Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner
Turner in 2013
Born	Mary Kathleen Turner (1954-06-19)June 19, 1954 Springfield, Missouri,U.S.
Education	Southwest Missouri State University University of Maryland, Baltimore County(BFA,1977)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Jay Weiss ​ ​ (m.1984;div.2007)​
Children	1
Website	kathleenturner.net

Mary Kathleen Turner(born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. Known for her distinctive husky voice,she is the recipient of twoGolden Globes,as well as nominations for anAcademy Award,aGrammy,and twoTony Awards.

After debuting bothoffand onBroadwayin 1977, followed by her television debut as Nola Aldrich on theNBCsoap operaThe Doctors(1978–1979), Turner rose to prominence with her portrayal of Matty Walker inBody Heat(1981), which brought her a reputation as asex symbol.She worked solidly throughout the 1980s, in films such asThe 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), andThe War of the Roses(1989). For her portrayal of the title character inPeggy Sue Got Married(1986), Turner was nominated for the 1987Academy Award for Best Actress.Subsequent credits includeV.I. Warshawski(1991),Serial Mom(1994),Baby Geniuses,The Virgin Suicides(both 1999),Beautiful(2000),Marley & Me(2008), andDumb and Dumber To(2014).

Outside film, Turner guest-starred as Sue Collini onShowtime'sCalifornication(2009) and Roz Volander onNetflix'sThe Kominsky Method(2019–2021). She also playedCharles Bing,thedrag queenfather ofChandler Bing,on theseventh seasonofFriends(2001). Turner's voice work includesJessica RabbitinWho Framed Roger Rabbit(1988) and Constance inMonster House(2006), as well as characters on television series such asThe Simpsons,Family Guy,King of the Hill,andRick and Morty.

In addition to her work on stage and screen, Turner has taught acting classes atNew York University.

Early life

Born June 19, 1954, inSpringfield, Missouri,to Patsy (néeMagee)and Allen Richard Turner, aU.S. Foreign Serviceofficerwho grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather had been aMethodistmissionary), Turner is the third of four children, and the only one to be born in the United States.She has a sister, Susan, and two brothers.

Raised in a strictly conservativeChristianhome, Turner's interest in performing was discouraged by both of her parents: "My father was of missionary stock", she later explained, "sotheaterand acting were just one step up from being astreetwalker,you know? So when I was performing in school, he would drive my mom [there] and sit in the car. She'd come out at intermissions and tell him, 'She's doing very well.'"

Owing to her father's position with the Foreign Service, Turner grew up in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and London, England.She attended high school atThe American School in London,graduating in 1972."The start of real acting for me began during high school in London", she stated in her 2008 memoir. "There were seven of us who were sort of a theater mafia. We produced, directed, acted, chose the plays, got one teacher fired and another one hired."Her father died of acoronary thrombosisone week before her graduation,and the family returned to Springfield, Missouri. At the age of 19, Turner began volunteering at a localPlanned Parenthoodoffice.

She attendedSouthwest Missouri State Universityfor two years, studying theater. During this period, directorHerbert Blausaw her performance inThe House of Blue Leaves,and invited her to spend her senior year at theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County,where she received aBachelor of Fine Artsdegree in 1977.During that period, Turner acted in several productions directed by film and stage directorSteve Yeager.

Career

Turner in 1999

Theatre work and Broadway debut

In 1973, Turner spent the summer with her mother inMidland, Texas.There, at theYucca Theater,Turner made history when she was cast as the first female villain in theSummer Mummers1973melodrama,Plodding Among the Planets.

Several months after moving to New York City in 1977, Turner took over the female lead in Michael Zetter's playMister T,which co-starredJonathan Frakesand played atSoho Repertory Theatre.That production marked heroff-Broadwaydebut. Several months later, Turner made herBroadwaydebut as Judith Hastings inGeminibyAlbert Innaurato,staged at The Little Theatre (now known as theHelen Hayes Theater) and starringDanny Aiello.It opened May 21, 1977, during the time when she was appearing in the soapThe Doctors.

