Kathleen Turner
Acting
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.
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Kathleen Turner
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Filmography of
Kathleen Turner
Benjamin (voice)
... 2025
Narrator
... 2025
Mariah McKay
... 2025
Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
... 2022
Bev
... 2022
Duchess of Krakenthorp
... 2019
... 2017
Barbara Haines
... 2017
Narrator
... 2017
... 2016
Self (voice)
... 2016
Narrator
... 2015
(archive footage)
... 2015
... 2015
Fraida
... 2014
Styx
... 2013
Head Nurse
... 2013
Eileen Cleary
... 2011
Self (archive footage)
... 2009
Rosalind Russell (Voice)
... 2009
Ms. Kornblut
... 2008
Constance (voice)
... 2006
... 2005
... 2005
Self - Interviewee
... 2004
... 2000
Rebecca Cairn
... 2000
Verna Chickle
... 2000
Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
... 2000
Mrs. Lisbon
... 2000
Claudette
... 2000
Middleman
... 1999
Self
... 1999
Elena Kinder
... 1999
Brenda Whitlass
... 1998
Dee Dee Taylor
... 1998
Claudia
... 1997
Mom (voice)
... 1997
... 1996
Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
... 1996
Alberta Trager
... 1995
Fanny Connelyn
... 1995
Narrator
... 1995
Self (archive footage)
... 1994
Beverly Sutphin
... 1994
Dana Coles
... 1993
Jane Blue
... 1993
Ruth Matthews
... 1993
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
... 1993
Narrator (voice)
... 1991
Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
... 1991
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
... 1990
Self - Host
... 1990
... 1990
Barbara Rose
... 1989
Jessica Rabbit (voice)
... 1989
Sarah Leary
... 1988
... 1988
Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
... 1988
Self
... 1988
Christy Colleran
... 1988
Giulia
... 1988
Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
... 1987
Peggy Sue
... 1986
Joan Wilder
... 1985
Irene Walker
... 1985
Joanna Crane / China Blue
... 1984
Stella Clayton
... 1984
Joan Wilder
... 1984
Dolores Benedict
... 1983
Matty Walker
... 1981
Duchess of Krakenthorp