Kathleen Turner

ActorProductionProducerDirector Jun 19 (age 71) Springfield, Missouri, USA 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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Biography

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 wor…

Known For

Film

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Marley & Me

Ms. Kornblut

Film

The Virgin Suicides

Mrs. Lisbon

Film

Monster House

Constance (voice)

Film

Romancing the Stone

Joan Wilder

Film

The War of the Roses

Barbara Rose

Film

Dumb and Dumber To

Fraida

Film

Body Heat

Matty Walker

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (74)

Animal Farm

2026 Upcoming

as Benjamin (voice)

May 1

Shelly's Leg

as Narrator

The Long Game

as Mariah McKay

The Estate

as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp

5.4

The Swearing Jar

2022

as Bev

6.0

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

2019

as Duchess of Krakenthorp

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

2017

as Narrator

7.7

Another Kind of Wedding

2017

as Barbara Haines

5.0

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

2017

as Self

7.5

America’s Diplomats

2016

as Self (voice)

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole

2016

as Self

Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

Emily & Tim

as Narrator

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

as Self

Dumb and Dumber To

as Fraida

Nurse 3-D

as Head Nurse

Gods Behaving Badly

as Styx

The Perfect Family

as Eileen Cleary

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Life is a Banquet

2009

as Rosalind Russell (Voice)

Marley & Me

as Ms. Kornblut

Monster House

as Constance (voice)

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2005

as Self

6.4

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

2005

as Self

5.7

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self - Interviewee

2.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

as Self

The Virgin Suicides

as Mrs. Lisbon

Cinderella

as Claudette

Beautiful

as Verna Chickle

Prince of Central Park

2000

as Rebecca Cairn

4.5

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

2000

as Self

7.2

National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures

2000

as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)

Baby Geniuses

as Elena Kinder

In Bad Taste

as Self

Love and Action in Chicago

as Middleman

The Real Blonde

as Dee Dee Taylor

Legalese

as Brenda Whitlass

A Simple Wish

as Claudia

Bad Baby

as Mom (voice)

The Best of Roger Rabbit

1996

as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)

6.5

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

as Self

10.0

Moonlight and Valentino

as Alberta Trager

Friends at Last

as Fanny Connelyn

Serial Mom

as Beverly Sutphin

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Trail Mix-Up

1993

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

Naked in New York

as Dana Coles

Undercover Blues

as Jane Blue

House of Cards

as Ruth Matthews

V.I. Warshawski

as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski

4.7

Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as Self - Host

9.0

Roller Coaster Rabbit

1990

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

6.6

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

The War of the Roses

as Barbara Rose

Tummy Trouble

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

6.7

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988

as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

Switching Channels

as Christy Colleran

Julia and Julia

as Giulia

The Accidental Tourist

1988

as Sarah Leary

6.3

cascadeurs de stars

1988

as Self

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

1988

as Self

5.8

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987

as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)

7.1

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

as Peggy Sue

6.1

The Jewel of the Nile

as Joan Wilder

Prizzi's Honor

as Irene Walker

Romancing the Stone

as Joan Wilder

Crimes of Passion

as Joanna Crane / China Blue

6.3

A Breed Apart

1984

as Stella Clayton

5.6

The Man with Two Brains

as Dolores Benedict

Body Heat

as Matty Walker

The Conspiracy of Silence

as Self

La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House

as Duchess of Krakenthorp

Joan's Teeth

as Joan

Television (35)

White House Plumbers

2023

as Dita Beard

6.2

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

2019

as Miss Mary Shaw

6.9

Summer Camp Island

2018

as Mole Judge (voice)

The Kominsky Method

as Roz

The Kominsky Method

as Roz

The Path

as Brenda Roberts

Rick and Morty

as Monogatron Queen (voice)

Mom

as Cookie

Masterclass

as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Californication

as Sue Collini

Shrink Rap

as Self

Today with Des and Mel

Nip/Tuck

as Cindy Plumb

Family Guy

as Kathleen Turner disguised as Peter Griffin (voice)

The View

as Self

King of the Hill

as Miss Liz Strickland (voice)

The Daily Show

as Self

Friends

as Helena

American Cinema

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

HBO First Look

Law & Order

as Rebecca Shane

The Simpsons

as Stacy Lovell (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

American Masters

as Narrator (voice)

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

Please Turn the Page

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Great Performances

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Brave Little Army

2018

Casting Assistant

Friends at Last

1995

Producer

5.3

Leslie's Folly

1994

Director