Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

1954-06-19 Springfield, Missouri, USA 77 Credits

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...

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Shelly's Leg

Shelly's Leg

2025

as Narrator

Acting

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

Animal Farm

2025

as Benjamin (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

The Long Game

2025

as Mariah McKay

6.7
Acting

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

The Estate

2022

as Aunt Hilda Beauchamp

5.4
Acting

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

The Swearing Jar

2022

as Bev

5.7
Acting

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

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

2019

as Duchess of Krakenthorp

Acting

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

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

Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood

2017

as Self

7.5
Acting
Another Kind of Wedding

Another Kind of Wedding

2017

as Barbara Haines

5.2
Acting

A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

2017

as Narrator

7.2
Acting

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

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

2016

as Self

Acting

An in-depth interview with John Waters, Kathleen Turner and Mink Stole on the making of Serial Mom.

America’s Diplomats

America’s Diplomats

2016

as Self (voice)

Acting

A documentary about American diplomats narrated by Kathleen Turner

Emily & Tim

Emily & Tim

2015

as Narrator

6.1
Acting

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

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

7.0
Acting

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'

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

2015

as Self

7.5
Acting

An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.

Dumb and Dumber To

Dumb and Dumber To

2014

as Fraida

5.6
Acting

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

Gods Behaving Badly

2013

as Styx

2.5
Acting

Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.

Nurse 3-D

Nurse 3-D

2013

as Head Nurse

5.3
Acting

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

The Perfect Family

2011

as Eileen Cleary

4.6
Acting

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

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

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

Marley & Me

2008

as Ms. Kornblut

7.2
Acting

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

Monster House

2006

as Constance (voice)

6.7
Acting

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

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

2005

as Self

6.4
Acting

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

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch

2005

as Self

5.7
Acting

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

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self - Interviewee

Acting

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

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

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

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

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

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

Prince of Central Park

2000

as Rebecca Cairn

4.5
Acting

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

Beautiful

2000

as Verna Chickle

5.8
Acting

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)

Acting

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

The Virgin Suicides

2000

as Mrs. Lisbon

7.1
Acting

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Cinderella

Cinderella

2000

as Claudette

6.0
Acting

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

Love and Action in Chicago

1999

as Middleman

5.0
Acting

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

In Bad Taste

1999

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Baby Geniuses

1999

as Elena Kinder

4.1
Acting

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

Legalese

1998

as Brenda Whitlass

5.0
Acting

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

The Real Blonde

1998

as Dee Dee Taylor

5.5
Acting

An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

1997

as Claudia

5.5
Acting

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

Bad Baby

1997

as Mom (voice)

6.0
Acting

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

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

as Self

10.0
Acting

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

The Best of Roger Rabbit

1996

as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

VIdeo compilation of the three Roger Rabbit shorts: 'Tummy Trouble', 'Roller Coaster Rabbit' and 'Trail Mix-Up'.

Moonlight and Valentino

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

as Alberta Trager

5.6
Acting

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.

Friends at Last

Friends at Last

1995

as Fanny Connelyn

5.3
Acting

Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.

Friends at Last

Friends at Last

1995

Producer

5.3
Producing

Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.

American Cinema

American Cinema

1995

as Narrator

Acting

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

Directing

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!

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

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

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

Serial Mom

1994

as Beverly Sutphin

6.7
Acting

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

Naked in New York

1993

as Dana Coles

4.5
Acting

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

Undercover Blues

1993

as Jane Blue

6.0
Acting

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

House of Cards

1993

as Ruth Matthews

6.2
Acting

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

Trail Mix-Up

1993

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

7.1
Acting

During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.

Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin

Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

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

V.I. Warshawski

1991

as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski

4.7
Acting

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

Roller Coaster Rabbit

1990

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

6.7
Acting

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

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as Self - Host

9.0
Acting

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

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0
Acting

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses

1989

as Barbara Rose

6.9
Acting

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

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble

1989

as Jessica Rabbit (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

The Accidental Tourist

1988

as Sarah Leary

6.2
Acting

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

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

1988

as Self

5.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988

as Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

'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

Acting
Switching Channels

Switching Channels

1988

as Christy Colleran

6.1
Acting

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Julia and Julia

Julia and Julia

1988

as Giulia

5.0
Acting

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

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987

as Lynda Van Devanter (voice)

7.1
Acting

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

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

as Peggy Sue

6.1
Acting

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

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

as Joan Wilder

6.2
Acting

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

Prizzi's Honor

1985

as Irene Walker

6.4
Acting

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

Crimes of Passion

1984

as Joanna Crane / China Blue

6.3
Acting

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

A Breed Apart

1984

as Stella Clayton

5.7
Acting

A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.

Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone

1984

as Joan Wilder

6.8
Acting

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

The Man with Two Brains

1983

as Dolores Benedict

6.2
Acting

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

Body Heat

1981

as Matty Walker

7.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

The Conspiracy of Silence is a 1995 television documentary that outlines the problem of domestic violence in the United States, and describes some sol...