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Birthday: Jun 19, 1954
Place of Birth: Springfield, Missouri, USA

Kathleen Turner

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The War of the Roses Barbara Rose 1989
Prizzi's Honor Irene Walker 1985
The Virgin Suicides Mrs. Lisbon 2000
Peggy Sue Got Married Peggy Sue 1986
The Jewel of the Nile Joan Wilder 1985
The Accidental Tourist Sarah Leary 1988
Baby Geniuses Elena Kinder 1999
The Man with Two Brains Dolores Benedict 1983
Serial Mom Beverly Sutphin 1994
Naked in New York Dana Coles 1993
Monster House Constance (voice) 2006
Romancing the Stone Joan Wilder 1984
Undercover Blues Jane Blue 1993
Switching Channels Christy Colleran 1988
Crimes of Passion Joanna Crane / China Blue 1984
Body Heat Matty Walker 1981
V.I. Warshawski Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski 1991
The Real Blonde Dee Dee Taylor 1998
Marley & Me Ms. Kornblut 2008
The Long Game Mariah McKay 2024
A Simple Wish Claudia 1997
Moonlight and Valentino Alberta Trager 1995
House of Cards Ruth Matthews 1993
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch Self 2005
Tummy Trouble Jessica Rabbit (voice) 1989
Roller Coaster Rabbit Jessica Rabbit (voice) 1990
Trail Mix-Up Jessica Rabbit (voice) 1993
The Perfect Family Eileen Cleary 2011
Legalese Brenda Whitlass 1998
Julia and Julia Giulia 1988
The Estate Aunt Hilda Beauchamp 2022
A Breed Apart Stella Clayton 1984
Dumb and Dumber To Fraida 2014
The Kid Stays in the Picture Self (archive footage) 2002
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures Clawdette the Black Cat (voice) 2000
Prince of Central Park Rebecca Cairn 2000
The Swearing Jar Bev 2022
Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009
Nurse 3-D Head Nurse 2013
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To Self - Host 1990
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) 1988
Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990
Cinderella Claudette 2000
America’s Diplomats Self (voice) 2016
Emily & Tim Narrator 2015
Beautiful Verna Chickle 2000
Friends at Last Fanny Connelyn 1995
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Self 2005
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive Narrator 2017
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood Self 2017
Another Kind of Wedding Barbara Haines 2017
Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful Self 1996
Bad Baby Mom (voice) 1997
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town Self 1988
Love and Action in Chicago Middleman 1999
The Making of The Virgin Suicides Self 2000
In Bad Taste Self 1999
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole Self 2016
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' Self 2015
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment Duchess of Krakenthorp 2019
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House Duchess of Krakenthorp 1970
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Lynda Van Devanter (voice) 1987
American Cinema Narrator 1995
The Best of Roger Rabbit Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage) 1996
cascadeurs de stars Self 1988
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Self (archive footage) 1994
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin Narrator (voice) 1991
Series Cast Year
The Simpsons Stacy Lovell (voice) 1989
Californication Sue Collini 2007
The Daily Show Self 1996
Friends Helena 1994
King of the Hill Miss Liz Strickland (voice) 1997
The View Self 1997
Today with Des and Mel 2004
Nip/Tuck 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
The Oscars Self 1953
Rick and Morty Monogatron Queen (voice) 2013
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Masterclass Self 2010
White House Plumbers Dita Beard 2023
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
The Path Brenda Roberts 2016
American Masters Narrator (voice) 1986
The Kominsky Method Roz 2018
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Shrink Rap Self 2007
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Summer Camp Island Mole Judge (voice) 2018
Tony Awards Self - Host 1956
Entertainment Tonight Self 1981
Law & Order Rebecca Shane 1990
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings Miss Mary Shaw 2019
Family Guy Kathleen Turner disguised as Peter Griffin (voice) 1999
Mom Cookie 2013
Bitte umblättern Self 1977
HBO First Look 1992
Great Performances Self 1971
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