
Kathleen Turner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-19 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Springfield, Missouri, USA
Kathleen Turner
Biography
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. Known for her distinctive deep, husky voice, she receives two Golden Globes and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and two Tony Awards.
After debuting both off and on Broadway in 1977, followed by her television debut as Nola Dancy Aldrich on the NBC soap opera The Doctors (1978–1979), Turner rose to prominence with her portrayal of Matty Walker in Body Heat (1981), which brought her a reputation as a sex symbol. She worked solidly throughout the 1980s in films such as The Man with Two Brains (1983), Crimes of Passion, Romancing the Stone (both 1984), Prizzi's Honor, The Jewel of the Nile (both 1985), Switching Channels, The Accidental Tourist (both 1988), and The War of the Roses (1989). For her portrayal of the title character in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Turner was nominated for the 1987 Academy Award for Best Actress. Subsequent credits include V.I. Warshawski (1991), Serial Mom (1994), Baby Geniuses, The Virgin Suicides (both 1999), Beautiful (2000), Marley & Me (2008), and Dumb and Dumber To (2014).
Outside film, Turner guest-starred as Sue Collini on Showtime's Californication (2009) and Roz Volander on Netflix's The Kominsky Method (2019–2021). She also played Charles Bing, the drag queen father of Chandler Bing, on the seventh season of Friends (2001). Turner's voice work includes Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Constance in Monster House (2006), as well as characters on television series such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Rick and Morty.
In addition to her work on stage and screen, Turner has taught acting classes at New York University.
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Acting
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
The Conspiracy of Silence
as Self
Shelly's Leg
as Narrator
(2025)
Animal Farm
as Mollie (voice)
(2025)
The Long Game
as Mariah McKay
(2022)
The Estate
as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
(2022)
The Swearing Jar
as Bev
(2019)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
(2017)
Another Kind of Wedding
as Barbara Haines
(2017)
(2017)
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
as Narrator
(2016)
(2016)
America’s Diplomats
as Self (voice)
(2015)
(2015)
Emily & Tim
as Narrator
(2015)
(2014)
Dumb and Dumber To
as Fraida
(2013)
Nurse 3-D
as Head Nurse
(2013)
Gods Behaving Badly
as Styx
(2011)
The Perfect Family
as Eileen Cleary
(2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Marley & Me
as Ms. Kornblut
(2006)
Monster House
as Constance (voice)
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self - Interviewee
(2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
(2000)
The Virgin Suicides
as Mrs. Lisbon
(2000)
Beautiful
as Verna Chickle
(2000)
(2000)
Cinderella
as Claudette
(2000)
Prince of Central Park
as Rebecca Cairn
(2000)
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
(1999)
Baby Geniuses
as Elena Kinder
(1999)
In Bad Taste
as Self
(1999)
Love and Action in Chicago
as Middleman
(1998)
The Real Blonde
as Dee Dee Taylor
(1998)
Legalese
as Brenda Whitlass
(1997)
A Simple Wish
as Claudia
(1997)
Bad Baby
as Mom (voice)
(1996)
(1996)
The Best of Roger Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
(1995)
Moonlight and Valentino
as Alberta Trager
(1995)
American Cinema
as Narrator
(1995)
Friends at Last
as Fanny Connelyn
(1994)
Serial Mom
as Beverly Sutphin
(1994)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Undercover Blues
as Jane Blue
(1993)
Trail Mix-Up
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
(1993)
House of Cards
as Ruth Matthews
(1993)
Naked in New York
as Dana Coles
(1991)
V.I. Warshawski
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
(1991)
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Roller Coaster Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as Self - Host
(1989)
The War of the Roses
as Barbara Rose
(1989)
Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
(1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
(1988)
The Accidental Tourist
as Sarah Leary
(1988)
Julia and Julia
as Giulia
(1988)
Switching Channels
as Christy Colleran
(1988)
(1988)
cascadeurs de stars
as Self
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
(1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Peggy Sue
(1985)
The Jewel of the Nile
as Joan Wilder
(1985)
Prizzi's Honor
as Irene Walker
(1984)
Romancing the Stone
as Joan Wilder
(1984)
Crimes of Passion
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
(1984)
A Breed Apart
as Stella Clayton
(1983)
The Man with Two Brains
as Dolores Benedict
(1981)
Body Heat
as Matty Walker
Crew
(2018)
Brave Little Army
Casting Assistant
(1995)
Friends at Last
Producer
(1994)
Leslie's Folly
Director