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Lana Turner

1921 - 1995

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Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses, and one of MGM's biggest stars, with her films earning approximately one billion dollars in 2024 currency for the studio during her 18-year contract with them. Turner is frequently cited as a popular culture icon due to her glamorous persona, and a screen legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lana Turner is the 394th most popular actor (down from 377th in 2019), the 862nd most popular biography from United States (down from 685th in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lana Turner ranks 394 out of 13,578. Before her are Marisa Paredes, Kathy Bates, Anna Karina, Tim Curry, Charles Dance, and George Lazenby. After her are Jonathan Pryce, Ellen Burstyn, Fanny Ardant, Emil Jannings, Richard Dean Anderson, and Tim Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lana Turner ranks 37. Before her are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Vasily Smyslov, Gianni Agnelli, Yoichiro Nambu, Patricia Highsmith, and Ralph Asher Alpher. After her are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Amin al-Hafiz, Satyajit Ray, Deborah Kerr, Jane Russell, and Marija Gimbutas. Among people deceased in 1995, Lana Turner ranks 28. Before her are William Alfred Fowler, Harold Wilson, Patricia Highsmith, Clair Cameron Patterson, U Nu, and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. After her are Souphanouvong, Donald Pleasence, Georges J. F. Köhler, Selena, Alec Douglas-Home, and John B. Calhoun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lana Turner ranks 862 out of 20,380. Before her are Gary Becker (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Larry Fink (1952), John Coltrane (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), and Lady Gaga (1986). After her are Dolly Parton (1946), Leslie Groves (1896), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Alvin Toffler (1928), Ellen Burstyn (1932), and Boris Johnson (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lana Turner ranks 205. Before her are Danny Glover (1946), Joan Crawford (1904), G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), Jason Robards (1922), and Kathy Bates (1948). After her are Ellen Burstyn (1932), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Tim Robbins (1958), Bill Murray (1950), Don Johnson (1949), and Jack Palance (1919).

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