List of performances and awards of Lana Turner

[4] 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.

"[6] In addition to her film roles, Turner frequently appeared on radio programs throughout the 1940s, including Suspense and The Orson Welles Almanac.

[14] The film was a major box office success,[15] and Turner earned her first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance.

[14] 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.

[17] She spent the majority of the 1970s in semiretirement, appearing in touring stage plays, such as Forty Carats[18] and Bell, Book and Candle.

Woman with white headscarf, facing right
Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Woman staring in distance, the words "Lana Turner" beneath her
In They Won't Forget (1937)
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In Ziegfeld Girl (1940)
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With Clark Gable in Betrayed (1954)
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In Madame X (1966)
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On The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , 1967
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Performing on the Suspense radio show, 1945