Lana Turner Quotes

American actress (1921–1995)

Lana Turner (born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films. The daughter of a miner, she was born in Wallace, Idaho. Turner was infamously discovered at age sixteen drinking a soda at a malt shop while skipping a class at Hollywood High School. She would go on to have an illustrious career that spanned nearly five decades, earning critical acclaim as well as fueling major media attention with her many marriages and sensational personal life.

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Birth Name: Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner

Alternative Names: Julia Jean Turner • Judy Turner

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I wish I could prove that he hypnotized me... That would give me a reason for doing such a dumb thing.

My goal was to have one husband and seven children, but it turned out to be the other way around.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

I finally got tired of making movies where all I did was walk across the screen and look pretty. 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. I tried to persuade the studio to give me something different. But every time I went into my argument about how bad a picture was, they'd say, 'well, it's making a fortune.' That licked me.

I had cut a typing class because I hated to type, and I still don't know how to type, but [now] I can afford to have people type for me.