Orson Welles Almanac | The Mercury Wonder Show | Herself | Guest-starring with Susan Hayward |
| June 19, 1944 | The Orson Welles Almanac | Fifth War Loan Drive | | |
| May 3, 1945 | Suspense | Fear Paints a Picture | Julia | |
| April 11, 1946 | Lux Radio Theatre | Honky Tonk | Elizabeth Cotton | Co-starring with John Hodiak |
| June 17, 1946 | Screen Guild Theater | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Theo Scofield West | Co-starring with John Hodiak |
| August 14, 1946 | Academy Award Theater | Vivacious Lady | Francey | |
| April 13, 1948 | The Bob Hope Show | | Herself | Skit performed with Bob Hope |
| September 19, 1949 | Lux Radio Theatre | Green Dolphin Street | Marianne Patourel | |

## Stage

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

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Category | Year | Nominated work(s) | Outcome |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1958 | Peyton Place | Nominated |
| David di Donatello | Best Foreign Actress | 1966 | Madame X | Won |
| Donostia Awards | Lifetime Achievement | 1994 | – | Won |
| Laurel Awards | Top Female Dramatic Performance | 1958 | Peyton Place | 4th place |
| Laurel Awards | Top Female Star | 1959 | – | 9th place |
| Laurel Awards | Top Female Star | 1960 | – | 13th place |
| Laurel Awards | Top Female Star | 1961 | – | 9th place |
| Laurel Awards | Best Actress | 1966 | Madame X | 5th place |
| Medalla Sitges | Best Actress | 1975 | Persecution | Won |