| Kathleen Turner  AKA Mary Kathleen Turner
Born: 19-Jun-1954
Birthplace: Springfield, MO
Gender: Female
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Romancing the Stone Kathleen Turner is a voluptuous, dark-voiced actress who voiced Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. She starred in numerous high-profile and critically acclaimed films through the 1980s, including Body Heat with William Hurt, Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas, Prizzi's Honor with Jack Nicholson, Peggy Sue Got Married with Nicolas Cage, and Danny DeVito's The War of the Roses with Douglas again.
Then she made a dull, Disneyfied film adaptation of V.I. Warshawski, which, in combination with crossing the line to middle age, virtually ended her career as a leading lady in big-budget films. She has since been featured almost exclusively in low-profile roles, though she has still done good work in Serial Mom or The Virgin Suicides.
Her parents were career diplomats, and Turner was born in America but raised in Canada, Cuba (she was there, five years old, when Fidel Castro took power), Venezuela (she still speaks fluent Spanish), and England. She is a long-time supporter of Emily's List, the political action group that advocates for pro-choice Democratic candidates.
Father: Richard Turner (diplomat, d. 1971, cancer)
Husband: David Guc (agent, m. 1977, div. 1982)
Husband: Jay Weiss (real estate magnate, m. 1983, sep. 2006, div. 2007)
Daughter: Rachael Ann Weiss (b. 14-Oct-1987)
University: Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (transferred to U.M.)
University: BFA, University of Maryland (1977)
Alcoholics Anonymous 1994
EMILY's List
NARAL
People for the American Way
Planned Parenthood
UNICEF
Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Romancing the Stone 1984
Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Prizzi's Honor 1985
Margaret Sanger Award 2001
Miscarriage
Risk Factors: Arthritis, Alcoholism, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (11-May-2018) · Herself
Dumb and Dumber To (7-Nov-2014)
The Perfect Family (24-Apr-2011)
Marley & Me (25-Dec-2008)
Monster House (15-Jun-2006) [VOICE]
Prince of Central Park (22-Sep-2000) · Rebecca Cairn
Beautiful (11-Sep-2000)
Cinderella (1-Jan-2000)
Love and Action in Chicago (15-Sep-1999) · Middleman
The Virgin Suicides (19-May-1999) · Mrs. Lisbon
Baby Geniuses (12-Mar-1999) · Elena
Legalese (4-Oct-1998)
The Real Blonde (14-Sep-1997) · Dee Dee Taylor
A Simple Wish (11-Jul-1997) · Claudia
Bad Baby (1997) · Mom [VOICE]
Moonlight and Valentino (29-Sep-1995)
Serial Mom (13-Apr-1994)
Undercover Blues (10-Sep-1993) · Jane Blue
House of Cards (25-Jun-1993)
Naked in New York (1993)
V. I. Warshawski (26-Jul-1991)
The War of the Roses (8-Dec-1989) · Barbara Rose
The Accidental Tourist (23-Dec-1988) · Sarah
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (21-Jun-1988) [VOICE]
Switching Channels (4-Mar-1988) · Christy Colleran
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Oct-1987) [VOICE]
Julia and Julia (12-Sep-1987)
Peggy Sue Got Married (10-Oct-1986) · Peggy Sue
The Jewel of the Nile (11-Dec-1985) · Joan
Prizzi's Honor (13-Jun-1985)
Crimes of Passion (19-Oct-1984)
A Breed Apart (Jun-1984) · Stella Clayton
Romancing the Stone (30-Mar-1984) · Joan Wilder
The Man with Two Brains (3-Jun-1983) · Dolores Benedict
Body Heat (28-Aug-1981) · Matty Walker
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