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. 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.
72 movies · 34 shows
Joan's Teeth
2026·0.0
Animal Farm
2026·6.4
Shelly's Leg
2025·10.0
The Long Game
2025·5.2
The Estate
2022·5.4
The Swearing Jar
2022·6.4
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
2019·0.0
Jack Nicholson - The Devilish Smile of Hollywood
2017·6.7
Another Kind of Wedding
2017·5.0
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017·7.7
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016·0.0
America’s Diplomats
2016·0.0
Emily & Tim
2015·5.6
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015·7.0
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015·7.3
Dumb and Dumber To
2014·5.6
Gods Behaving Badly
2013·2.5
Nurse 3-D
2013·5.4
The Perfect Family
2011·4.6
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009·7.2
Life is a Banquet
2009·0.0
Marley & Me
2008·7.2
Monster House
2006·6.7
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005·6.4
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005·6.8
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004·2.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002·7.7
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000·7.2
Beautiful
2000·5.8
Prince of Central Park
2000·4.9
National Geographic Kids: Creepy Creatures
2000·8.0
The Virgin Suicides
2000·7.1
Cinderella
2000·6.1
Love and Action in Chicago
1999·4.9
In Bad Taste
1999·8.0
Baby Geniuses
1999·4.1
Legalese
1998·5.1
The Real Blonde
1998·5.3
A Simple Wish
1997·5.5
Bad Baby
1997·6.3
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996·10.0
The Best of Roger Rabbit
1996·6.8
Moonlight and Valentino
1995·5.6
Friends at Last
1995·6.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994·7.0
Serial Mom
1994·6.7
Naked in New York
1993·4.8
Undercover Blues
1993·6.0
House of Cards
1993·6.2
Trail Mix-Up
1993·7.0
Rabbit Ears - Rumpelstiltskin
1991·0.0
V.I. Warshawski
1991·4.8
Roller Coaster Rabbit
1990·6.7
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990·8.5
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·4.0
The War of the Roses
1989·6.9
Tummy Trouble
1989·6.7
The Accidental Tourist
1988·6.3
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988·5.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988·7.5
cascadeurs de stars
1988·0.0
Switching Channels
1988·6.1
Julia and Julia
1988·5.1
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987·7.1
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986·6.1
The Jewel of the Nile
1985·6.2
Prizzi's Honor
1985·6.4
Crimes of Passion
1984·6.3
A Breed Apart
1984·5.8
Romancing the Stone
1984·6.8
The Man with Two Brains
1983·6.2
Body Heat
1981·7.0