Transition to TV and film

In 1978, Turner made her television debut in theNBCdaytime soapThe Doctorsas the second Nola Dancy Aldrich. She made her film debut in 1981 as the ruthless Matty Walker in the thrillerBody Heat;the role brought her to international prominence.Empirecited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.The New York Timeswrote in 2005 that, propelled by her "jaw-dropping movie debut [in]Body Heat... she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality ".Turner ultimately became one of the top box-office draws, and most sought-after actresses of the 1980s and early 1990s.

Turner stated in 2018, "Body Heatwas a blessing because I went straight to being a leading actor and I didn't have to suffer any of this predatory male behaviour like many young actresses. It doesn't frustrate me that nearly four decades after that film I'm still referred to as a sexual icon. I got over that a long time ago. "

Because of her deep, husky voice, Turner was often compared to a youngLauren Bacall.When the two met, Turner reportedly introduced herself by saying, "Hi, I'm the young you."

Stardom

AfterBody Heat,Turner steered away fromfemme fataleroles to "preventtypecasting"and" becausefemme fataleroles had a shelf-life ". Consequently, her first project after this was the 1983 comedyThe Man With Two Brains.Turner co-starred inRomancing the StonewithMichael DouglasandDanny DeVito.Film criticPauline Kaelwrote of her performance as writer Joan Wilder, "Turner knows how to use her dimples amusingly and how to dance like a woman who didn't know she could; her star performance is exhilarating."Romancing the Stonewas a surprise hit: she won aGolden Globefor her role in the film, and it became one of the top-ten-grossing movies of 1984.Turner teamed with Douglas and DeVito again the following year for its sequel,The Jewel of the Nile.Pre-production for the movie was fraught with conflict, because Turner refused to commit to the "terrible" script she had been delivered. When she said no,20th Century Foxthreatened her with a US$25 millionbreach of contractlawsuit. Eventually Douglas, also the film's producer, agreed to undertake rewrites on the script to make it more acceptable to Turner, which led to much back-and-forth between the two as the script was retooled right up to when shooting started inFez, Morocco.

Several months beforeJewel,Turner starred inPrizzi's HonorwithJack Nicholson,winning a secondGolden Globeaward, and later starred inPeggy Sue Got Married,which co-starredNicolas Cage.ForPeggy Sue,she received the award forBest Actressfrom the U.S.National Board of Review of Motion Pictures,as well as anAcademy Awardnomination for Best Actress.

In 1988's toon-noirWho Framed Roger Rabbit,she was the speaking voice of cartoonfemme fataleJessica Rabbit,intoning the famous line, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Her uncredited, sultry performance was acclaimed as "the kind of sexpot ball-breaker she was made for".(Amy Irvingprovided Jessica Rabbit's singing voice in the scene in which the character first appears in the movie.) That same year, Turner also appeared inSwitching Channels,which was a loose remake of the 1940 hit filmHis Girl Friday;this, in turn, was a loose remake of theBen Hecht-Charles MacArthurcomedyThe Front Page.

Turner was the subject of the 1986 song"The Kiss of Kathleen Turner"by Austrian techno-pop singerFalco.In 1989, Turner teamed with Douglas and DeVito for a third time, inThe War of the Roses,but this time as Douglas's disillusioned wife, with DeVito in the role of a divorce attorney who told their shared story.The New York Timespraised the trio, saying that "Mr. Douglas and Ms. Turner have never been more comfortable a team... each of them is at his or her comic best when being as awful as both are required to be here... [Kathleen Turner is] evilly enchanting."In that film, Turner played a former gymnast and, as in other roles, did many of her own stunts. (She broke her nose two years later, filming 1991'sV.I. Warshawski.)

Slowed by rheumatoid arthritis

Turner remained an A-list film star leading lady in the early 1990s, starring inV.I. WarshawskiandUndercover Blues,untilrheumatoid arthritisseriously restricted her activities. She also blamed her age, stating, "when I was 40, the roles started slowing down, I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers."

