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.
107 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 107
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
Rick and Morty
2013
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Friends
1994
Saturday Night Live
1975
King of the Hill
1997
The View
1997
Mom
2013
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Animal Farm
2026
Great Performances
1971
Californication
2007
Nip/Tuck
2003
Tony Awards
1956
Summer Camp Island
2018
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Wetten, dass..?
1981
American Masters
1986
The Oscars
1953
HBO First Look
1992
The Kominsky Method
2018
The Path
2016
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Monster House
2006
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
White House Plumbers
2023
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
Please Turn the Page
1977
Romancing the Stone
1984
Marley & Me
2008
Body Heat
1981
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2019
Today with Des and Mel
2004
The War of the Roses
1989
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
Serial Mom
1994
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
American Cinema
1994
Crimes of Passion
1984
Shrink Rap
2007
Undercover Blues
1993
Masterclass
2010
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Nurse 3-D
2013
A Simple Wish
1997
Baby Geniuses
1999
The Accidental Tourist
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
The Man with Two Brains
1983
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
The Estate
2022
Prizzi's Honor
1985
Naked in New York
1993
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Beautiful
2000
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Tummy Trouble
1989
The Real Blonde
1998
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
House of Cards
1993
Cinderella
2000
A Breed Apart
1984
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
The Perfect Family
2011
Friends at Last
1995
Another Kind of Wedding
2017
Switching Channels
1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Legalese
1998
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
Trail Mix-Up
1993
In Bad Taste
1999
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
The Long Game
2025
Bad Baby
1997
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Prince of Central Park
2000
The Swearing Jar
2022
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
Emily & Tim
2015
Julia and Julia
1988
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996
cascadeurs de stars
1988
Shelly's Leg
2025
America’s Diplomats
2016
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991
Joan's Teeth
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The Conspiracy of Silence
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La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
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National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
Life is a Banquet
2009