page_title: Lana Turner performances and awards
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: Lana Turner performances and awards / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: Lana Turner and Clark Gable in Betrayed
context_page_description: Lana Turner 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 and Ziegfeld Girl, 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, 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 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 opposite Kirk Douglas, portraying an alcoholic actress.
caption: With Clark Gable in Betrayed (1954)
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