Kathleen Turner Biography
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her distinctive gritty voice, Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, and two Tony Awards. She rose to fame during the 1980s, after roles in Body Heat (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Crimes of Passion (1984), Romancing the stone (1984), and Prizzi’s Honor (1985).
In addition to film, she has worked in the theatre, and has been nominated for the Tony Award twice for her Broadway roles as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? she has also taught acting classes at New York University.
How old is Kathleen Turner? – Age
The American actress is 66 years old as of 19th June 2020. She was born in 1954 in Springfield, Missouri, United States.
Who are Kathleen Turner Parents? – Father and mother
The actress is the daughter to Patsy Turner and Allen Richard Turner, a U.S. Foreign service officer who grew up in China. Her father died of a Coronary thrombosis one week before her graduation, and the family returned to Springfield, Missouri.
Kathleen Turner Siblings
The actress is not the only child in the family. She has four siblings. She is the third of four children, and the only one to be born in the United States. She has a sister, Susan, and two brothers. They were all raised with love and support from their parents. They were raised in a strict conservative Christian household.
Kathleen Turner Education
The actress attended high school at The American school in London, graduating in 1972. She attended Southwest Missouri state University for two years, studying theater. During this period, director Herbert Blau saw her performance in The House of Blue Leaves, and invited her to spend her senior year at the University of Maryland, Baltimore county, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1977.
Is Kathleen Turner in a Relationship? – Spouse
No, the actress is currently single as of now. Previously, she was dating her ex-husband. She married real estate entrepreneur Jay Weiss of New York City in 1984. After living together for a while they became parents, but the pair divorced in December 2007, but Turner has said, “[Jay]’s still my best friend.”
Kathleen Turner Child
The American actress was blessed with a baby girl, before their divorce with her ex-husband, Jay. The pair had one daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss, who was born on October 14, 1987. They were parents together before separating in 2007.
Kathleen Turner Career
The American actress start of real acting began during high school in London, she stated in her 2008 memoir. Known for her distinctive gritty voice, she has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, and two Tony Awards.
The actress rose to fame during the 1980s, after roles in Body Heat (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Crimes of Passion (1984), Romancing the stone (1984), and prizzi’s Honor (1985), the last two earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress- Motion picture Musical or comedy.
In the later 1980s and early 1990s, she 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.
The actress later had roles in Undercover Blues (1993), The Virgin suicides (1999), Baby Geniuses (1999), and Beautiful (2000), as well as guest-starring on the NBC sitcom Friends as Chandler Bing’s drag queen 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’s voice roles include Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Monster House (2006), and guesting on the television series The Simpsons, Family Guy and King of the Hill.
In addition to film, the actress has worked in the theatre, and has been nominated for the Tony Award twice for her Broadway roles as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? she has also taught acting classes at New York University.
In August 2010, the actress portrayed the role of Sister Jamison Connelly in Matthew Lombardo’s drama High at Hartford TheaterWorks. The production transferred to Broadway at the Booth Theater where it opened in previews on March 25, 2011, officially on April 19, 2011, and an announced quick closing on April 24, 2011. However, in a rare move, the production was revived, still headed by Turner, to undertake a national tour which began in Boston in December 2012.
From August to October 28, 2012, the actress appeared in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, a play about the legendary liberal Texas columnist Mollu Ivins, at Arena stage in Washington, DC.
In December 2014 and January 2015, the actress performed the same show at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. She appeared again at Arena Stage in the title role of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother courage, which opened in February 2014 and playing Joan Didion in the one-woman show The Year of Magical Thinking, based on Didion’s memoir of the same name, in October and November 2016.
In February 2019, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in the speaking role of The Duchess of Krakentorp in Donizetti’s opera La fille du regiment.
Kathleen Turner Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of around $20 million as of 2021.