Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 105
Movies 70
TV Shows 35
self 35
Voice 9
Narrator 1
Director 1
The Long Game (2024)
White House Plumbers (2023)
The Estate (2022)
The Swearing Jar (2022)
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment (2019)
Icons (2019)
The Kominsky Method (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood (2017)
Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2017)
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole (2016)
The Path (2016)
America’s Diplomats (2016)
Emily & Tim (2015)
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' (2015)
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Nurse 3-D (2013)
Mom (2013)
The Perfect Family (2011)
Masterclass (2010)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Marley & Me (2008)
Californication (2007)
Shrink Rap (2007)
Great Performances at the Met (2007)
Monster House (2006)
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)
Today with Des and Mel (2004)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
The Making of The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Prince of Central Park (2000)
Beautiful (2000)
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures (2000)
Cinderella (2000)
Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
In Bad Taste (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Legalese (1998)
The Real Blonde (1998)
The View (1997)
A Simple Wish (1997)
Bad Baby (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996)
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Friends at Last (1995)
American Cinema (1995)
Leslie's Folly (1994)
Friends (1994)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Serial Mom (1994)
Ancient Mysteries (1994)
American Cinema (1994)
Naked in New York (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Undercover Blues (1993)
The Chevy Chase Show (1993)
House of Cards (1993)
Trail Mix-Up (1993)
HBO First Look (1992)
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Law & Order (1990)
Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Tummy Trouble (1989)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
cascadeurs de stars (1988)
Switching Channels (1988)
Julia and Julia (1988)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
American Masters (1986)
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
A Breed Apart (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Body Heat (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Bitte umblättern (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Great Performances (1971)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
The Long Game
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1954-06-19 (69 years old)
Birth NameMary Kathleen Turner
Birth PlaceSpringfield, United States of America
ChildrenRachel Weiss
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As캐서린 터너, קתלין טרנר, מרי קת'לין טרנר
AwardsEvening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress, Theatre World Special Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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