
Kathleen Turner
Highest Rated: 98% Body Heat (1981)
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
Filmography
Movies
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60% | 50% | 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 |
50% | 36% | The Perfect Family |
Eileen Cleary (Character), Executive Producer |
$107.7K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life Is a Banquet | Narrator | - | 2009 |
62% | 75% | Marley & Me | Ms. Kornblut (Character) | $143.2M | 2008 |
75% | 63% | Monster House | Constance (Voice) | $73.7M | 2006 |
16% | 55% | Beautiful | Verna Chickle (Character) | $3.1M | 2000 |
20% | 36% | Prince of Central Park | Rebecca Cairn (Character) | $5.8K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 12% | Cinderella | Claudette (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Love and Action in Chicago | Middleman (Character) | - | 1999 |
2% | 24% | Baby Geniuses | Elena (Character) | $27.1M | 1999 |
77% | 81% | The Virgin Suicides | Mrs. Lisbon (Character) | $4.9M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 9% | Legalese | Brenda Whitlass (Character) | - | 1998 |
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 | No Score Yet | Bad Baby | Mom (Voice) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 84% | The Best of Roger Rabbit | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
15% | 51% | Moonlight and Valentino | Alberta Trager (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friends at Last |
Fanny Connelyn (Character), Producer |
- | 1995 |
64% | 72% | Serial Mom | Beverly Sutphin (Character) | $6.8M | 1994 |
42% | 40% | Naked in New York | Dana Coles (Character) | $1M | 1993 |
37% | 67% | Undercover Blues | Jane Blue (Character) | $12M | 1993 |
56% | 69% | House of Cards | Ruth Matthews (Character) | $102.4K | 1993 |
21% | 22% | V.I. Warshawski | Victoria "V.I." Warshawski (Character) | $11.1M | 1991 |
85% | 71% | The War of the Roses | Barbara Rose (Character) | $84.1M | 1989 |
81% | 60% | The Accidental Tourist | Sarah Leary (Character) | $30.3M | 1988 |
62% | 32% | Switching Channels | Christy Colleran (Character) | $8.2M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Julia and Julia | Julia (Character) | - | 1988 |
97% | 84% | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Jessica Rabbit (Voice) | $152.8M | 1988 |
20% | 47% | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Unknown (Voice) | $531.9K | 1986 |
86% | 55% | Peggy Sue Got Married | Peggy Sue (Character) | $37.7M | 1986 |
86% | 62% | Prizzi's Honor | Irene Walker (Character) | $26.6M | 1985 |
48% | 37% | The Jewel of the Nile | Joan (Character) | $65.5M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 30% | A Breed Apart | Stella Clayton (Character) | - | 1984 |
85% | 69% | Romancing the Stone | Joan Wilder (Character) | - | 1984 |
36% | 55% | Crimes of Passion |
Joanna Crane/ |
- | 1984 |
76% | 64% | The Man With Two Brains | Dolores Benedict (Character) | - | 1983 |
98% | 80% | Body Heat | Matty Walker (Character) | - | 1981 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 80% | Mom | Cookie (Guest Star) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2019 |
50% | 93% | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Miss Mary Shaw (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 2015 2012 |
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 | Good Morning America | Guest | 2018 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Masters | Narrator | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Family Guy | Kathleen Turner Peter (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
77% | 80% | 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 | Q With Jian Ghomeshi | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2011 |
57% | 77% | Californication | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2008-2009 |
75% | 79% | Nip/Tuck | Cindy Plumb (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Friends |
Charles Bing/ |
2001 |
No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Stacy Lavelle (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1989 1985 |
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