In 1992, during the filming ofSerial Mom,she began experiencing "inexplicable pains and fevers."The rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis was made about a year later. By the time she was diagnosed, she "could hardly turn her head or walk, and was told she would end up in a wheelchair".Of this period, she has said: "My body could respond only with excruciating pain whenever I tried to move at all. The joints in my hands were so swollen, I couldn't hold a pen. Some days I couldn't hold a glass to get a drink of water. I couldn't pick up my child... my feet would blow up so badly that I couldn't get them into any kind of shoes, let alone walk on them."

Turner's appearance changed after the rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. "The press were merciless," she states in her memoir. "They snipped that I had become fat and unrecognizable because I was an angry, washed-up diva, an out-of-control has-been, when in truth the changes in my physical appearance were caused by drugs and chemotherapy and were not within my control. Still, I did not reveal what was happening to me."

As her rheumatoid arthritis progressed, alcohol consumption became a problem. "I drank consciously at first to kill the pain....Later, after I got the new medicines and the pain began to subside, I kept drinking too much... It didn't damage my work, but it damaged me personally."

Turner has admitted that the drinking made her difficult to be around.In 2005, an article inThe New York Timesstated: "Rumors began circulating that she was drinking too much." In her memoir, she said: "I went on letting others believe anything they wanted to about my behavior and physical changes. Many people bought the assumption that I'd turned into a heavy drinker. I couldn't publicly refute them because I believed it was worse to have people know that I had this terrible illness. They'd hire me if they thought I was a drunk, because they could understand drinking, but they wouldn't hire me if I had a mysterious, scary illness they didn't understand. We – Jay, my agent, myself – felt it was imperative to keep my rheumatoid arthritis quiet."

Her career as a leading lady went into a steep decline and she was seen in fewer and fewer very successful films. She turned down lead roles inGhostandThe Bridges of Madison County,both of which became big hits. She appeared in the low-budgetHouse of Cardsas well as the comedy-dramaMoonlight & Valentino,and had supporting roles inA Simple Wish,The Real Blonde,andSofia Coppola'sThe Virgin Suicides.She also provided the voice of Malibu Stacy's creator, Stacy Lovell, in the episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"onThe Simpsons.

Turner was originally cast asZirainDisney'sThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride.Turner talked about the role and even sang a portion of her character's song (stating the film would be her singing debut) during an interview onThe Rosie O'Donnell Showon March 10, 1998.She was replaced bySuzanne Pleshettein the final film.

Remission

Despite drug therapy to help her condition, the disease progressed for about eight years. Then, thanks to newly available treatments, her rheumatoid arthritis went intoremission.She was seen increasingly on television, including three episodes ofFriends,where she appeared asChandler Bing's father, a drag performer.

In 2006, Turner guest-starred on FX'sNip/Tuck,playing aphone sexoperator in need of laryngeal surgery. She appeared in a small role in 2008'sMarley & Meand also played a defense attorney onLaw & Order.In 2009, she played the role of Charlie Runkle's sexually hyperactive Boss in season three of the television seriesCalifornication.

Turner starred in the indie filmThe Perfect Familyin 2011 and had supporting roles inNurse 3D(2013) and the comedy sequelDumb and Dumber Toin 2014.

She appeared in two episodes of theHuluseriesThe Path(2016–17), starred in an episode of the anthology seriesDolly Parton's Heartstrings(2019) and guest-starred on two episodes of the CBS comedy seriesMomin 2020. On the Netflix dramedy seriesThe Kominsky Method,Turner was a guest in season 2 (2019) and became a main cast member in season 3 (2021). The series reunited her with fellow actor Michael Douglas for the first time sinceThe War of the Roses.

