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Lana on Phil Donahue

posted 9 years ago by AndersonWhitbeck
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Go to You Tube and pull down Lana's appearance on Donahue:

Lana looking sleek

Lists all of Her 7 ex husbands and the reason for each marital flop. Stunningly she credits husband #6 Robert Eaton 10 years her junior and an ex marine to introducing her to real sex! After countless lovers and 7 husbands Eaton must have been a whale of a man! After a lifetime of sex with her husbands the likes of Robert Taylor, Fernando Lamas, Kirk Douglas etc and various studio executives and military men Lana declared herself celibate and a devout Catholic

Lana feuded with Joan Crawford over Greg Bautzer. Barbara Stanwyck to her dying day resented Lana for seducing Bob Taylor while married to Stanwyck

Lana refutes stories of "the great love of her life' Ty Power being bisexual

Lana also calmly describes the Stompanto murder seeming to shrug off having a mafia hood living in her home along with her teenage daughter.

Lana was gorgeous woman and real star but must have been hard as nails.

[–] gbennett5 9 years ago

There are now about five other TV interviews uploaded on Youtube with
Turner. I've been a fan for decades, but even I was surprised at how
articulate, warm and FUNNY she could be (she tells a hilarious story
about kissing Gable in "Somewhere I'll Find You") in one clip. A very
underrated actor ta 'boot.

[–] jjparish 9 years ago

You have to love youtube. So many of her interviews from the 80's have been uploaded of late its a stuggle to keep up with them all. I love the donahue one but i think my favorite is the joan rivers interview. It was especially poignant to watch since joan has only passed away fairly recently. And joan was so respectful to lana! That was a nice surprise.

[–] lavenderspirit2005 9 years ago

I saw that interview a while ago, it was amazing!! Donahue was a brilliant interviewer, he always asked questions that were of depth and significance and in return, received answers of depth.

Lana was all class. I think what was the thing about her is that she had gone through so much, she'd developed a sense of calm insight about her life. I think she genuinely learned from the mistakes she made along the way.