Kathleen Turner
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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.
Known for
Credits
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Monster House (2006)
as Constance (voice)
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
as Fraida
Animal Farm (2026)
as Benjamin (voice)
The Virgin Suicides (2000)
as Mrs. Lisbon
Romancing the Stone (1984)
as Joan Wilder
Body Heat (1981)
as Matty Walker
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
Marley & Me (2008)
as Ms. Kornblut
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
as Joan Wilder
The War of the Roses (1989)
as Barbara Rose
Serial Mom (1994)
as Beverly Sutphin
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
as Peggy Sue
Nurse 3-D (2013)
as Head Nurse
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
as Dolores Benedict
Crimes of Passion (1984)
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
as Irene Walker
A Simple Wish (1997)
as Claudia
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Switching Channels (1988)
as Christy Colleran
Emily & Tim (2015)
as Narrator
Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Elena Kinder
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
as Sarah Leary
Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
as Alberta Trager
Trail Mix-Up (1993)
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Julia and Julia (1988)
as Giulia
Undercover Blues (1993)
as Jane Blue
The Estate (2022)
as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures (2000)
as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
A Breed Apart (1984)
as Stella Clayton
Tummy Trouble (1989)
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Prince of Central Park (2000)
as Rebecca Cairn
House of Cards (1993)
as Ruth Matthews
The Real Blonde (1998)
as Dee Dee Taylor
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)
as Styx
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
as Barbara Haines
Naked in New York (1993)
as Dana Coles
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Beautiful (2000)
as Verna Chickle
The Swearing Jar (2022)
as Bev
The Perfect Family (2011)
as Eileen Cleary
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2017)
as Narrator
Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
as Middleman
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self - Interviewee
The Long Game (2025)
as Mariah McKay
The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996)
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinderella (2000)
as Claudette
cascadeurs de stars (1988)
as Self
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood (2017)
as Self
Friends at Last (1995)
as Fanny Connelyn
America’s Diplomats (2016)
as Self (voice)
Life is a Banquet (2009)
as Rosalind Russell (Voice)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment (2019)
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
The Making of The Virgin Suicides (2000)
as Self
In Bad Taste (1999)
as Self
Legalese (1998)
as Brenda Whitlass
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' (2015)
as Self
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
as Self
Joan's Teeth (2026)
as Joan
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as Self - Host
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
as Self
The Conspiracy of Silence (—)
as Self
Bad Baby (1997)
as Mom (voice)
Shelly's Leg (2025)
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House (—)
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole (2016)
as Self