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Kathleen Turner

Born
June 19, 1954
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Tony Awards. Turner became widely known during the 1980s, with roles in Body Heat (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Crimes of Passion (1984), Romancing the Stone (1984), and Prizzi's Honor (1985), the latter two earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the later 1980s and early 1990s, Turner had roles in The Accidental Tourist (1988), The War of the Roses (1989), and Serial Mom (1994). She later had roles in The Virgin Suicides (1999), Baby Geniuses (1999), Beautiful (2000), and Marley & Me (2008). On TV she guest-starred on the NBC sitcom Friends as Chandler Bing's drag queen father Charles Bing, in the third season of Showtime's Californication as Sue Collini, the jaded, sex-crazed owner of a talent agency, and on the Netflix dramedy series The Kominsky Method as Michael Douglas's character's ex-wife Roz Volander. Turner's voice roles include Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Monster House (2006), and voicing characters on the television series The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Rick and Morty. In addition to film, Turner has worked in the theater, and has been nominated for the Tony Award twice for her Broadway roles as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Turner has also taught acting classes at New York University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathleen Turner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Known For
Monster House
(2006)
Constance (voice)
The Virgin Suicides
(1999)
Mrs. Lisbon
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(1988)
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Dumb and Dumber To
(2014)
Fraida
Romancing the Stone
(1984)
Joan Wilder
Serial Mom
(1994)
Beverly Sutphin
Body Heat
(1981)
Matty Walker
Marley & Me
(2008)
Ms. Kornblut
Undercover Blues
(1993)
Jane Blue
The Man with Two Brains
(1983)
Dolores Benedict
The War of the Roses
(1989)
Barbara Rose
The Jewel of the Nile
(1985)
Joan Wilder
The Estate
(2022)
Aunt Hilda
Baby Geniuses
(1999)
Elena Kinder
A Simple Wish
(1997)
Claudia
Crimes of Passion
(1984)
Joanna Crane / China Blue
Full Filmography
Acting
Body Heat
(1981)
Matty Walker
The Man with Two Brains
(1983)
Dolores Benedict
Romancing the Stone
(1984)
Joan Wilder
Crimes of Passion
(1984)
Joanna Crane / China Blue
A Breed Apart
(1984)
Stella Clayton
Prizzi's Honor
(1985)
Irene Walker
The Jewel of the Nile
(1985)
Joan Wilder
Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986)
Peggy Sue
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(1987)
Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
The Accidental Tourist
(1988)
Sarah Leary
Switching Channels
(1988)
Christy Colleran
Julia and Julia
(1988)
Giulia
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(1988)
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
(1988)
Self
cascadeurs de stars
(1988)
Self
The War of the Roses
(1989)
Barbara Rose
Tummy Trouble
(1989)
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Roller Coaster Rabbit
(1990)
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(1990)
Self - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
V.I. Warshawski
(1991)
Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Naked in New York
(1993)
Dana Coles
Undercover Blues
(1993)
Jane Blue
House of Cards
(1993)
Ruth Matthews
Trail Mix-Up
(1993)
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Serial Mom
(1994)
Beverly Sutphin
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
Moonlight and Valentino
(1995)
Alberta Trager
Friends at Last
(1995)
Fanny Connelyn
American Cinema
(1995)
Narrator
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
(1996)
Self
The Best of Roger Rabbit
(1996)
Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
A Simple Wish
(1997)
Claudia
Bad Baby
(1997)
Mom (voice)
The Real Blonde
(1998)
Dee Dee Taylor
Legalese
(1998)
Brenda Whitlass
The Virgin Suicides
(1999)
Mrs. Lisbon
Baby Geniuses
(1999)
Elena Kinder
Love and Action in Chicago
(1999)
Middleman
In Bad Taste
(1999)
Self
Prince of Central Park
(2000)
Rebecca Cairn
Cinderella
(2000)
Claudette
Beautiful
(2000)
Verna Chickle
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Self
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
(2000)
Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
(2005)
Herself
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
(2005)
Self
Monster House
(2006)
Constance (voice)
Marley & Me
(2008)
Ms. Kornblut
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
The Perfect Family
(2011)
Eileen Cleary
Nurse 3-D
(2013)
Head Nurse
Dumb and Dumber To
(2014)
Fraida
Emily & Tim
(2015)
Narrator
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(2015)
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
(2015)
Self
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
(2016)
herself
America’s Diplomats
(2016)
Self (voice)
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
(2017)
Narrator
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
(2017)
Self
Another Kind of Wedding
(2017)
Barbara Haines
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
(2019)
Duchess of Krakenthorp
The Estate
(2022)
Aunt Hilda
The Swearing Jar
(2022)
Bev
The Long Game
(2024)
Mariah McKay
Directing
Production
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