Kathleen Turner
Born June 19, 1954 (Age: 71)
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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.
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
The Estate
2022
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as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
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Age: 68
America’s Diplomats
2016
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as Self (voice)
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Age: 61
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
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as Fraida
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Age: 60
The Perfect Family
2011
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as Eileen Cleary
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Age: 56
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 55
Life is a Banquet
2009
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as Rosalind Russell (Voice)
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Age: 55
Marley & Me
2008
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as Ms. Kornblut
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Age: 54
Monster House
2006
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as Constance (voice)
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Age: 52
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
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as Self
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Age: 50
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
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as Self - Interviewee
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Age: 50
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
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as Self
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Age: 47
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
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as Self
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Age: 46
Prince of Central Park
2000
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as Rebecca Cairn
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Age: 46
Beautiful
2000
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as Verna Chickle
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Age: 46
No Image
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
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as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
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Age: 46
The Virgin Suicides
2000
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as Mrs. Lisbon
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Age: 45
Cinderella
2000
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as Claudette
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Age: 45
Baby Geniuses
1999
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as Elena Kinder
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Age: 44
Legalese
1998
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as Brenda Whitlass
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Age: 44
The Real Blonde
1998
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as Dee Dee Taylor
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Age: 43
A Simple Wish
1997
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as Claudia
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Age: 43
Bad Baby
1997
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as Mom (voice)
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Age: 42
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
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as Self
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Age: 41
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
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as Alberta Trager
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Age: 41
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 39
Serial Mom
1994
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as Beverly Sutphin
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Age: 39
Naked in New York
1993
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as Dana Coles
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Age: 39
Undercover Blues
1993
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as Jane Blue
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Age: 39
House of Cards
1993
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as Ruth Matthews
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Age: 39
Trail Mix-Up
1993
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as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
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Age: 38
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 37
V.I. Warshawski
1991
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as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
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Age: 37
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990
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as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
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Age: 35
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
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as Self - Host
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Age: 35
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 35
The War of the Roses
1989
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as Barbara Rose
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Age: 35
Tummy Trouble
1989
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as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
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Age: 35
The Accidental Tourist
1988
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as Sarah Leary
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Age: 34
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
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as Self
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Age: 34
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
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as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 34
No Image
cascadeurs de stars
1988
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as Self
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Age: 33
Switching Channels
1988
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as Christy Colleran
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Age: 33
Julia and Julia
1988
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as Giulia
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Age: 33
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
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as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
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Age: 33
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
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as Peggy Sue
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Age: 32
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
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as Joan Wilder
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Age: 31
Prizzi's Honor
1985
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as Irene Walker
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Age: 30
Romancing the Stone
1984
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as Joan Wilder
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Age: 29
The Man with Two Brains
1983
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as Dolores Benedict
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Age: 28
Body Heat
1981
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as Matty Walker
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Age: 27