Kathleeen Turner

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June 19, 1954

Mary Kathleen Turner

Jay Weiss (1984–2007)

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Actress

The Perfect Family (2011)

Shrinking Charlotte (2010)

"Californication" (10 episodes, 2009)

Marley & Me (2008)

Nip/Tuck (1 episode, 2006)

Monster House (2006) (voice)

Law & Order (1 episode, 2006)

Friends (3 episodes, 2001)

Prince of Central Park (2000)

Beautiful (2000)

National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures (2000) (voice)

King of the Hill (3 episodes, 2000)

Cinderella (2000) (TV)

Love and Action in Chicago (1999)

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Baby Geniuses (1999)

Legalese (1998) (TV)

"Stories from My Childhood" (2 episodes, 1998)

The Real Blonde (1997)

A Simple Wish (1997)

Bad Baby (1997) (voice)

The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996) (voice)

Moonlight and Valentino (1995

Friends at Last (1995) (TV) (producer)

Leslie's Folly (1994) (TV)(director)

Serial Mom (1994)

The Simpsons (1 episode, 1994)

Undercover Blues (1993)

House of Cards (1993)

Trail Mix-Up (1993) (voice)

Naked in New York (1993)

We All Have Tales: Rumpelstiltskin (1992) Narrator

V.I. Warshawski (1991)

Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) (voice

The War of the Roses (1989)

Tummy Trouble (1989) (voice)

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (voice) (uncredited)

Switching Channels (1988)

Giulia e Giulia (1987)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Crimes of Passion (1984)

A Breed Apart (1984)

Romancing the Stone (1984)

The Man with Two Brains (1983)

Body Heat (1981)

"The Doctors" (1963) TV series (unknown episodes, 1978-1979)

Producer

The Perfect Family (Executive Producer)

Friends at Last (TV movie) (Producer)

Director

Leslie's Folly (TV short) (1994)

Appearances

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Big Morning Buzz Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Watch What Happens: Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Live with Kathie Lee (2 episodes, 2005-2-12)

Breakfast Television (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Tavis Smiley (TV series) (2 episodes, 2012)

The 77th Annual Drama League Awards (TV special) (2011)

Gylne tider (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2010)

Life Is a Banquet (2009) .... Narrator

AFI Life Achievement Awards: A Tribute to Michael Douglas (2009) (TV)

Entertainment Tonight (3 episodes, 1995-2009)

Today (2 episodes, 2008-2009)

"Shrink Rap" (1 episode, 2008)

"GMTV" (1 episode, 2008)

Richard & Judy (3 episodes, 2005-2008)

"Larry King Live" (1 episode, 2008)

The View (4 episodes, 2002-2008)

"Corazón de..." (2 episodes, 2006)

"The Paul O'Grady Show" (1 episode, 2006)

Parkinson (1 episode, 2006)

"Today with Des and Mel" (1 episode, 2006)

This Morning (1 episode, 2006)

"Sunday AM" (1 episode, 2006)

Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (2005) .... Narrator

"Getaway" (1 episode, 2005)

The Charlie Rose Show (1 episode, 2005)

The 59th Annual Tony Awards (TV) (2005)

50th Annual Drama Desk Awards (2005) (TV)

The Daily Show (1 episode, 2005)

The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005)

"Character Studies" (2005) TV series

... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV)

Biography (3 episodes, 2004)

Sexiest Moments in Film: The Seducers (2004) (TV)

"Hardball with Chris Matthews" (1 episode, 2004)

"NY Graham Norton" (1 episode, 2004)

Last of the Wild Chimps (2004) Narrator

Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (2003) (TV)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 episodes, 1998-2002)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (4 episodes, 1997-2002)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002) (TV)

24 Hours (2000) (TV)

In Bad Taste (2000) (TV)

"Vértigo" (1 episode, 1999)

"American Masters" Narrator (1 episode, 1999)

"Caiga quien caiga" (1 episode, 1999)

"The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1 episode, 1999)

"Corazón, corazón" (1 episode, 1998)

"Ancient Mysteries" Narrator (3 episodes, 1998)

An Audience with Elton John (1997) (TV) (uncredited)

Love in the Ancient World (1997) (TV)

The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV)

"Howard Stern" (1 episode, 1996)

The Conspiracy of Silence (1995) Narrator

"Lauren Hutton and..." (1 episode, 1995)

The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995) (TV special)

"American Cinema" Narrator (1 episode, 1995)

"Wetten, dass..?" (1 episode, 1994)

