Kathleen Turner
Date of birth: 1954-06-19
Place of birth: Springfield, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 캐서린 터너, קתלין טרנר, מרי קת'לין טרנר, کاتلین ترنر, کَتلین ترنر
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.
Movie Credits
The War of the Roses
1989-12-08
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life wo
Prizzi's Honor
1985-06-14
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US.
The Virgin Suicides
2000-04-21
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their stri
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986-10-10
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, befor
The Jewel of the Nile
1985-08-01
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time o
The Accidental Tourist
1988-12-23
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon'
Baby Geniuses
1999-03-12
BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know,
The Man with Two Brains
1983-06-10
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry wh
Serial Mom
1994-04-13
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuc
Naked in New York
1993-11-10
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joan
Monster House
2006-06-30
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Th
Romancing the Stone
1984-03-30
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. T
Undercover Blues
1993-09-10
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a specia
Switching Channels
1988-03-05
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Crimes of Passion
1984-10-19
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's at
Body Heat
1981-08-28
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to mu
V.I. Warshawski
1991-07-26
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boy
The Real Blonde
1998-02-27
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment
Marley & Me
2008-12-25
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons
The Long Game
2025-02-14
Ambitious young actress Holly Sloan agrees to help her boyfriend Richard Metzger scam Hollywood lege
A Simple Wish
1997-07-11
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple w
Moonlight and Valentino
1995-09-29
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local
House of Cards
1993-06-25
When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handle
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005-04-25
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribut
Tummy Trouble
1989-06-23
Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything i
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990-06-15
Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc
Trail Mix-Up
1993-03-12
During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic
The Perfect Family
2011-04-30
Kathleen Turner stars as suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary, who has always kept up a
Legalese
1998-10-04
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her agai
Julia and Julia
1988-02-05
A grieving woman, haunted by the loss of her husband on their wedding day, suddenly finds herself sl
The Estate
2022-11-04
Down-on-her-luck divorcee Macey and her fickle sister Savanna attempt to win over their terminally i
A Breed Apart
1984-06-01
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Dumb and Dumber To
2014-11-12
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discov
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000-08-22
Via the persona of Clawdette the black cat, Kathleen Turner narrates this not-for-the-squeamish docu
Prince of Central Park
2000-09-22
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a grou
The Swearing Jar
2022-09-23
Carey and Simon, an otherwise perfect couple, are trying to kick their swearing habit before their b
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists
Nurse 3-D
2013-09-28
Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targ
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990-06-04
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a ha
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988-06-22
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the stu
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Cinderella
2000-01-01
Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father
America’s Diplomats
2016-03-01
A documentary about American diplomats narrated by Kathleen Turner
Emily & Tim
2015-08-29
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty
Beautiful
2000-09-10
Determined to win the Miss American Miss pageant, Mona is ready to sacrifice anything and everything
Friends at Last
1995-04-02
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best frien
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005-09-02
Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017-04-29
How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017-12-09
Another Kind of Wedding
2017-12-01
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015-04-13
Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fif
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996-03-17
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and ho
Bad Baby
1997-04-06
Approaching his second birthday, Baby is still quite a handful for his long-suffering sister and par
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988-07-14
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Love and Action in Chicago
1999-09-15
Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his gir
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000-12-19
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola
In Bad Taste
1999-09-03
A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and fellow fi
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016-05-09
An in-depth interview with John Waters, Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole on the making of Serial Mom.
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015-02-17
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019-03-02
Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—incl
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
Marie was found on a battlefield as a baby, and raised by the entire 21st Regiment as their 'daughte
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987-10-01
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War
American Cinema
1995-01-23
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of mov
The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996-02-28
VIdeo compilation of the three Roger Rabbit shorts: 'Tummy Trouble', 'Roller Coaster Rabbit' and 'Tr
cascadeurs de stars
1988-03-18
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994-05-18
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991-09-01
A greedy king tells a young daughter that she must spin a room full of straws into gold by morning..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002-06-11
A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
Gods Behaving Badly
2013-11-13
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
The Conspiracy of Silence
The Conspiracy of Silence is a 1995 television documentary that outlines the problem of domestic vio
Animal Farm
2025-11-14
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004-08-29
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston
Shelly's Leg
2025-06-24
In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon acci
Life is a Banquet
2009-07-27
Life is a Banquet is a documentary on the life and work of Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actr