Kathleen Turner Filmography

The Lady in Question is Charles Busch

Actors: Charles Busch

Synopsis: When East Village theater Renaissance man Charles Busch's sexually salacious Vampire Lesbians of Sodom first premiered on the New York stage in 1984, few would have suspected that the cross-dressing slice of kitsch theater would eventually be honored as one of the longest-running shows in Read More

Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers

Synopsis: Lou Angeli's documentary Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers features interviews with a variety of people who felt the need to assist those in dire need of help after the attack on the World Trade Center. The filmmakers interview people who performed a number of heroic duties not only on Read More

Without Love

Friends: The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding, Part 2

Actors: Gary Oldman, Kathleen Turner, Morgan Fairchild, Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles

Synopsis: The second half of Friends' seventh-season finale (originally telecast as a single one-hour "special") finds Joey (Matt LeBlanc) still stuck on the set of his movie -- in a World War I uniform -- even as his presence is desperately required at the wedding of Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry Read More

Friends: The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding, Part 1

Actors: Gary Oldman, Kathleen Turner, Morgan Fairchild, Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles

Synopsis: Season seven of Friends comes to an unforgettable close as Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) prepare to march down the matrimonial aisle. In the first half of the two-part season finale (originally telecast as a single one-hour special), everyone gathers for the ceremony Read More

Friends: The One With Chandler's Dad

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Troy Norton, Mark Consuelos, Chuck Martinez, Alexis Arquette

Synopsis: With only a week to go before his marriage to Monica (Courteney Cox), Chandler (Matthew Perry) insists that his intended meet his never-seen, but much-discussed, father. And as all fans of Friends should know by now, Chandler's dad makes his living as a cross-dressing cabaret performer in Las Read More

Beautiful

Actors: Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field makes her debut as a director of a theatrical feature with this gently satiric comedy. Mona Hibbard (Minnie Driver) is a woman from a small town in Illinois who never enjoyed much of a rapport with her parents. Looking for approval and validation, Mona Read More

Prince of Central Park

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Cathy Moriarty, Frankie Nasso, Harvey Keitel

Synopsis: A child discovers a whole new world when he runs away from home in the family drama Prince Of Central Park. JJ (played by Frankie Nasso) is a boy living in New York with his foster mother (Cathy Moriarty). To say they don't get along is an understatement; one day JJ decides he's so tired of her Read More

The Virgin Suicides

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett, Hanna R. Hall

Synopsis: A dark comedy punctuated by moments of drama, The Virgin Suicides explores the emotional underpinnings of a family starting to come apart at the seams in 1970's Midwestern America. The Lisbons seem like an ordinary enough family; Father (James Woods) teaches math at a high school in Michigan Read More

King of the Hill: High Anxiety

King of the Hill: Hanky Panky

Baby Geniuses

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, Dom DeLuise, Ruby Dee

Synopsis: Dr. Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) is the highly visible chief executive of BABYCO, the world's largest manufacturer of baby products. The company funds orphanages across the world and just opened an indoor theme park for children adjacent to its corporate headquarters in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst Read More

Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer

Synopsis: One of the great 20th Century American literary icons, Dashiell Hammett invented the hard-boiled detective novel and, in the process, elevated the mystery novel to high art. This PBS documentary charts Hammett from his inauspicious beginning as a high school drop-out private detective to his Read More

Cinderella

Actors: Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Marcella Plunkett, Gideon Turner

Synopsis: This offbeat retelling of the classic fairy tale is set on the British Isle of Man in the 1950s, with the three wicked stepsisters portrayed as a trio of annoying social climbers doted upon by their mother Claudette (Kathleen Turner). Cinderella stars Marcella Plunkett in the title role, with Read More

Stories From My Childhood Vol. 1

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Laura San Giacomo, Kathleen Turner, Mickey Rooney

The Odyssey of Troy

Actors: Leonard Nimoy

Love and Action in Chicago

Actors: Courtney Vance, Regina King, Jason Alexander, Kathleen Turner, Ed Asner, Michael Gilio

Synopsis: Courtney B. Vance stars in this screwball romantic comedy as Eddie Jones, a devout Catholic who is committed celibacy. He is also a trained killer for the Eliminator Corp; a shadowy government organization dedicated to wasting society's undesirables. He reconciles his beliefs and his career by Read More

Legalese

Actors: James Garner, Gina Gershon, Mary-Louise Parker, Edward Kerr, Kathleen Turner

