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Kathleen Turner

Highest Rated: 96% Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Lowest Rated: 2% Baby Geniuses (1999)

Birthday: Jun 19, 1954

Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri, USA

A leading lady of 1980s cinema, Kathleen Turner earned comparisons to 1940s femme fatales like Barbara Stanwyck for sensuous, aggressive roles in "Body Heat" (1981), "Prizzi's Honor" (1985) and "The War of the Roses" (1989). When the smoky-voiced actress was not manipulating male characters with her on-screen sultry ways, she proved to be quite a comedienne, as well, volleying quips with Michael Douglas in the jungle adventure film "Romancing the Stone" (1984) and inhabiting an 18-year-old body in "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). She received a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in the early 1990s, and that - along with the actress' heavy drinking and over-40 status - meant her screen appearances were reduced to character roles as moms and comic villains, which she still pulled off with panache. After acclaimed theatrical runs in "The Graduate" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" on the New York and London stages, the fiery actress regained her esteemed reputation and settled into a comfortable real-life role as a supporting film player, theater director and acting teacher while appearing in films including "Marley and Me" (2008) and "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014) and TV series such as "Californication" (Showtime 2007-2014).

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Highest rated movies

96% 85% Who Framed Roger Rabbit Watchlist
96% 81% Body Heat
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94% 72% The Swearing Jar Watchlist
87% 55% Peggy Sue Got Married
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86% 69% Romancing the Stone
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85% 62% Prizzi's Honor
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83% 71% The War of the Roses
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82% 60% The Accidental Tourist
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80% 64% The Man With Two Brains
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80% 81% The Virgin Suicides Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Long Game Mariah McKay (Character) - 2024
32% 33% The Estate Aunt Hilda (Character) $211.0K 2022
94% 72% The Swearing Jar Bev (Character) - 2022
60% 42% Another Kind of Wedding Barbara Haines (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet America's Diplomats Narrator - 2016
30% 35% Dumb and Dumber To Fraida Fletcher (Character) $86.2M 2014
52% 36% The Perfect Family Eileen Cleary (Character),
Executive Producer
$107.7K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Is a Banquet Narrator - 2009
64% 75% Marley & Me Ms. Kornblut (Character) $143.2M 2008
74% 64% Monster House Constance (Voice) $73.7M 2006
17% 54% Beautiful Verna Chickle (Character) $3.1M 2000
No Score Yet 11% Cinderella Claudette (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 54% Love and Action in Chicago Middleman (Character) - 1999
20% 35% Prince of Central Park Rebecca Cairn (Character) $5.8K 1999
80% 81% The Virgin Suicides Mrs. Lisbon (Character) $4.9M 1999
2% 25% Baby Geniuses Elena (Character) $27.1M 1999
No Score Yet 9% Legalese Brenda Whitlass (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Baby Mom (Voice) - 1997
34% 37% The Real Blonde Dee Dee Taylor (Character) $355.5K 1997
25% 41% A Simple Wish Claudia (Character) $8.1M 1997
No Score Yet 84% The Best of Roger Rabbit Unknown (Character) - 1996
14% 53% Moonlight and Valentino Alberta Trager (Character) $2.1M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Friends at Last Fanny Connelyn (Character),
Producer
- 1995
63% 72% Serial Mom Beverly Sutphin (Character) $6.8M 1994
60% 68% House of Cards Ruth Matthews (Character) $102.4K 1993
42% 39% Naked in New York Dana Coles (Character) $1.0M 1993
37% 67% Undercover Blues Jane Blue (Character) $12.0M 1993
24% 23% V.I. Warshawski Victoria "V.I." Warshawski (Character) $11.1M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roller Coaster Rabbit Jessica Rabbit (Voice) - 1990
83% 71% The War of the Roses Barbara Rose (Character) $84.1M 1989
60% 32% Switching Channels Christy Colleran (Character) $8.2M 1988
82% 60% The Accidental Tourist Sarah Leary (Character) $30.3M 1988
96% 85% Who Framed Roger Rabbit Jessica Rabbit (Voice) $152.8M 1988
No Score Yet 40% Julia and Julia Julia (Character) - 1988
87% 55% Peggy Sue Got Married Peggy Sue (Character) $37.7M 1986
20% 55% GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords Unknown (Voice) $531.9K 1986
48% 37% The Jewel of the Nile Joan (Character) $65.5M 1985
85% 62% Prizzi's Honor Irene Walker (Character) $26.6M 1985
86% 69% Romancing the Stone Joan Wilder (Character) - 1984
50% 61% Crimes of Passion Joanna Crane/China Blue (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 37% A Breed Apart Stella Clayton (Character) - 1984
80% 64% The Man With Two Brains Dolores Benedict (Character) - 1983
96% 81% Body Heat Matty Walker (Character) - 1981

TV

Credit
93% 88% The Kominsky Method Roz Volander (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 83% Mom Cookie (Guest Star) 2020
57% 94% Dolly Parton's Heartstrings Miss Mary Shaw (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2012 2015 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century Guest,
Host
2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Masters Narrator 2017
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Kathleen Turner Peter (Guest Voice) 2017
77% 79% The Path Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Decisions in Foreign Policy Narrator 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2012
57% 78% Californication Sue Collini (Guest Star) 2009
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Cindy Plumb (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2005
78% 93% Friends Charles Bing/Helena Handbasket (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 77% King of the Hill Miss Liz Strickland (Guest Voice) 2000
85% 76% The Simpsons Stacy Lavelle (Guest Voice) 1994
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1985 1989