Curiosidades

On February 3, 2003, she was found shot dead in record producer Phil Spector's home in Alhambra, California.

A native Californian, growing up in hills of Sonoma Valley, where she enjoyed horseback riding. She loved horses and was given a roan mare named Breeze for her 10th birthday. She quickly became proficient at both English and Western riding styles.

Her modeling career also took off, and she found herself working on high fashion photo shoots, traveling around the United States and Europe. Other projects found her in Japan, Italy, Switzerland, France, Argentina and Mexico. Through her travels, she learned to speak both Spanish and Italian quite well.

While shooting a Playtex commercial, Lana met and befriended actor Michael Worth who would later help train Lana in martial arts for her film roles.

She volunteered weekly at the AIDS charity "Project Angel Food," which delivers food to those in LA disabled by HIV or AIDS.

Was in Scarface (1983), which starred Al Pacino. In 2013, Pacino would play Phil Spector, the man who killed her.

Was originally cast as an extra for the high school prom sequence in Picardias Estudantis (1982). Character actor Vincent Schiavelli came up with the idea of his character Mr. Vargas having a beautiful blonde young wife on the spot while the sequence was being filmed. He choose Lana Clarkson from a line-up of extras to portray Mrs. Vargas.

At the age of eighteen acquired her SAG card on the movie Picardias Estudantis (1982), this being her first speaking role in a feature film. Her introductory lead role was in the movie Visão Fatal (1984), filmed in Greece, starring Kirstie Alley. While filming Rainha Guerreira (1985), in Argentina, she quickly picked up on sword fighting.

Was the woman in the music video of Donnie Iris' "Ah Leah".