
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