Voice acting

Turner provided the voice ofJessica Rabbitin the 1988 live action/animated filmWho Framed Roger Rabbit,its three animated short film spinoffs, and in theDisneylandattraction spinoff,Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin.In 2006, Turner voiced the character Constance in the animated filmMonster House.Later, she provided radio commercialvoice-oversforLay'spotato chips.BBC Radio 4produced four radio dramas based on theV. I. Warshawskinovels bySara Paretsky.Two of them,Killing OrdersandDeadlock,released in 2007, featured Turner reprising her 1991 film role, which had been based on Paretsky's novelDeadlock;however, the final series,Bitter Medicine,released in 2009, hadSharon Glesstake over the part.In 2015, she narrated the anthology drama filmEmily & Tim.Turner also had voice guest roles on the animated seriesKing of the Hill,Family Guy,3Below: Tales of Arcadia,Rick and Morty,Summer Camp Island,andWizards: Tales of Arcadia.

Stage career

After 1990s roles in Broadway productions ofIndiscretionsandCat on a Hot Tin Roof(for which she earned aTony Awardnomination for Best Actress), Turner moved to London in 2000 to star in a stage version ofThe Graduate.TheBBCreported that initially mediocre ticket sales forThe Graduate"went through the roof when it was announced that Turner, then aged 45, would appear naked on stage". While her performance as the seductive Mrs. Robinson was popular with audiences, with sustained high box office for the duration of Turner's run, she received mixed reviews from critics.The play transferred to Broadway in 2002 to similar critical reaction.

In 2005, Turner beat a score of other contenders (includingJessica Lange,Frances McDormand,andBette Midler)for the role of Martha in a 2005 Broadway revival ofEdward Albee'sWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?at theLongacre Theatre.Albee later explained to theNew York Timesthat when Turner read for the part with her eventual co-starBill Irwin,he heard "an echo of the 'revelation' that he had felt years ago when the parts were read by[Uta] HagenandArthur Hill."He added that Turner had" a look of voluptuousness, a woman of appetites, yes... but a look of having suffered, as well. "

Ben Brantleypraised Turner at length, writing:

As the man-eating Martha, Ms. Turner, a movie star whose previous theater work has been variable, finally secures her berth as a first-rate, depth-probing stage actress... [A]t 50, this actress can look ravishing and ravaged, by turns. In the second act, she is as predatorily sexy as she was in the movieBody Heat.But in the third and last act, she looks old, bereft, stripped of all erotic flourish. I didn't think I would ever be able to seeVirginia Woolfagain without thinking of Ms. Hagen [Uta Hagen]. But watching Ms. Turner in that last act, fully clothed but more naked than she ever was inThe Graduate,I didn't see the specter of Ms. Hagen. All I saw was Ms. Turner. No, let's be fair. All I saw was Martha.

As Martha, Turner received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play, losing toCherry Jones.The production was transferred to London'sApollo Theatrein 2006. She starred in Sandra Ryan Heyward's one-woman show,Tallulah,which she toured across the U.S.

In August 2010, Turner portrayed the role of Sister Jamison Connelly in Matthew Lombardo's dramaHighat HartfordTheaterWorks.The production transferred to Broadway at theBooth Theaterwhere it opened in previews on March 25, 2011, officially on April 19, 2011, and an announced quick closing on April 24, 2011.However, in a rare move, the production was revived, still headed by Turner, to undertake a national tour which began in Boston in December 2012.

From August to October 28, 2012, Turner appeared inRed Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,a play about the legendary liberal Texas columnistMolly Ivins,atArena Stagein Washington, DC.In December 2014 and January 2015, Turner performed the same show atBerkeley Repertory Theatre.She appeared again at Arena Stage in the title role of Bertolt Brecht'sMother Courage,which opened in February 2014,and playingJoan Didionin the one-woman showThe Year of Magical Thinking,based on Didion's memoir of the same name, in October and November 2016.In February 2019, Turner made her debut at theMetropolitan Operain New York City in the speaking role of The Duchess of Krakentorp in Donizetti's operaLa fille du régiment.

Personal life

Turner marriedreal estateentrepreneur Jay Weiss of New York City in 1984, and they had one daughter, singer Rachel Ann Weiss, who was born on October 14, 1987. Turner and Weiss divorced in December 2007, but Turner has said, "[Jay]'s still my best friend."

