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An American actress, born in Santa Monica, California, USA, as Svetlana Lisa Gurdin. She was born to an architect of Russian immigrants, and a mother who works as a ballet dancer of Ukrainian immigrants. They met in San Francisco, USA, and had two daughters. After obtaining American citizenship, they had their youngest daughter, Lana, who was preceded in film work by her older sister, Natalie Wood. Due to Natalie's fame, Lana was pushed to appear in the movie Driftwood (1947), when she was an infant, then the movie One Desire (1955). She then moved on to presenting many series and participating in movies from time to time. In 1965, she signed a contract with Fox, in addition to her television work. Then her work continued, as she presented the movie For Single Only in 1968, and the movie Scream Free in the same year. She got married to the actor Richard Smedley and had her only daughter, Evan. After her sister died in the early eighties, Lana devoted herself to publishing a book about her sister.
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