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The Lady Takes a Flyer

Lana Turner

b.2/08/1920 Wallace, Idaho
d.6/29/1995

Father was murdered when she was nine years of age Mother and daughter move to Los Angeles where Lana is discovered at ice cream parlor by Director Mervyn LeRoy Popular pin up girl during World War II Academy Award nomination Best Actress “Peyton Place” 1957 First cinematic movie: “A Star is Born” 1937

Filmography:

A Star is Born, Adventures of Marco Polo, Four’s a Crowd, Those Glamour Girls, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Honky Tonk, The Youngest Profession, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Three Musketeers, The Merry Widow, The Sea Chase, The Prodigal, Peyton Place, Madame X, The Lady Takes a Flyer, The Graveyard, The Witch’s Brew