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
Complete Filmography

Shelly's Leg
2025
as Narrator
In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon accident, then uses her settlement money to open 'Shel...

Animal Farm
2025
as Benjamin (voice)
A group of animals rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges und...

The Long Game
2025
as Mariah McKay
Ambitious young actress Holly Sloan agrees to help her boyfriend Richard Metzger scam Hollywood legend Mariah McKay, but the two women strike up an un...

The Estate
2022
as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp
Down-on-her-luck divorcee Macey and her fickle sister Savanna attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt Hilda in hopes of bec...

The Swearing Jar
2022
as Bev
Carey and Simon, an otherwise perfect couple, are trying to kick their swearing habit before their baby arrives. Tumultuous times ensue as Carey meets...

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis,”...

Brave Little Army
2018
Casting Assistant
The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth tha...

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017
as Self

Another Kind of Wedding
2017
as Barbara Haines
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
as Narrator
How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
as Self
An in-depth interview with John Waters, Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole on the making of Serial Mom.

America’s Diplomats
2016
as Self (voice)
A documentary about American diplomats narrated by Kathleen Turner

Emily & Tim
2015
as Narrator
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.

Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fifty Shades of Erotica. Now, in the privacy of your...

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
as Self
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.

Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Fraida
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Styx
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.

Nurse 3-D
2013
as Head Nurse
Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targets and punishes dishonest men.

The Perfect Family
2011
as Eileen Cleary
Kathleen Turner stars as suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary, who has always kept up appearances. When she runs for the Catholic Woman o...

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

Marley & Me
2008
as Ms. Kornblut
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...

Monster House
2006
as Constance (voice)
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against ...

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
as Self
Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael, it became obvious to...

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
as Self
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous ...

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self - Interviewee
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston and find out his sister is his real mother.

The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.

Prince of Central Park
2000
as Rebecca Cairn
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.

Beautiful
2000
as Verna Chickle
Determined to win the Miss American Miss pageant, Mona is ready to sacrifice anything and everything to guarantee herself the crown including her own ...
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000
as Clawdette the Black Cat (voice)
Via the persona of Clawdette the black cat, Kathleen Turner narrates this not-for-the-squeamish documentary from National Geographic. From a Komodo dr...

The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Mrs. Lisbon
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Cinderella
2000
as Claudette
Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, C...

Love and Action in Chicago
1999
as Middleman
Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a rene...

In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and fellow film-makers. The life and death of the actor Divine ...

Baby Geniuses
1999
as Elena Kinder
BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know, is that Drs Kinder and Heep, two of its most brill...

Legalese
1998
as Brenda Whitlass
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution.

The Real Blonde
1998
as Dee Dee Taylor
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

A Simple Wish
1997
as Claudia
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver...

Bad Baby
1997
as Mom (voice)
Approaching his second birthday, Baby is still quite a handful for his long-suffering sister and parents. He's very demanding, hard to put to sleep, a...

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
VIdeo compilation of the three Roger Rabbit shorts: 'Tummy Trouble', 'Roller Coaster Rabbit' and 'Trail Mix-Up'.

Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Alberta Trager
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

Friends at Last
1995
as Fanny Connelyn
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.

Friends at Last
1995
Producer
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.

American Cinema
1995
as Narrator
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that c...
Leslie's Folly
1994
Director
A married woman is unhappy about everybody in her life: husband, children, married lover, psychiatrist.

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....

Serial Mom
1994
as Beverly Sutphin
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascinatio...

Naked in New York
1993
as Dana Coles
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while fa...

Undercover Blues
1993
as Jane Blue
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decid...

House of Cards
1993
as Ruth Matthews
When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sall...

Trail Mix-Up
1993
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.

Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991
as Narrator (voice)
A greedy king tells a young daughter that she must spin a room full of straws into gold by morning... or die. Then a little man tells her anything she...

V.I. Warshawski
1991
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective t...

Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc ensues.

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as Self - Host
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed comm...

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

The War of the Roses
1989
as Barbara Rose
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees...

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
1989
as Jessica Rabbit (voice)
Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.

The Accidental Tourist
1988
as Sarah Leary
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, ...

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her....
cascadeurs de stars
1988
as Self

Switching Channels
1988
as Christy Colleran
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Julia and Julia
1988
as Giulia
Giulia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day....

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive f...

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Peggy Sue
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Joan Wilder
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who...

Prizzi's Honor
1985
as Irene Walker
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sig...

Crimes of Passion
1984
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated pri...

A Breed Apart
1984
as Stella Clayton
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.

Romancing the Stone
1984
as Joan Wilder
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of...

The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Dolores Benedict
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Body Heat
1981
as Matty Walker
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera House
N/A
as Duchess of Krakenthorp
Marie was found on a battlefield as a baby, and raised by the entire 21st Regiment as their 'daughter'. Her foster-father Sulpice has decreed that she...
The Conspiracy of Silence
N/A
as Self
The Conspiracy of Silence is a 1995 television documentary that outlines the problem of domestic violence in the United States, and describes some sol...