"HBO First Look" (1 episode, 1994)

"Cinema tres" (3 episodes, 1990-1994)

The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (1994) (TV)

"Primer plano" (1 episode, 1993)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode, 1993)

John Barry: Moviola (1993) (TV)

A Day at a Time (1992) (voice)

The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) (TV)

Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV)

The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990) (TV special)

Night of 100 Stars III (1990) (TV)

Saturday Night Live (2 episodes, 1985-1989)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1988) (TV)

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988) (TV)

The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988) (TV special)

"Late Night with David Letterman
" (2 episodes, 1985-1988)

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV) (voice)

The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987) (TV special)

The 59th Annual The Academy Awards (1987) (TV special)

"De película" (1 episode, 1987)

The 57th Annual The Academy Awards (1985) (TV special)

The 54th Annual The Academy Awards (1982) (TV special)

Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on my Life, Love, and Leading Roles, published in 2008
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The Academy Awards

1987 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1987 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

BAFTA Awards

1983 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for: Body Heat (1981)

Chlotrudis Awards

1995 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actress for: Serial Mom (1994)

DVD Exclusive Awards

2001 Nominated Video Premiere Award Best Supporting Actress for: Love and Action in Chicago (1999)

Golden Globe Awards

1990 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: The War of the Roses (1989)

1987 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

1986 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Prizzi's Honor (1985)

1985 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Romancing the Stone (1984)

1982 Nominated Golden Globe New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture for: Body Heat (1981)

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

1989 Woman of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1984 Won LAFCA Award Best Actress for: Crimes of Passion (1984). Also for Romancing the Stone (1984)

National Board of Review, USA

1986 Won NBR Award Best Actress for: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Provincetown International Film Festival

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1988 Nominated Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Also for Giulia e Giulia (1987)

1986 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Crimes of Passion (1984). Also for Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Savannah Film and Video Festival

2004 Lifetime Achievement Award

WorldFest Houston

1993 Won Gold Award Best Actress for: House of Cards (1993)

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"My father was of missionary stock, so theater and acting were just one step up from being a streetwalker, you know? So when I was performing in school, he would drive my mom and sit in the car. She'd come out at intermissions and tell him, 'She's doing very well.'"

"I know there are nights when I have that power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there's a man there who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay."

"When I was 20, I had so many more insecurities and looked for approbation from everyone. But by the time I was 40 and now at 50, you wake up and think, f*** you, I don't have to prove myself any more, and that makes you sexy."

"I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. And then I find the reasons why they are that way, and end up loving and defending them."

"Then [when I was] about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers. I'd say the cut-off point for leading ladies today is 35/40, whereas half the men in Hollywood get their start then. It's a terrible double standard."

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring. I think the Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones."

The studios are no longer creative institutions. Their job is to raise a great deal of money for their shareholders, to hedge their bets about risk. All this does not spell creativity. You might as well be talking real estate. Thank goodness for the independents. Except that distribution is still controlled by the studios. So they take the first week's profit and, after that, they don't give a damn. They take their money and they leave. It sucks.

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Kathleen is the daughter of Patsy (née Magee) and Allen Richard Turner, a U.S. Foreign Service officer who grew up in China. Her great-grandfather had been a Methodist Christian missionary). Her father, a diplomat, had been imprisoned by the Japanese Empire for four years during the World War II.

In the early 1990s rheumatoid arthritis seriously restricted her activities and her movie career declined. She was diagnosed in 1992, after suffering "unbearable" pain for about a year. By the time she was diagnosed, she "could hardly turn her head or walk, and was told she would end up in a wheelchair." As the disease worsened over a period of 8 years, the medication greatly altered Turner's looks, along with excess alcohol consumption that Turner said she used to kill her physical pain. Then thanks to newly available treatments, her arthritis went into remission.

She performed some of her own stunts in Romancing the Stone (1984), Undercover Blues (1993) and V.I. Warshawski (1991). Her nose was broken while filming V.I. Warshawski (1991).

Upon meeting the legendary Lauren Bacall, to whom she has often been compared, she reportedly introduced herself by saying, "Hi, I'm the young you."

Was considered for the lead in Basic Instinct (1992).

Sister-in-law of fashion designer Donna Karan.

Checked herself into Marworth in Waverly, Pennsylvania, for alcohol abuse. [3 December 1999]

Fluent in Spanish.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004

Has one eye that's blue and one eye that's hazel.

By her own admission, she turned down every role offered of a victimized, weak woman.

Salary

Body Heat (1981) $30,000

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