"Lana Turner in popular culture Since her rise to fame in the 1940s, American film actress Lana Turner (19211995) has appeared and been referenced in numerous works across literature, film, art, and music. Her glamorous persona and publicized personal troubles have contributed to her recurring prevalence in popular culture. Turner first entered the popular culture lexicon under the nickname ""the Sweater Girl"" due to her feature film debut in ""They Won't Forget"" (1937), in which she appeared in a form-fitting sweater that accentuated her bust. She was the first known person to be given the nickname, which went on to"
"Won't Forget"" in a tight-fitting knit top is sometimes considered the first case of the ""sweater girl"", as Hollywood publicists sought for a catchy phrase to describe the impact she made on the screen. Movie magazines nicknamed her ""The Sweater Girl,"" just as Ann Sheridan was ""The Oomph Girl,"" Dorothy Lamour ""The Sarong Girl,"" and Clara Bow ""The It Girl."" ""Sweater Girl"" is the name of a 1942 film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. From the 1944 ""Army–Navy Screen Magazine"" #20,"
"Neo-Victorian style, as well as strong use of symbolic color. It inspired the Princess Ballgown, a Victorian style dress reduced to full A line skirts with petticoats underneath for fullness. It was the most popular style for teens going to prom. Plunkett's ""barbecue dress"" for Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara was the most widely copied dress after the Duchess of Windsor's wedding costume, and Vogue credited the ""Scarlett O'Hara"" look with bringing full skirts worn over crinolines back into wedding fashion after a decade of sleek, figure-hugging styles. Lana Turner's 1937 film ""They Won't Forget"" made her the first Sweater"
"discovery story in her 2007 book ""An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality"", noting that it is emblematic of ""the American Dream fulfilled ... Because of her, being discovered at a soda fountain has become almost as cherished an ideal as being born in a log cabin."" Following her feature film debut in Mervyn LeRoy's ""They Won't Forget"" (1937), Turner was the first woman to receive the nickname the ""Sweater Girl"" due to her form-fitting attire which accentuated her bust. Though she herself detested the nickname, it was one with which she became synonymous over the duration of her career,"
"Sweater Girl (film) Sweater Girl is a 1942 American mystery and comedy film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. It was released on July 13, 1942. The film marked the debut of the classic World War II-era wartime song, ""I Don't Want To Walk Without You"". The song was performed on screen by actress Betty Jane Rhodes. While preparing for Midvale College's upcoming revue, which includes a trick shot with a gun, singer Susan Lawrence develops a romantic interest in Jack Mitchell,"
"a teenage murder victim. Though she only appeared onscreen for a few minutes, Wilkerson wrote in ""The Hollywood Reporter"" that her performance was ""worthy of more than a passing note."" The film earned her the nickname ""the Sweater Girl"" for her form-fitting attire, which accentuated her bust. Turner herself always detested the nickname, and upon seeing a sneak preview of the film, she recalled being profoundly embarrassed and ""squirming lower and lower"" into her seat. She stated that she had ""never seen myself walking before ... [It was] the first time [I was] conscious of my body."" Several years after"
"Leslie Brooks Leslie Brooks (born Virginia Leslie Gettman, July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress, model and dancer. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where around 1940 she started work as a photographic model. At the beginning of her showbiz career she appeared as Lorraine Gettman. As Leslie Brooks, she began appearing in movie bit roles for Columbia in 1941. Brooks started landing more sizable parts in such movies as ""Nine Girls"" (1944), ""Cover Girl"" (1944), and the lead in the film noir classic ""Blonde Ice"""
"initiation rite at the school. She has also secretly exchanged Susan's trick gun with a loaded one, which she uses in the show. Everyone arrives too late, but luckily, Susan's aim is bad, Jack survives and all live happily ever after. Sweater Girl (film) Sweater Girl is a 1942 American mystery and comedy film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. It was released on July 13, 1942. The film marked the debut of the classic World War II-era wartime song, ""I Don't"
"and it would come to be applied to several actresses throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Several years after the release of ""They Won't Forget"", ""Modern Screen"" journalist Nancy Squires wrote an extensive article on Turner, in which she noted that she had ""made a sweater look like something Cleopatra was saving for the next visiting Caesar."" Turner's rise to fame and establishment as a Hollywood sex symbol following ""They Won't Forget"" was concurrent with World War II, and she became a prominent pin-up model at the time, appearing painted on the noses of U.S. fighter planes bearing the title ""Tempest"
"Joan Barclay Joan Barclay (born Mary Elizabeth Greear, August 31, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, starring mostly in B-movies and cliffhangers, with her career starting during the silent film era. Barclay was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her family moved to California when she was still a child due to her mother wishing to escape the cold climate of the north. Moving to Hollywood to pursue acting, Barclay received her first role at the age of 12, which was credited with her billed as ""Geraine Greear"", in the 1927 film ""The"
