Kathleen Turner
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Kathleen Turner

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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.

Films Featuring Kathleen Turner

The War of the Roses

19896.9

Prizzi's Honor

19856.4

The Virgin Suicides

20007.1

Peggy Sue Got Married

19866.1

The Jewel of the Nile

19856.2

The Accidental Tourist

19886.3

Baby Geniuses

19994.1

The Man with Two Brains

19836.2

Serial Mom

19946.7

Naked in New York

19934.8

Monster House

20066.7

Romancing the Stone

19846.8

Undercover Blues

19936.0

Switching Channels

19886.1

Crimes of Passion

19846.3

Body Heat

19817.0

V.I. Warshawski

19914.8

The Real Blonde

19985.3

Marley & Me

20087.2

The Long Game

20255.3

A Simple Wish

19975.5

Moonlight and Valentino

19955.6

House of Cards

19936.2

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

20056.8

Tummy Trouble

19896.7

Roller Coaster Rabbit

19906.7

Trail Mix-Up

19937.0

The Perfect Family

20114.6

Legalese

19985.1

Julia and Julia

19885.1

The Estate

20225.4

A Breed Apart

19845.9

Dumb and Dumber To

20145.6

National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures

National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures

20008.0

Prince of Central Park

20004.9

The Swearing Jar

20226.4

Waking Sleeping Beauty

20097.2

Nurse 3-D

20135.3

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

19908.5

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

19887.5

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.3

Cinderella

20006.1

America’s Diplomats

2016

Emily & Tim

20155.6

Beautiful

20005.8

Friends at Last

19956.0

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

20056.4

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

20177.7

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

20176.7

Another Kind of Wedding

20175.0

Fifty Shades of Erotica

20157.0

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

199610.0

Bad Baby

19976.2

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

19885.7

Love and Action in Chicago

19994.9

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

20007.2

In Bad Taste

19998.0

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole

2016

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

20157.3

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

2019

La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House

La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

19877.1

The Best of Roger Rabbit

19966.8

cascadeurs de stars

cascadeurs de stars

1988

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

19947.0

Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin

1991

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

20027.7

Gods Behaving Badly

20132.5

The Conspiracy of Silence

The Conspiracy of Silence

Animal Farm

20266.4

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

20042.0

Shelly's Leg

202510.0

Life is a Banquet

2009

Joan's Teeth

2026

Alias Nick and Nora

20057.0

Nevatars

202610.0