Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner is an American film and stage actress and director.

Early Accomplishments

When Turner graduated from college, she went to New York and started performing on Broadway. Her movie debut was in 1981 - Body Heat. 

Best Known For

The 1980s were the most prominent years of the actress. She appeared in Romancing the Stone, Crimes of Passion, The Jewel of the Nile, Peggy Sue Got Married, and more. In the 1990s, she was diagnosed with arthritis that influenced her career not well. 

Her biggest projects of the 1990s and 2000s are Undercover Blues, Serial Mom, Moonlight and Valentino, Friends, Law & Order, Californication. But these were, as a rule, minor roles.

Sexual Orientation

Kathleen Turner is straight. She tied the know with Jay Weiss in 1984 and the two were married until they got divorced 23 years later, in 2007. 

She has a daughter named Rachel.

Family

She was born in Missouri, USA. Her parents are Patsy and Allen Turner. Her father was a diplomat, so the family moved many times when Kathleen was small. 

Religion

Turner is a Catholic.

Worth To Know

She was the femme fatale of Hollywood in the 1980s.

Kathleen got the Woman of the Year Award in 1989.

Kathleen did the voice-over for Jessica Rabbit in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 

She was a gymnast in her youth. 

The actress grew up in Canada, Venezuela, Cuba and England – but considers herself American. 

She deliberately took comedy roles to avoid typecasting as a vamp.

Turner turned down the role of Molly in Ghost because she thought the film would flop.