The glamorous life of Hollywood’s ultimate blonde Sweater Girl star Lana Turner took a harrowing turn in 1958 — with her daughter Cheryl Crane at the front lines.. As a star at MGM for 17 ...

“Lana Turner, at 15 years old when she was discovered, lost her innocence right away and was sexualized on screen and forced to really grow up much quicker than she should have,” says Sherman.

Actress Lana Turner, left, and underworld figure Johnny Stompanato are greeted at Los Angeles International Airport on March 19, 1958, by Lana’s 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl, right.

In 1927, when Lana was six, the family packed up and migrated to San Francisco, where John Turner became a stevedore. One night he got into a crap game, cleaned up, headed home with his winnings.

There’s no denying that Lana Turner’s life contains a great story. The daughter of a con man who died when she was a kid, she moved to Hollywood with her mother and was, according to the story ...