The Sweater Girl of the 40s and 50s, Lana Turner will always live in our memories as an alluring leading woman who made the headlines not only with her successful films like The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) but her seven marriages and domestic misfortune as well. Born in Wallace, Idaho, on February, 8 1921, Turner died of throat cancer in Century City, California, on June 29, 1995. Among her 61 films are Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938), Ziegfeld Girl (1941), Portrait in Black (1960), Imitation of Life (1959) and The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958). But my favorite is still that breath-taking The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) which was re-made in 1981 with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange playing Lana Turners part. Despite her above-average acting ability, Lana Turner was nominated only once for the Academy Award -- in 1958, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Peyton Place (1957). Did you know these trivia facts about Lana Turner? 1) Lana in Spanish means wool. So perhaps it wasnt a total coincidence that she was also know as Sweater Girl. 2) Her seventh husband was the famous band leader and clarinet virtuoso Artie Shaw. 3) She once said a successful man is one who makes more money than a wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. ---------------------------------------------------------- |
