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Actor Born: February 8, 1921 in Wallace, ID Death: June 29, 1995 Biography:One of the most glamorous superstars of Hollywood's golden era, "Lana Turner" was born February 8, 1921, in Wallace, ID. At the age of 15, while cutting school, she was spotted by Hollywood Reporter staffer Billy Wilkinson in a Hollywood drugstore; enchanted by her beauty, he escorted her to the offices of the Zeppo Marx Agency, resulting in a bit part in 1937's "A Star Is Born". Rejected by RKO, Fox, and any number of other studios, "Turner" next briefly showed up in "They Won't Forget". Mervin LeRoy, the picture's director, offered her a personal contract at 50 dollars a week, and she subsequently appeared fleetingly in a series of films at Warner Bros.
When LeRoy moved to MGM, "Turner" followed, and the usual series of bit parts followed before she won her first lead role in the 1939 B-comedy "These Glamour Girls". "Dancing Co-Ed", a vehicle for bandleader "Artie Shaw", followed that same year,... Full Biography
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