Kathleen Turner
11.4Acting

Kathleen Turner

Jun 19, 1954 - Springfield, Missouri, USA

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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Cast

Media
Movie1989The War of the RosesBarbara Rose
Movie1985Prizzi's HonorIrene Walker
Movie2000The Virgin SuicidesMrs. Lisbon
Movie1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedPeggy Sue
Movie1985The Jewel of the NileJoan Wilder
Movie1988The Accidental TouristSarah Leary
Movie1999Baby GeniusesElena Kinder
Movie1983The Man with Two BrainsDolores Benedict
Movie1994Serial MomBeverly Sutphin
Movie1993Naked in New YorkDana Coles
Movie2006Monster HouseConstance (voice)
Movie1984Romancing the StoneJoan Wilder
Movie1993Undercover BluesJane Blue
Movie1988Switching ChannelsChristy Colleran
Movie1984Crimes of PassionJoanna Crane / China Blue
Movie1981Body HeatMatty Walker
Movie1991V.I. WarshawskiVictoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Movie1998The Real BlondeDee Dee Taylor
Movie2008Marley & MeMs. Kornblut
Movie2025The Long GameMariah McKay
Movie1997A Simple WishClaudia
Movie1995Moonlight and ValentinoAlberta Trager
Movie1993House of CardsRuth Matthews
Movie2005The Lady in Question Is Charles BuschSelf
Movie1989Roger Rabbit: Tummy TroubleJessica Rabbit (voice)
Movie1990Roller Coaster RabbitJessica Rabbit (voice)
Movie1993Trail Mix-UpJessica Rabbit (voice)
Movie2011The Perfect FamilyEileen Cleary
Movie1998LegaleseBrenda Whitlass
Movie1988Julia and JuliaGiulia
Movie2022The EstateAunt Hilda Beauchamp
Movie1984A Breed ApartStella Clayton
Movie2014Dumb and Dumber ToFraida
Movie2002The Kid Stays in the PictureSelf (archive footage)
Movie2000National Geographic Kids: Creepy CreaturesClawdette the Black Cat (voice)
Movie2000Prince of Central ParkRebecca Cairn
Movie2022The Swearing JarBev
Movie2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
Movie2013Nurse 3-DHead Nurse
Movie1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToSelf - Host
Movie1988Who Framed Roger RabbitJessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
Movie2000CinderellaClaudette
Movie2016America’s DiplomatsSelf (voice)
Movie2015Emily & TimNarrator
Movie2000BeautifulVerna Chickle
Movie1995Friends at LastFanny Connelyn
Movie2005A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in HollywoodSelf
Movie2017Edgar Allan Poe: Buried AliveNarrator
Movie2017Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of HollywoodSelf
Movie2017Another Kind of WeddingBarbara Haines
Movie2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)
Movie1996The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulSelf
Movie1997Bad BabyMom (voice)
Movie1988Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon TownSelf
Movie1999Love and Action in ChicagoMiddleman
Movie2000The Making of The Virgin SuicidesSelf
Movie1999In Bad TasteSelf
Movie2016In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink StoleSelf
Movie2015"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'Self
Movie2019The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du RégimentDuchess of Krakenthorp
MovieN/ALa Fille du régiment - Royal Opera HouseDuchess of Krakenthorp
Movie1987Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamLynda Van Devanter (voice)
Movie1995American CinemaNarrator
Movie1996The Best of Roger RabbitJessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Movie1988cascadeurs de starsSelf
Movie1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
Movie1991Rabbit Ears - RumpelstiltskinNarrator (voice)
Movie2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf
Movie2013Gods Behaving BadlyStyx
MovieN/AThe Conspiracy of SilenceSelf
Movie2025Animal FarmBenjamin (voice)
Movie2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildSelf - Interviewee
Movie2025Shelly's LegNarrator
Movie2009Life is a BanquetRosalind Russell (Voice)
TV Show1989The SimpsonsStacy Lovell (voice)1
TV Show2007CalifornicationSue Collini10
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show1994FriendsHelena2
TV Show1997King of the HillMiss Liz Strickland (voice)2
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show2004Today with Des and Mel1
TV Show2003Nip/TuckCindy Plumb1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf2
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2013Rick and MortyMonogatron Queen (voice)1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host2
TV Show2010MasterclassSelf1
TV Show2023White House PlumbersDita Beard1
TV Show1981Wetten, dass..?Self1
TV Show2016The PathBrenda Roberts36
TV Show1986American MastersNarrator (voice)1
TV Show2018The Kominsky MethodRoz7
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1
TV Show2007Shrink RapSelf1
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest3
TV Show2018Summer Camp IslandMole Judge (voice)1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host1
TV Show1981Entertainment TonightSelf2
TV Show1990Law & OrderRebecca Shane1
TV Show2019Dolly Parton's HeartstringsMiss Mary Shaw1
TV Show1999Family GuyKathleen Turner disguised as Peter Griffin (voice)1
TV Show2013MomCookie2
TV Show1977Please Turn the PageSelf1
TV Show1992HBO First Look1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1

Crew

Media
Movie1995Friends at LastProducerProduction
Movie2018Brave Little ArmyCasting AssistantProduction
Movie1994Leslie's FollyDirectorDirecting