"I don't think I realized how difficult it was. Forgetting the tragedy [the killing of Johnny Stompanato] for a moment, just [her] growing up. I didn't exactly think that I was stupid at the time, and of course my friends had children, and they seemed perfectly normal; my child was normal. But again, fate—all of this is preordained. Like, when I've been asked, "Miss Turner, would you change anything if you could?", well sure I would like to change a lot of things! You know, falsities and mistakes that I've made, but you didn't know it at the time. It's only in retrospect that you realize."
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Reflecting on her career and her daughter's upbringing, quoted on The Phil Donahue Show (1982).
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Lana Turner
Lana Turner (born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films.
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