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Kathleen Turner
Springfield, Missouri, USA
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,…
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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.
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2026
Nevatars
Movie Kooks
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2026
Joan's Teeth
Movie Joan
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2026
Animal Farm
Movie Benjamin (voice)
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2025
Shelly's Leg
Movie Narrator
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2025
The Long Game
Movie Mariah McKay
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2023
White House Plumbers
TV show Dita Beard
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2022
The Estate
Movie Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
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2022
The Swearing Jar
Movie Bev
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2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
TV show Miss Mary Shaw
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2019
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Movie Duchess of Krakenthorp
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2018
The Kominsky Method
TV show Roz
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2018
Brave Little Army
Movie Casting Assistant
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2018
Summer Camp Island
TV show Mole Judge (voice)
- 2017
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2017
Another Kind of Wedding
Movie Barbara Haines
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2017
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Movie Narrator
More credits
- 2016
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2016
The Path
TV show Brenda Roberts
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2016
America’s Diplomats
Movie Self (voice)
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2015
Emily & Tim
Movie Narrator
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2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie (archive footage)
- 2015
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2014
Dumb and Dumber To
Movie Fraida
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2013
Rick and Morty
TV show Monogatron Queen (voice)
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2013
Gods Behaving Badly
Movie Styx
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2013
Nurse 3-D
Movie Head Nurse
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2013
Mom
TV show Cookie
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2011
The Perfect Family
Movie Eileen Cleary
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2010
Masterclass
TV show Self
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Life is a Banquet
Movie Rosalind Russell (Voice)
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2008
Marley & Me
Movie Ms. Kornblut
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2007
Californication
TV show Sue Collini
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2007
Shrink Rap
TV show Self
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2006
Monster House
Movie Constance (voice)
- 2005
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2005
Alias Nick and Nora
Movie Host
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2005
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Movie Self
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2004
Today with Des and Mel
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