Black & White Portraits #01 - Lana Turner

Black & White Portraits #01

Lana Turner 

born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress who worked in film, television, stage, and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940’s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the United States, and one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) biggest stars, with her films earning the studio over $50 million during her eighteen-year contract with them. Turner was recognized among her peers as a hard-working and versatile actress,[4] and by the public as a popular culture icon of Hollywood glamour