"Barboura Morris Barboura Morris (October 22, 1932 - October 23, 1975) was an American actress known as ""the girl with the lovely smile."" Morris was born Barboura O'Neill. in Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA, where she won Best Actress awards two times. Morris appeared in many low-budget movies, such as ""The Wasp Woman"" and ""A Bucket of Blood"", two 1959 films directed by Roger Corman. She started her acting career at the Stumptown Players stock theater company, where her acting coach was Jeff Corey, and Roger Corman was a classmate. Corman gave her a leading role in the cult"
"10, 1913, in Colchester, Essex, England; and died on August 25, 2007 in Santa Barbara, California. She made her screen debut in ""Borrowed Clothes"" (1934) as well as a number of small parts in some of Alfred Hitchcock's early movies. She reached the high point of her career when she co-starred with Bette Davis in William Wyler's movie ""The Letter"". She retired from acting when she married in 1942. The couple had two children, Trajan Victor Charles Weaver and actress Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver). Weaver worked for the Young & Rubicam advertising agency during the golden age of"
"five Best Actress nominations during her career: for ""Cimarron"" (1931), ""Theodora Goes Wild"" (1936), ""The Awful Truth"" (1937), ""Love Affair"" (1939) and ""I Remember Mama"" (1948). She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958. Other honors include the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame in 1949, the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College in 1965 and Colorado's Women of Achievement in 1968. Received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1985. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd. and displays in the Warner Bros. Museum and Center for"
"She was cremated and her ashes given to her daughter. Ann Rutherford Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as one of Scarlett O'Hara's sisters in the film ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). Rutherford was born on November 2, 1917, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to John Rutherford and Lucille (née Mansfield; 1890–1981)Rutherford. Rutherford's mother was a silent film actress, and her father was"
"section at 6850 Hollywood Boulevard. Ann Harding Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of ""talking pictures"", and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in ""Holiday"". Harding was born Dorothy Walton Gatley, and was the daughter of a prominent United States Army officer. She was raised primarily in East Orange,"
"Shearer. She had become one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s, often nicknamed the ""Blonde Bombshell"" and the ""Platinum Blonde""; she was also popular for her ""Laughing Vamp"" movie persona. Harlow died at age 26 during the 1937 filming of ""Saratoga"". The film was completed using body doubles and released a little over a month after Harlow's death. The American Film Institute ranked her as the 22nd greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. Harlow was born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri. The name is sometimes incorrectly spelled Carpentier, following later studio"
"Willat's feature production, ""The False Faces"" (1919), for release through Ince-Paramount. Anderson produced her own film, ""Bubbles"" (1920), which had a splendid reception by the public. She was four feet and eleven inches in height and weighed one hundred and five pounds, and had golden hair and blue eyes. She was an expert swimmer. She later worked for Famous Players-Lasky and Canyon Pictures. She was daughter of actress Nellie Anderson. She married cinematographer Pliny Goodfriend but they divorced in 1937. She died in El Cajon, California, six days before her 89th birthday. Mary Anderson (actress, born 1897) Mary Anderson (June"
"Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term ""The Love Goddess"" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1946 film noir, ""Gilda"", opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the ""femme"
"Ann Rutherford Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as one of Scarlett O'Hara's sisters in the film ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). Rutherford was born on November 2, 1917, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to John Rutherford and Lucille (née Mansfield; 1890–1981)Rutherford. Rutherford's mother was a silent film actress, and her father was a former operatic tenor. While Rutherford was still a baby,"
"Maxine Elliott Hicks Maxine Elliott Hicks (October 5, 1904 – January 10, 2000) was an American actress. Maxine Elliott Hicks was born in Denver, Colorado to George W. and Margaret Hicks. She began acting on the stage from the age of 5. As Maxine Hicks, she was a starlet of the silent film era, with over 200 credited and uncredited roles between 1914 and 1937. Her most famous roles were as Felice, the daughter of Ethel Barrymore's character in the 1917 version of ""The Eternal Mother"", and the nemesis Susie May Squoggs in ""The Poor Little Rich Girl"". Hicks successfully"
"additional factors in her consideration as a gay icon. Scholar Robin Griffiths also considers Turner a ""camp icon"" due to her ""alternately deadpan and overblown performances."" Author Sam Staggs noted of Turner in ""Imitation of Life"": Lana Turner in popular culture Since her rise to fame in the 1940s, American film actress Lana Turner (19211995) has appeared and been referenced in numerous works across literature, film, art, and music. Her glamorous persona and publicized personal troubles have contributed to her recurring prevalence in popular culture. Turner first entered the popular culture lexicon under the nickname ""the Sweater Girl"" due to"
"Bonita Granville Bonita Granville Wrather (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film ""These Three"" (1936). Her other notable film roles were in ""Cavalcade"" (1933), ""Ah, Wilderness!"" (1935), ""The Plough and the Stars"" (1937), ""Now, Voyager"" (1942), and ""Hitler's Children"" (1943). She was born on February 2, 1923 in New York City, the daughter of Rosina (née Timponi; 1892-1984) and Bernard ""Bunny"" Granville. Both of her parents were stage performers. She was raised Roman Catholic. She made her film debut at the age"
