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