Synopsis: Made by and for the TNT cable network, this sharp, satirical courtroom drama skewers the increasingly symbiotic relationship between the judicial system and popular media. The story centers on the trial of a famous model (Gina Gershon) who has been accused of murder. The media touts it "the trial Read More

Ancient Mysteries: Pompeii - Buried Alive

Synopsis: Actress Kathleen Turner takes viewers through the ancient ruins of Pompeii, which was buried under ash in 79 A.D. when Mount Vesuvius erupted. People in this Roman city received no warning and were buried alive while going about their daily chores and routines. While it was obviously a tragic Read More

The Conspiracy of Silence

A Simple Wish

Actors: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer, Francis Capra

Synopsis: This comic children's fantasy from director Michael Ritchie stars Mara Wilson as eight-year-old New Yorker Anabel, who wishes that her father Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), a hansom cab driver in Central Park, would see his dream come true. In a thinly veiled jab at the overblown stage productions of Read More

The Real Blonde

Actors: Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Maxwell Caulfield, Elizabeth Berkley

Synopsis: This romantic comedy from writer and director Tom DiCillo follows some New York City pals seeking authenticity with the real blonde, a symbol of amorous perfection. Joe (Matthew Modine) is an out-of-work actor struggling for even bit parts in Madonna music videos by groveling in front of a Read More

AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jack Nicholson

Actors: Jack Nicholson

Synopsis: The American Film Institute honors actor and director Jack Nicholson for his years in film by granting him a Life Achievement Award. Nicholson has been a multiple Academy award nominee for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor on several occasions and is famous for many films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Read More

Friends at Last

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Faith Prince, Colm Feore

Synopsis: When her husband's career finally gets boosted onto the fast track, a wife finds herself increasingly alone, bored and confused about what she should do with her life. As a result, her marriage begins to suffer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Moonlight and Valentino

Actors: Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner, Jon Bon Jovi

Synopsis: A woman dealing with an unexpected death has to help her friends with their own crises in this comedy-drama. Rebecca Lott (Elizabeth Perkins) gets an unpleasant surprise while waiting for her husband to return from his daily jog -- he was hit by a car and instantly killed. A handful of Rebecca's Read More

Serial Mom

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Mary Jo Catlett

Synopsis: Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) is the perfect suburban housewife and mother. She likes to cook, her home is immaculately clean, she's always well-groomed and cheerful, and she loves her husband Eugene (Sam Waterston) and her two children, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard). There's Read More

Undercover Blues

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, Stanley Tucci, Larry Miller

Synopsis: Nick and Nora Charles are updated to a touchy-feely couple of the 1990s who take a break from the action to raise their eleven-month-old child. Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid star as Jane and Jeff Blue, two CIA super-agents who have abandoned the daily grind to devote quality time to their baby Read More

Naked in New York

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh, Tony Curtis, Kathleen Turner, Timothy Dalton, Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis: The sponsorship of noted filmmaker Martin Scorsese helped the novice filmmakers making this film get it produced and receive mainstream distribution. In addition, it features a vast number of appearances by well-known performers, who took an interest in the project, taking union minimum pay. In Read More

Trail Mix-Up

Actors: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Frank Welker

We All Have Tales: Rumpelstiltskin

Actors: Kathleen Turner

Synopsis: This animated version of the classic Grimm Brothers tale features narration by Kathleen Turner and music by Tangerine Dream. Illustrations are by Peter Sis. As the tale goes, a wily little man tricks a beautiful golden-haired, gold-spinning maiden into promising to give him her first-born. With a Read More

House of Cards

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina, Shiloh Strong, Esther Rolle

Synopsis: In Michael Lessac's lugubrious House of Cards, women's intuition beats out psychology in the battle against autism. The story begins in Mexico, where a little girl named Sally Matthews (Asha Menina) lives with her parents, scientists studying ancient ruins. When her father falls to his death Read More

V.I. Warshawski

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals, Nancy Paul

Synopsis: Kathleen Turner stars as V.I. Warshawski in Jeff Kanew's film version of the hard-boiled detective character from Sara Paretsky's series of crime novels. Warshawski is a freelance private investigator in Chicago, who lives the part of the hard-boiled detective. But in her heart of hearts, she is a Read More

Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home To

Synopsis: The life of the alluring Myrna Loy is commemorated in this documentary film profile. At the end of the silent film era, Myrna Loy launched her career as a femme fatale. "Talkies" recast her as the witty, professional woman Nora Charles opposite William Powell in six Thin Man movies. Her career Read More

