Lana Turner Net Worth

Lana Turner's Quotes

• 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.
• I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
• [on Hollywood] It was all beauty and it was all talent, and if you had it they protected you.
• I planned on having one husband and seven children, but it turned out the other way around.
• Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.

Interesting Facts about Lana Turner

1. Born at 12:30pm-PST
2. According to the book "Golden Girls of MGM" by Jane Ellen Wayne, she lost her eyebrows due to the glue used to attach false ones to give her an Asian look.
3. In her autobiography, she stated that her true birthdate is February 8, 1921. She stated that "I am one year younger than the records show."
4. Fainted during her 1953 wedding to Lex Barker.
5. Gave birth to her only child at age 22, a daughter Cheryl Christina Crane (aka Cheryl Crane) on July 25, 1943. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, Stephen Crane.
6. William Wilkerson of The Hollywood Reporter found her sipping a Coke in a drugstore and was so taken by her he blurted out that standard Hollywood line, "How'd you like to be in pictures?". Her first role, sure enough, had her in a tight skirt and even tighter sweater sitting at a drugstore counter.
7. She was set to appear in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) with James Stewart until she objected to the off-the-rack wardrobe that director Otto Preminger had selected for her. Lee Remick took over the role.
8. Her daughter, Cheryl Crane, wrote a book about her life with her mother, her mother's 7 husbands and numerous boyfriends and living in Hollywood. It was entitled "Detour: A Hollywood Story" and was published in 1988 (ISBN:o-380-70580-X)
9. Once when she was being interviewed by Hedda Hopper, Lex Barker, Lana's future husband, was in the same room. There was a large vase of flowers blocking her view of Lex, so Lana got up, walked across the room and removed them, remarking, "He's brand new and I want to look at him!"
10. Her auburn hair was bleached for Idiot's Delight (1939). She was withdrawn from the film, but the fact that she had become a blonde not only changed her screen image but gave her such an outgoing, swinging personality that Hollywood called her the Nightclub Queen.
11. She was called the Sweater Girl. Interestingly, Lana, translated into Spanish means "wool."
12. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) with Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman Turner was originally supposed to play Ivy, the tart. Bergman was supposed to play the innocent girl engaged to Tracy, but she wanted Turner's part and so the roles were switched.
13. Once she was forced to evacuate her apartment building when a fire broke out. Having only minutes to collect what she needed, Lana grabbed her lipstick, her eyebrow pencil and her hairdryer.
14. She was a true American hybrid, with a mixture of Scottish, Irish, Dutch and English ancestry.
15. Is one of the many movie stars mentioned in Madonna's song "Vogue"
16. Is portrayed by Brenda Bakke in L.A. Confidential (1997)
17. Once said that her turn as Cora Smith in Niemand ontkomt zijn noodlot (1946) was "the role I liked best".
18. In Italy, almost all of her films were dubbed by either Lydia Simoneschi or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Dhia Cristiani.
19. "The Private Diary of My Life With Lana", a memoir, written by one of her closest friends, Eric Root, was published one year after her death. Root, a long time friend and hairdresser of Turner's, has a large collection of jewelry that belonged to Miss Turner. He still owns the beauty salon in Beverly Hills where Turner and many other iconic stars were clients.
20. Campaigned for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1944 presidential election.