Lana Turner Marriages (1940-72)

Filmography & List of Marriages (PDF)

1. Artie Shaw

Married February 13, 1940. Divorced September 12, 1940

Source: Radio and Television Mirror, vol. 14 (May - Oct 1940), Internet Archive.

• Read full article.
• Read blurb on Turner's "nervous disorder" (abortion?), August 1940.
• Read blurb on Turner's sudden separation from Shaw, 1940.

2. Stephen Crane

Married July 17, 1942. Annulled February 4, 1943 (Crane was still married to another woman). Remarried March 14, 1943. Divorced August 21, 1944. Father to Lana's only child, Cheryl, born July 25, 1943.

Source: Hollywood magazine, 1942, Internet Archive.

• Read "The Story Behind Lana's Madcap Marriage," Photoplay, October 1942.
• Read "Hollywood's Newest Pin-Up," Photoplay, December 1943. (Excerpted from the Internet Archive.)

3. Henry J. ("Bob") Topping

Married April 26, 1948. Divorced December 16, 1952.

4. Lex Barker

Married September 7, 1953. Divorced July 22, 1957.

5. Fred May

Married November 27, 1960. Divorced October 15, 1962.

5. Robert Eaton

Married June 22, 1965. Divorced April 1, 1969.

Source: Life image from Robert P. Eaton's Website.

7. "Dr." Ronald Dante

Married May 9, 1969. Separated six months later. Divorced January 26, 1972.

Source: Mr. Hypnotism, RiverRun International Film Festival.

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