Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner
Turner at the Planned Parenthood Rally in New York City in 2011
Born	Mary Kathleen Turner (1954-06-19) June 19, 1954 (age 62) Springfield, Missouri, United States
Nationality	American
Education	American School in London
Alma mater	Missouri State University University of Maryland Baltimore County, BFA 1977
Occupation	Actress, singer, theatre director
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Jay Weiss (1984–2007; divorced; 1 child)

Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954), better known as Kathleen Turner, is an American film and stage actress and director. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Turner came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in Body Heat (1981), Crimes of Passion (1984), Romancing the Stone (1984), and Prizzi's Honor (1985), the latter two earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. In the later 1980s and early 1990s, Turner had roles in The Accidental Tourist (1988), The War of the Roses (1989), Serial Mom (1994) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Turner later had roles in The Virgin Suicides (1999), Baby Geniuses (1999), and Beautiful (2000), as well as guest-starring on the NBC sitcom Friends as Chandler Bing's cross-dressing father Charles Bing, and in the third season of Showtime's Californication as Sue Collini, the jaded, sex-crazed owner of a talent agency. Turner has also done considerable work as a voice actress, namely as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), as well as Monster House (2006), and the television series The Simpsons and King of the Hill.