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Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner’s screen credits include Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Fraida in Dumb and Dumber To, and Constance (voice) in Monster House.
Born June 19, 1954 Springfield, Missouri, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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 worked solidly throughout the 1980s in films such as The 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), and The War of the Roses (1989). For her portrayal of the title character in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Turner was nominated for the 1987 Academy Award for Best Actress. …
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Subsequent credits include V.I. Warshawski (1991), Serial Mom (1994), Baby Geniuses, The Virgin Suicides (both 1999), Beautiful (2000), Marley & Me (2008), and Dumb and Dumber To (2014).
Outside film, Turner guest-starred as Sue Collini on Showtime's Californication (2009) and Roz Volander on Netflix's The Kominsky Method (2019–2021). She also played Charles Bing, the drag queen father of Chandler Bing, on the seventh season of Friends (2001). Turner's voice work includes Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Constance in Monster House (2006), as well as characters on television series such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Rick and Morty.
In addition to her work on stage and screen, Turner has taught acting classes at New York University.
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- 2026NevatarsKooks (voice)
- 2026Joan's TeethJoan
- 2026Animal FarmBenjamin (voice)
- 2025Shelly's LegNarrator
- 2025The Long GameMariah McKay
- 2022The EstateAunt Hilda Beauchamp
- 2022The Swearing JarBev
- 2019The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du RégimentDuchess of Krakenthorp
- 2017Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of HollywoodSelf
- 2017Another Kind of WeddingBarbara Haines
- 2017Edgar Allan Poe: Buried AliveNarrator
- 2016In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink StoleSelf
- 2016America’s DiplomatsSelf (voice)
- 2015Emily & TimNarrator
- 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)
- 2015"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'Self
- 2013Gods Behaving BadlyStyx
- 2013Nurse 3-DHead Nurse
- 2011The Perfect FamilyEileen Cleary
- 2010Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
- 2009Life is a BanquetRosalind Russell (Voice)
- 2008Marley & MeMs. Kornblut
- 2005A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in HollywoodSelf
- 2005Alias Nick and NoraHost
- 2005The Lady in Question Is Charles BuschSelf
- 2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildSelf - Interviewee
- 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf
- 2000The Making of The Virgin SuicidesSelf
- 2000BeautifulVerna Chickle
- 2000Prince of Central ParkRebecca Cairn
- 2000National Geographic Kids: Creepy CreaturesClawdette the Black Cat (voice)
- 2000The Virgin SuicidesMrs. Lisbon
- 2000CinderellaClaudette
- 1999Love and Action in ChicagoMiddleman
- 1999In Bad TasteSelf
- 1999Baby GeniusesElena Kinder
- 1998LegaleseBrenda Whitlass
- 1998The Real BlondeDee Dee Taylor
- 1997A Simple WishClaudia
- 1997Bad BabyMom (voice)
- 1996The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulSelf
- 1996The Best of Roger RabbitJessica Rabbit (voice) (archive footage)
- 1995Moonlight and ValentinoAlberta Trager
- 1995Friends at LastProducer · Fanny Connelyn
- 1994Leslie's FollyDirector
- 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
- 1994Serial MomBeverly Sutphin
- 1993Naked in New YorkDana Coles
- 1993Undercover BluesJane Blue
- 1993House of CardsRuth Matthews
- 1993Trail Mix-UpJessica Rabbit (voice)
- 1991Rabbit Ears - RumpelstiltskinNarrator (voice)
- 1991V.I. WarshawskiVictoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
- 1990Roller Coaster RabbitJessica Rabbit (voice)
- 1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToSelf - Host
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
- 1989The War of the RosesBarbara Rose
- 1989Tummy TroubleJessica Rabbit (voice)
- 1988The Accidental TouristSarah Leary
- 1988Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon TownSelf – Jessica Rabbit (voice)
- 1988cascadeurs de starsSelf
- 1988Switching ChannelsChristy Colleran
- 1988Julia and JuliaGiulia
- 1987Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamLynda Van Devanter (voice)
- 1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedPeggy Sue
- 1985The Jewel of the NileJoan Wilder
- 1985Prizzi's HonorIrene Walker
- 1984Crimes of PassionJoanna Crane / China Blue
- 1984A Breed ApartStella Clayton
- 1984Romancing the StoneJoan Wilder
- 1983The Man with Two BrainsDolores Benedict
- 1981Body HeatMatty Walker
- La Fille du régiment - Royal Opera HouseDuchess of Krakenthorp
- The Conspiracy of SilenceSelf
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