Kathleen Turner was born June 19, 1954, in Springfield, Mo. The University of Maryland grad's first taste of fame came with a regular role on the soap opera "The Doctors" in the late 1970s.Turner's steamy debut performance in Body Heat (1981) made her one of the leading sex symbols of that decade. She capitalized on this with a 1987 Oscar nomination for Peggy Sue Got Married and by voicing the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Turner's gymnast background has allowed her to do many of her own stunts, especially in Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile and The War of the Roses.
Recently, she's also played Mrs. Robinson in the London production of the stage adaptation of The Graduate. Since the early '90s, her film appearances have been sporadic; notable among them were Serial Mom, Baby Geniuses and Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides.
Body HeatIn a sizzling-hot Florida town, attorney Ned Racine (William Hurt) becomes dangerously involved with the sultry Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) -- and promptly schemes for a way to get her wealthy, much-older husband out of the picture. Ned's knowledge of legal matters may enable both... Read More
Prizzi's HonorJack Nicholson stars as dim-bulb Mafia hit man Charley Partanna, who falls hard for sultry freelance killer-for-hire Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner). But the lovebirds are facing double trouble: The woman Charley jilted -- Maerose Prizzi (Anjelica Huston), the don's daughter -- desperately wants her... Read More
The Virgin SuicidesIn sharp response to the lax moral milieu of the mid-1970s, Ronald and Sara Lisbon keep their five alluring, adolescent daughters on a short leash by embracing religion and pushing away the opposite sex. But when the youngest unaccountably commits hara-kiri and a wayward elder sister violates... Read More
Romancing the StoneWhen a reclusive romance writer -- whose humdrum life in no way resembles the exploits of her fiery fictional heroines -- learns her sister's been kidnapped, she's soon embroiled in a wild adventure involving hidden treasure and a dashing mercenary. Read More
The War of the RosesDanny DeVito directs and co-stars in this explosive portrayal of a 17-year marriage gone wrong. Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) Rose are calling it quits as a couple, but neither wants to give up ownership of their house. Instead of going about an amicable negotiation, they... Read More
The Perfect Family (2011) | NR | |
PG | ||
Marley & Me (2008) | PG | |
Monster House (2006) | PG | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
Beautiful (2000) | PG-13 | |
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | R | |
Baby Geniuses (1999) | PG | |
Prince of Central Park (1999) | PG-13 | |
Love and Action in Chicago (1999) | R | |
NR | ||
Legalese (1998) | R | |
The Real Blonde (1998) | R | |
NR | ||
A Simple Wish (1997) | PG | |
Stories from My Childhood (1996) | NR | |
Moonlight and Valentino (1995) | R | |
Serial Mom (1994) | R | |
Naked in New York (1994) | R | |
Undercover Blues (1993) | PG-13 | |
House of Cards (1993) | PG-13 | |
V.I. Warshawski (1991) | R | |
The War of the Roses (1989) | R | |
PG | ||
The Accidental Tourist (1988) | PG | |
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | PG-13 | |
Prizzi's Honor (1985) | R | |
The Jewel of the Nile (1985) | PG | |
Romancing the Stone (1984) | PG | |
Crimes of Passion (1984) | NR | |
The Man with Two Brains (1983) | R | |
Body Heat (1981) | R | |
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