Kathleen Turner
- Acting
- June 19, 1954 · Springfield, Missouri, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Nevatars · Kooks (Voice)
- Joan's Teeth · Joan
- Animal Farm · Benjamin (Voice)
- Shelly's Leg · Narrator
- The Long Game · Mariah McKay
- White House Plumbers · Dita Beard
- The Estate · Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
- The Swearing Jar · Bev
- Dolly Parton's Heartstrings · Miss Mary Shaw
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment · Duchess of Krakenthorp
- The Kominsky Method · Roz
- Brave Little Army · Casting Assistant
- Summer Camp Island · Mole Judge (Voice)
- Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood · Self
- Another Kind of Wedding · Barbara Haines
- Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive · Narrator
- In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole · Self
- The Path · Brenda Roberts
- America’s Diplomats · Self
- Emily & Tim · Narrator
- Fifty Shades of Erotica · (archive footage)
- "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' · Self
- Dumb and Dumber To · Fraida
- Rick and Morty · Monogatron Queen (Voice)
- Gods Behaving Badly · Styx
- Nurse 3-D · Head Nurse
- Mom · Cookie
- The Perfect Family · Eileen Cleary
- Masterclass · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- Life is a Banquet · Rosalind Russell (Voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Marley & Me · Ms. Kornblut
- Californication · Sue Collini
- Shrink Rap · Self
- Monster House · Constance (Voice)
- A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood · Self
- Alias Nick and Nora · Host
- The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch · Self
- Today with Des and Mel
- Parkinson · Self
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild · Self
- Nip/Tuck · Cindy Plumb
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories · Self
- The Making of The Virgin Suicides · Self
- Beautiful · Verna Chickle
- Prince of Central Park · Rebecca Cairn
- National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures · Clawdette the Black Cat (Voice)
- The Virgin Suicides · Mrs. Lisbon
- Cinderella · Claudette
- Love and Action in Chicago · Middleman
- In Bad Taste · Self
- Baby Geniuses · Elena Kinder
- Family Guy · Kathleen Turner disguised as Peter Griffin (Voice)
- Legalese · Brenda Whitlass
- The Real Blonde · Dee Dee Taylor
- The View · Self
- A Simple Wish · Claudia
- Bad Baby · Mom (Voice)
- King of the Hill · Miss Liz Strickland (Voice)
- The Daily Show · Self
- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful · Self
- The Best of Roger Rabbit · Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
- Moonlight and Valentino · Alberta Trager
- Friends at Last · Fanny Connelyn, Producer
- Leslie's Folly · Director
- Friends · Helena
- Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · Self
- Serial Mom · Beverly Sutphin
- American Cinema · Self
- Naked in New York · Dana Coles
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Undercover Blues · Jane Blue
- House of Cards · Ruth Matthews
- Trail Mix-Up · Jessica Rabbit (Voice)
- HBO First Look
- Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin · Narrator (Voice)
- V.I. Warshawski · Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
- Law & Order · Rebecca Shane
- Roller Coaster Rabbit · Jessica Rabbit (Voice)