"Sharon Tate Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers. She made her film debut in 1961 in ""Barabbas"" with Anthony Quinn. She was seen next in 1966 with the occult-themed ""Eye of the Devil"". Her most remembered performance was as Jennifer North in the"
"Nellie Parker Spaulding Nellie Parker Spaulding (August 4, 1870 – June 18, 1945) was an American silent film actress who appeared in at least 37 films between 1915 and 1925. Born in Machias, Maine, she was 45 years old when she obtained her first film part, as 'Aunt Sally' in ""The Flying Twins"" (1915). Originally billed as 'Eleanor Spaulding', she was using the more informal 'Nellie' by 1918. She most often played mothers, aunts, or older women, such as ""Mrs. Peniston"" in the first filmed version of Edith Wharton's ""The House of Mirth"" (1918). Spaulding worked for various production companies,"
"Foy being disguised as a woman on the team. Foy first kills his partner, then, because she knows too much, murders player Sue Collins by poisoning the laces of her catcher's mitt. Ann ends up hiding in Foy's closet, in danger of her life, then used as a hostage before Jimmy arrives to save her, just in time. Girls Can Play Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth. Softball player Ann Casey is tired of wearing athletic clothing and seeking something more glamorous, so she"
"Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition with the advent of ""talkies"", when films began using sound. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1908, Gulliver was named as a 1928 ""WAMPAS Baby Star."" Gulliver was part of ""The Collegians"" silent series of the late 1920s, and also did some silent serials with William Desmond, Jack Hoxie, and Hoot Gibson. With the beginning of ""talkies"", she became a popular heroine in 1930s ""cliffhangers"", including ""The Galloping Ghost"", ""Phantom of"
"Ruth Hiatt Ruth Hiatt (January 6, 1906 – April 21, 1994) was an actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She is known for performing in 1920s comedies directed by Jack White, Norman Taurog, and Mack Sennett. Hiatt was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Hiatt made her film debut at the age of nine with the Western Lubin Company in San Diego, California. She made two two-reel comedies ""The Inner Chamber"" (1915) and ""The Vigilantes"" (1918). Afterward she returned to high school which she completed around 1922. As teenager she was discovered by comedian Lloyd Hamilton. She"
"Gladys Walton Gladys Walton (April 13, 1903 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress of screen and stage. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Portland, Oregon, Gladys Walton debuted in films in small parts. However, as her acting talent came more out into the open, she was given larger and more important roles in films, such as ""La La Lucille"" in 1920 with Universal Studios, as well as ""The Secret Gift"", also in 1920. She was also given a role in ""Pink Tights"" (1920), opposite film star Jack Perrin. Walton also had a successful stage career. She performed"
"Joyce Compton ""Not to be confused with British actress Betty Compton."" Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally ""Eleanor Hunt""; she had appeared in the film ""Good Sport"" (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in"
"Josephine Whittell Josephine Whittell (November 30, 1883 – June 1, 1961) was an American character actress of the silent and sound film eras. Born on November 30, 1883 in San Francisco, California, she began her film career during the silent era, appearing in a featured role in 1917's ""Alimony"". She would only appear in four silent films, between 1917 and 1921, before taking a hiatus from the film industry. In 1931 Whittell would return to films, with supporting roles in two Wheeler and Woolsey comedies, ""Caught Plastered"" and ""Peach O'Reno"". During her 43 year career, she would appear in over"
"York and Phoenix, Arizona. Jane Winton Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959) was an American film actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. Winton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1905. During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. After coming to the West Coast, Winton became known as ""the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood"". Her film appearances include roles in ""Tomorrow's Love"" (1925), ""Why Girls Go Back Home"" (1926), ""Sunrise"" (1927), ""The Crystal Cup"" (1927), ""The Fair Co-Ed"" (1927), ""Burning Daylight"" (1928), ""Melody of Love"" (1928), and ""The Patsy"" (1928),"
"Audrey Munson Audrey Marie Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American artist's model and film actress, considered ""America's First Supermodel,"" and variously known as ""Miss Manhattan"", the ""Panama–Pacific Girl"", the ""Exposition Girl"" and ""American Venus"". She was the model or inspiration for more than 12 statues in New York City and was the first American movie star to appear fully nude in film, in ""Inspiration"" (1915), appearing in four silent films. Audrey Marie Munson was born in Rochester, New York, on June 8, 1891. Her father was from Mexico, New York, and she later lived there."
"Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress, model, and musician. She began acting in the 1990s, appearing in several television series, including ""American Gothic"" (1995–96) and ""Once and Again"" (1999–2002). Wood made her debut as a leading film actress at the age of eleven in ""Digging to China"" (1998) and garnered acclaim for her Golden Globe-nominated role as the troubled teenager Tracy Freeland in the teen drama film ""Thirteen"" (2003). Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including ""Pretty Persuasion"" (2005), ""Down in the Valley"" (2005), ""Running with Scissors"" (2006), and in the"