By the late 1980s, Turner had acquired a reputation for being difficult, whatThe New York Timescalled "a certifiable diva". She admitted that she had developed into "not a very kind person", and actressEileen Atkins—with whom she starred in the playIndiscretionson Broadway—referred to her as "an amazing nightmare".In 2018, she commented on her reputation, stating: "The 'difficult' thing was pure gender crap. If a man comes on set and says, 'Here's how I see this being done', people go, 'He's decisive.' If a woman does it, they say, 'Oh, fuck. There she goes.'"

Turner has defended herself against Atkins' claims, saying that Atkins harbored animosity towards her because she was having trouble memorizing her lines, which Atkins found very unprofessional. Turner later realized that the new medication for her rheumatoid arthritis she was taking was making her "fuzzy". She added that on days when the rheumatoid arthritis in her wrist was especially bad and she warned the other cast members not to touch it, Atkins would intentionally sit on it during a scene where Turner had to play dead, causing Turner extreme pain.Turner slammed Hollywood over the difference in the quality of roles offered to male actors and female actors as they age, calling the disparity a "terrible double standard".

A few weeks after leaving the production of the playThe Graduatein November 2002, she was admitted into the Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center inWaverly, Pennsylvania,for the treatment ofalcoholism."I have no problem with alcohol when I'm working", she explained. "It's when I'm home alone that I can't control my drinking... I was going toward excess. I mean, really! I think I was losing my control over it. So it pulled me back."

Activism

Turner at the Planned Parenthood Rally in New York City in 2011

Turner has worked withPlanned Parenthood of Americasince age 19, and later became a chairperson. She also serves on the board ofPeople for the American Way,and volunteers atAmnesty InternationalandCitymeals-on-Wheels.She was one ofJohn Kerry's first celebrity endorsers. She has been a frequent donor to theDemocratic Party.She has also worked to raise awareness ofrheumatoid arthritis.

Memoirs and interviews

In the mid-2000s, Turner collaborated withGloria Feldton the writing of her memoirs,Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles.The book was published in 2008.In the book, Turner claimed that, while they were filmingPeggy Sue Got Married,her co-starNicolas Cagehad gotten drunk and stole aChihuahuathat he liked.In turn, Cage filed a lawsuit against Turner and her book publisher in the UK, who took an excerpt from the book and posted it on their website (before publication).Cage argued defamation and damage to character and won the case, resulting in retractions, legal fees, and a donation to charity.Turner later publicly apologized.During an interview onThe View,Turner apologized for any distress she might have caused Cage regarding an incident that took place 20 years earlier.

