• Kathleen Turner's stunning film debut as a femme fatale opposite William Hurt in 1981's Body Heat set the stage for her stardom in the 1980s. She began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diagnosed in 1992, which cut into her ability to make films. Her career was renewed when she began stage work, first in The Graduate, then with the role of Martha in the 2005 revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, for which she won rave reviews.

• Fast Facts

  1. Birthname: Mary Kathleen Turner
  2. Born: June 19, 1954
  3. Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri
  4. Lived in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela and United Kingdom growing up
  5. Graduate of American School in London
  6. Attended Missouri State University
  7. Graduate of University of Maryland Baltimore County
  8. Acting debut on the soap The Doctors
  9. Married to Jay Weiss 1984 - 2007
  10. One daughter

• Kathleen Turner Notable Roles

  1. 2001: Charles Bing/Helena Handbasket on Friends
  2. 1989: Barbara Rose in The War of the Roses
  3. 1988: Voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  4. 1986: Peggy Sue in Peggy Sue Got Married
  5. 1985: Irene Walker in Prizzi's Honor
  6. 1984/1985: Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile
  7. 1981: Matty Walker in Body Heat

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