Acting
Kathleen Turner
EN, FR, DE, IT cinema · 81 credits
Born
19 June 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Springfield, Missouri, USA
Also known as Mary Kathleen Turner
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
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
Mad Dad
Mad Dad
as Self
Animal Farm
as Benjamin (voice)
Nevatars
as Kooks (voice)
The Long Game
as Mariah McKay
Shelly's Leg
as Narrator
The Estate
as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
Brave Little Army
Casting Assistant
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
as Narrator
Another Kind of Wedding
as Barbara Haines
America’s Diplomats
as Self (voice)
Emily & Tim
as Narrator
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
Dumb and Dumber To
as Fraida
Nurse 3-D
as Head Nurse
The Perfect Family
as Eileen Cleary
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Life is a Banquet
as Rosalind Russell (Voice)
Marley & Me
as Ms. Kornblut
Monster House
as Constance (voice)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self - Interviewee
The Virgin Suicides
as Mrs. Lisbon
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
Prince of Central Park
as Rebecca Cairn
Cinderella
as Claudette
Beautiful
as Verna Chickle
Baby Geniuses
as Elena Kinder
Love and Action in Chicago
as Middleman
In Bad Taste
as Self
The Real Blonde
as Dee Dee Taylor
Legalese
as Brenda Whitlass
A Simple Wish
as Claudia
Bad Baby
as Mom (voice)
The Best of Roger Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Moonlight and Valentino
as Alberta Trager
Friends at Last
as Fanny Connelyn, Producer
Serial Mom
as Beverly Sutphin
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Naked in New York
as Dana Coles
Undercover Blues
as Jane Blue
House of Cards
as Ruth Matthews
Trail Mix-Up
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
V.I. Warshawski
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
as Narrator (voice)
Roller Coaster Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as Self - Host
The War of the Roses
as Barbara Rose
Tummy Trouble
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
The Accidental Tourist
as Sarah Leary
Switching Channels
as Christy Colleran
Julia and Julia
as Giulia
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Peggy Sue
Prizzi's Honor
as Irene Walker
The Jewel of the Nile
as Joan Wilder
Romancing the Stone
as Joan Wilder
Crimes of Passion
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
A Breed Apart
as Stella Clayton
Journeys through the Darkzone
as Constance Lion Cat Girl
The Man with Two Brains
as Dolores Benedict
Body Heat
as Matty Walker