On August 7, 2018,Vulturepublished an in-depth interview with Turner, wherein she expressed her opinion on a wide range of issues, fromElizabeth Taylor's acting skills to what it was like meetingDonald Trumpin the 1980s.Turner's frankness and certain revelations she made caused the article to be widely shared in different media outlets, which led to her name trending on Google.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Body Heat	Matty Walker
1983	The Man with Two Brains	Dolores Benedict
1984	Romancing the Stone	Joan Wilder
	A Breed Apart	Stella Clayton
	Crimes of Passion	Joanna Crane / China Blue
1985	Prizzi's Honor	Irene Walkervisks / Irene Walker
	The Jewel of the Nile	Joan Wilder
1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Peggy Sue Bodell
1987	Julia and Julia	Julia
1988	Switching Channels	Christy Colleran
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Jessica Rabbit(voice)	Uncredited
	The Accidental Tourist	Sarah Leary
1989	Tummy Trouble	Jessica Rabbit(voice)	Short film
	The War of the Roses	Barbara Rose
1990	Roller Coaster Rabbit	Jessica Rabbit(voice)	Short film
1991	V.I. Warshawski	Victoria "V. I." Warshawski
1993	Trail Mix-Up	Jessica Rabbit(voice)	Short film
	Naked in New York	Dana Coles
	House of Cards	Ruth Matthews
	Undercover Blues	Jane Blue
1994	Serial Mom	Beverly R. Sutphin
1995	Moonlight and Valentino	Alberta Trager
	The Snow Queen	The Snow Queen (voice)	English dub
1997	Bad Baby	Gloria Goode (voice)
	A Simple Wish	Claudia
	The Real Blonde	Dee Dee Taylor
1999	Baby Geniuses	Elena Kinder
	Love and Action in Chicago	Middleman
	The Virgin Suicides	Mrs. Lisbon
2000	Beautiful	Verna Chickle
	Prince of Central Park	Rebecca Cairn
2006	Monster House	Constance (voice)
2008	Marley & Me	Ms. Kornblut
2011	The Perfect Family	Eileen Cleary
2013	Nurse 3D	Head Nurse Betty Watson
2014	Dumb and Dumber To	Fraida Felcher
2015	Emily & Tim	The Narrator (voice)
2017	Someone Else's Wedding	Barbara Haines	Released asAnother Kind of Wedding
2022	The Swearing Jar	Bev
	The Estate	Aunt Hilda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978–1979	The Doctors	Nola Dancy Aldrich	86 episodes
1994	The Simpsons	Stacy Lovell (voice)	Episode: "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
1995	Friends at Last	Fanny Connelyn	TV movie
1998	Legalese	Brenda Whitlass	TV movie
2000	Cinderella	Claudette	TV movie
2000	King of the Hill	Miss Liz Strickland (voice)	3 episodes
2001	Friends	Charles Bing / Helena Handbasket	Episodes: "The One with Chandler's Dad", "The One with Chandler and Monica's Wedding"
2006	Law & Order	Rebecca Shane	Episode: "Magnet"
2006	Nip/Tuck	Cindy Plumb	Episode: "Cindy Plumb"
2009	Californication	Sue Collini	10 episodes
2016–2017	The Path	Brenda Roberts	2 episodes
2017	Family Guy	Herself (voice)	Episode: "Foxx in the Men House"
2019	Lovestruck	Grace	TV movie
2019	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Gwendolyn (voice)	Episode: "There's Something About Gwen (of Gorbon)"
2019	Heartstrings	Mary "Old Bones" Shaw	Episode: "These Old Bones"
2019	Rick and Morty	Monogatron leader's Wife (voice)	Episode: "The Old Man and the Seat"
2019, 2021	The Kominsky Method	Roz Volander	6 episodes
2020	Mom	"Cookie"	2 episodes
2020	Summer Camp Island	Mole Judge (voice)	Episode: "Molar Moles"
2020	Prop Culture	Herself	Episode: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Lady of The Lake (voice)	Episode: "Lady of the Lake"
2022	HouseBroken	Nancy (voice)	Episode: "Who's Found Themselves in One of Those Magical Christmas Life Swap Switcheroos?"
2023	White House Plumbers	Dita Beard

