Kathleen Turner
Known for: Acting
Born: June 19, 1954
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
78 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
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Nevatars
2026
NR
Joan's Teeth
2026
6.4
Animal Farm
2026
10.0
Shelly's Leg
2025
5.1
The Long Game
2025
6.2
White House Plumbers
2023
5.4
The Estate
2022
6.4
The Swearing Jar
2022
7.1
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
NR
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019
7.5
The Kominsky Method
2018
NR
Brave Little Army
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
2018
6.7
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
5.0
Another Kind of Wedding
2017
7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
NR
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
6.4
The Path
2016
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America’s Diplomats
2016
5.6
Emily & Tim
2015
7.0
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
7.3
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
5.6
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
8.7
Rick and Morty
2013
2.5
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
5.3
Nurse 3-D
2013
7.3
Mom
2013
4.6
The Perfect Family
2011
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Masterclass
2010
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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Life is a Banquet
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.2
Marley & Me
2008
7.6
Californication
2007
7.0
Shrink Rap
2007
6.7
Monster House
2006
6.4
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
7.0
Alias Nick and Nora
2005
6.8
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005NR
Today with Des and Mel
20042.0
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
7.2
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
5.8
Beautiful
2000
4.9
Prince of Central Park
20008.0
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
7.1
The Virgin Suicides
2000
6.1
Cinderella
2000
4.9
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
8.0
In Bad Taste
1999
4.1
Baby Geniuses
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
5.1
Legalese
1998
5.3
The Real Blonde
1998
4.3
The View
1997
5.5
A Simple Wish
1997
6.2
Bad Baby
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
10.0
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
6.8
The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996
5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
6.0
Friends at Last
199510.0
Leslie's Folly
1994
8.4
Friends
1994
7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
6.7
Serial Mom
1994
8.3
American Cinema
1994
4.8
Naked in New York
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.0
Undercover Blues
1993
6.2
House of Cards
1993
7.0
Trail Mix-Up
1993
5.5
HBO First Look
1992
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Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991
4.8
V.I. Warshawski
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
6.7
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990
8.5
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
6.9
The War of the Roses
1989
6.7
Tummy Trouble
1989
6.3
The Accidental Tourist
1988
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.7
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988NR
cascadeurs de stars
1988
6.1
Switching Channels
1988
5.1
Julia and Julia
1988
7.1
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
6.1
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
7.0
American Masters
1986
6.2
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
6.4
Prizzi's Honor
1985
6.3
Crimes of Passion
1984
5.9
A Breed Apart
1984
6.8
Romancing the Stone
1984
6.2
The Man with Two Brains
1983
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
7.0
Body Heat
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
19816.0
Please Turn the Page
1977
6.9
Saturday Night Live
19755.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
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The Conspiracy of Silence
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The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
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