
Kathleen Turner
Born June 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Monster House

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Dumb and Dumber To

Animal Farm

Marley & Me

The Virgin Suicides

Romancing the Stone

Body Heat

The Jewel of the Nile

The War of the Roses

Baby Geniuses

Serial Mom

A Simple Wish

Nurse 3-D

The Estate

Peggy Sue Got Married

Crimes of Passion

Prizzi's Honor

The Man with Two Brains

Undercover Blues

Naked in New York

V.I. Warshawski

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

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Nevatars

Night of 100 Stars III

Fifty Shades of Erotica

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

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
TV Shows

Family Guy

Saturday Night Live

The View

Rick and Morty

Friends

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

King of the Hill

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Great Performances

Nip/Tuck

Late Night with David Letterman

Mom

Tony Awards

Californication

Wetten, dass..?

Summer Camp Island

The Oscars

American Masters

Entertainment Tonight

Parkinson

HBO First Look

The Kominsky Method

The Path

White House Plumbers

The George Lucas Talk Show: Live

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

Shrink Rap

American Cinema

Masterclass
More Movies

Switching Channels

House of Cards

Emily & Tim

The Real Blonde

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

The Accidental Tourist

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

A Breed Apart

Another Kind of Wedding

Trail Mix-Up

Tummy Trouble

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

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Roller Coaster Rabbit

The Best of Roger Rabbit

Moonlight and Valentino

Love and Action in Chicago

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Prince of Central Park

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Beautiful

Gods Behaving Badly

The Swearing Jar

Julia and Julia

The Long Game

The Perfect Family

In Bad Taste

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

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

Friends at Last

Bad Baby

Life is a Banquet

Cinderella

Alias Nick and Nora

Legalese

America’s Diplomats

Shelly's Leg

Joan's Teeth