Theater

Theater work by Kathleen Turner

Year	Play	Role	Venue	Notes
1977	Gemini	Judith Hastings	Little Theatre,Broadway	Replacement
1981	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania	Arena Stage,Regional
1989	Love Letters	Melissa Gardner	Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway
1990	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Maggie	Eugene O'Neill Theatre,Broadway
1995	Indiscretions	Yvonne	Ethel Barrymore Theatre,Broadway
2000	The Graduate	Mrs. Robinson	Gielgud Theatre,West End
2000–2001	Tallulah	Tallulah Bankhead	National tour
2002	The Graduate	Mrs. Robinson	Plymouth Theatre,Broadway
2004	The Exonerated	Sunny Jacobs	Casa Mañana Theatre,Regional
2005	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Martha	Longacre Theatre,Broadway
2006			Apollo Theatre,West End
2007			National tour
	Crimes of the Heart	Unknown	Williamstown Theatre Festival,Regional	Directed only
2008			Laura Pels Theatre,Off-Broadway
2009	The Third Story	Peg / Dr. Rutenspitz	Lucille Lortel Theatre,Off-Broadway
2010	Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins	Molly Ivins	Philadelphia Theatre Company,Regional
	High	Sister Jamison Connelly	TheaterWorks,Regional
			Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,Regional
			The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,Regional
2011			Booth Theatre,Broadway
2012	Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins	Molly Ivins	Geffen Playhouse,Regional
			Arena Stage,Regional
	The Killing of Sister George	June Buckridge	Long Wharf Theatre,Regional	Also directed
2014	Mother Courage and Her Children	Mother Courage	Arena Stage, Regional
	Bakersfield Mist	Maude Gutman	Duchess Theatre,West End
2014–2015	Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins	Molly Ivins	Berkeley Repertory Theatre,Regional
2015	Would You Still Love Me If...	Victoria Pruitt	New World StagesStage V, Off-Broadway	Also directed
2016	The Year of Magical Thinking	Joan Didion	Arena Stage, Regional
2017	An Act of God	God	George Street Playhouse,Regional

Audio

Audio work by Kathleen Turner

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	White House Plumbers Podcast	Herself	Episode 2

Accolades

Accolades for Kathleen Turner

Association	Year	Nominated work	Category	Results	Ref
Academy Awards	1987	Peggy Sue Got Married	Best Actress	Nominated
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival	2015	—	Honorary Award	Won
BAFTA Awards	1983	—	Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles	Nominated
Chicago International Film Festival	1992	—	Piper-Heidsieck Award	Won
Chlotrudis Awards	1995	Serial Mom	Best Actress	Nominated
David di Donatello Awards	1990	The War of the Roses	Best Foreign Actress	Nominated
Drama Desk Awards	2005	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Nominated
DVD Exclusive Awards	2001	Love and Action in Chicago	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
Golden Globes	1982	Body Heat	New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture	Nominated
	1985	Romancing the Stone	Best Actress — Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical	Won
	1986	Prizzi's Honor		Won
	1987	Peggy Sue Got Married		Nominated
	1990	The War of the Roses		Nominated
Grammy Awards	2001	The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets	Best Spoken Word Album	Nominated
Hasty Pudding Theatricals	1989	—	Woman of the Year	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1984	Romancing the Stone /Crimes of Passion	Best Actress	Won
Montréal World Film Festival	2013	—	Grand Prix Special des Amériques	Won
National Board of Review	1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Best Actress	Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards	1985	Romancing the Stone/Crimes of Passion	Best Actress	Nominated
	1987	Peggy Sue Got Married	Best Actress(tied withSandrine BonnaireforVagabond)	Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards	1986		Best Actress	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association	2001	Friends	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated
People's Choice Awards	1986	Prizzi's Honor	Favorite Motion Picture Actress	Nominated
	1987	Peggy Sue Got Married		Nominated
	1990	The War of Roses		Nominated
Provincetown International Film Festival	2007	—	Lifetime Achievement Award	Won
Sant Jordi Awards	1986	Prizzi’s Honor/Crimes of Passion	Best Foreign Actress	Won
	1988	Peggy Sue Got Married/Giulia e Giulia		Nominated
Santo Domingo OutFest	2012	The Perfect Family	Outstanding Performance	Won
Saturn Awards	1987	Peggy Sue Got Married	Best Actress	Nominated
Savannah Film Festival	2004	—	Lifetime Achievement Award	Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2021	The Kominsky Method	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Nominated
Theatre World Awards	1990	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Special Award (for Outstanding Broadway Debut)	Won
Tony Awards			Best Actress in a Play	Nominated
	2005	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?		Nominated
WorldFest Houston	1993	House of Cards	Best Actress	Won

External links

• Official website
• Kathleen TurneratIMDb
• Kathleen Turnerat theTCM Movie Database
• Kathleen Turnerat theInternet Broadway Database
• Kathleen Turnerat theInternet Off-Broadway Database
• Interview and profileinThe Guardian(March 18, 2000)