Kathleen Turner
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1954-06-19 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Springfield, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- 캐서린 터너 · קתלין טרנר · מרי קת'לין טרנר · کاتلین ترنر · کَتلین ترنر
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
TV Shows (33)
Law & Order
1990
as Rebecca Shane
Family Guy
1999
as Kathleen Turner disguised as Peter Griffin (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Stacy Lovell (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Monogatron Queen (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Friends
1994
as Helena
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
King of the Hill
1997
as Miss Liz Strickland (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Mom
2013
as Cookie
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Californication
2007
as Sue Collini
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Cindy Plumb
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Mole Judge (voice)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Kominsky Method
2018
as Roz
The Path
2016
as Brenda Roberts
Today with Des and Mel
2004
White House Plumbers
2023
as Dita Beard
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
as Miss Mary Shaw
Shrink Rap
2007
as Self
American Cinema
1994
as Self
Masterclass
2010
as Self
Movies (74)
Animal Farm
2026
as Benjamin (voice)
Monster House
2006
as Constance (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Body Heat
1981
as Matty Walker
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Fraida
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Joan Wilder
Marley & Me
2008
as Ms. Kornblut
The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mrs. Lisbon
Serial Mom
1994
as Beverly Sutphin
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Joan Wilder
The War of the Roses
1989
as Barbara Rose
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Peggy Sue
Nurse 3-D
2013
as Head Nurse
Undercover Blues
1993
as Jane Blue
A Simple Wish
1997
as Claudia
The Estate
2022
as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
Baby Geniuses
1999
as Elena Kinder
Prizzi's Honor
1985
as Irene Walker
Beautiful
2000
as Verna Chickle
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Dolores Benedict
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Tummy Trouble
1989
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
The Accidental Tourist
1988
as Sarah Leary
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Naked in New York
1993
as Dana Coles
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Alberta Trager
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self
The Real Blonde
1998
as Dee Dee Taylor
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Styx
V.I. Warshawski
1991
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Cinderella
2000
as Claudette
Another Kind of Wedding
2017
as Barbara Haines
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
as Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self - Interviewee
House of Cards
1993
as Ruth Matthews
Switching Channels
1988
as Christy Colleran
A Breed Apart
1984
as Stella Clayton
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
The Long Game
2025
as Mariah McKay
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
The Perfect Family
2011
as Eileen Cleary
Bad Baby
1997
as Mom (voice)
Trail Mix-Up
1993
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Emily & Tim
2015
as Narrator
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
as Narrator
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
as Self
Friends at Last
1995
as Fanny Connelyn
Legalese
1998
as Brenda Whitlass
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
as Self
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as Self - Host
Julia and Julia
1988
as Giulia
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
as Self
Prince of Central Park
2000
as Rebecca Cairn
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
as Middleman
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
as Self
The Swearing Jar
2022
as Bev
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
cascadeurs de stars
1988
as Self
The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991
as Narrator (voice)
America’s Diplomats
2016
as Self (voice)
Shelly's Leg
2025
as Narrator
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
Life is a Banquet
2009
as Rosalind Russell (Voice)
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
Joan's Teeth
as Joan
The Conspiracy of Silence
as Self
About 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… With 107 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Kathleen Turner has appeared in 74 films and 33 TV shows.
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- Animal Farm (2026) — as Benjamin (voice)
- Monster House (2006) — as Constance (voice)
- Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) — as (archive footage)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
- Body Heat (1981) — as Matty Walker
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