Hollywood Remembers [Video Series]

Synopsis: A collection of videos on various Hollywood stars and their lives. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Roller Coaster Rabbit

Actors: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner

The War of the Roses

Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sean Astin

Synopsis: Divorce lawyer Danny De Vito warns his prospective client that the story he's about to tell isn't a pretty one, but the client listens with eager intensity -- as do the folks out there in the movie in the audience. The War of the Roses can best be described as a slapstick tragedy concerning the Read More

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Actors: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland

Synopsis: Erstwhile inventor Rick Moranis has been experimenting with an electro-magnetic shrinking machine. He leaves the device unattended in his attic; shortly afterward, it is accidentally activated. Alas, the demon machine is aimed at Moranis' children, as well as the son of neighbor Matt Frewer. The Read More

Tummy Trouble

Actors: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner

Synopsis: This seven-minute short cartoon, released with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, is the first animated short put out by Disney studios since 1965. It features the ever-ebullient Roger Rabbit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit fame. Here, he is teamed with Baby Herman, who must be rushed to the hospital after Read More

Saturday Night Live: Kathleen Turner [2]

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Billy Joel

Synopsis: This 1989 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Kathleen Turner and features musical guest Billy Joel. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Accidental Tourist

Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman

Synopsis: Director Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Galati adapted their screenplay for The Accidental Tourist from Anne Tyler's novel. William Hurt plays Macon Leary, a well-known "travel advisor" headquartered in Baltimore. The tragic death of Leary's son causes him to withdraw from the world, which in turn Read More

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern

Synopsis: In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in the ghettolike "Toontown" where their movements are sharply monitored by the human power establishment. The Toons are permitted to perform in a Cotton Read More

Switching Channels

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson

Synopsis: The 1920s-era play The Front Page was about a Chicago reporter who wants to retire and get married but is tricked by his editor into doing one last story -- which proves to be complicated. It was made into a classic film in 1931 and inspired the 1940 hit movie His Girl Friday, in which the Read More

Julia and Julia

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Sting, Gabriele Ferzetti, Angela Goodwin

Synopsis: Giulia E Guilia, also released as Julia and Julia, is an unusual, interesting film by director Peter Del Monte, a nightmare vision of a world where nothing can be counted on and where truth is relative. The plot unfolds as a series of surprises, the first surprise being central to the entire plot. Read More

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Actors: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves, Josh Cruze

Synopsis: Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam was first telecast April 3, 1988, over the HBO cable service. Based on the book of the same name, the program is devoted to poignant recitations of letters to and from American participants of the Vietnam war. The letters are heard over images culled from Read More

Peggy Sue Got Married

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Helen Hunt, Jim Carrey, John Carradine

Synopsis: During her 25th high school class reunion, middle-aged Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) tries to forget her marital problems with husband Charlie (Nicolas Cage) by renewing old friendships. Wondering if she made the right decisions in her life, Peggy Sue gets a chance to try again when, zapped into a Read More

A Breed Apart

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence, John Dennis Johnston

Synopsis: Surly conservationist Rutger Hauer makes it his life's mission to protect the eggs of the endangered bald eagle. Collector Donald Pleasence wants to appropriate a few of these eggs without invoke Hauer's terrible wrath. Pleasence hires mountain climber Powers Boothe to pose as a magazine Read More

Saturday Night Live: Kathleen Turner [1]

Actors: Kathleen Turner, John Waite

Synopsis: This 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Kathleen Turner and features musical guest John Waite. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Prizzi's Honor

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey, Robert Loggia

Synopsis: Richard Condon's delicious black comedy was lovingly translated to the screen by legendary director John Huston in one of his last movies. The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to bending laws and breaking skulls. Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson Read More

The Jewel of the Nile

Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focas, Avner Eisenberg

Synopsis: The Jewel of the Nile takes up where Romancing the Stone left off, with romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) traveling around the world with her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas). But Joan is becoming bored with Jack and all the romantic attention; as she asks, "How much romance Read More

Romancing the Stone

Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau

Synopsis: Kathleen Turner plays a writer of adventure stories, Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely believable. The basic problem is that the mousy Joan has never had any real adventure in her life. All this changes when she receives a frantic phone Read More

Crimes of Passion

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) is a cold, workaholic sportswear designer, divorced and dedicated only to her job. Once strapped into that role, Joanna looks for an "out" and finds it by donning a wig and hitting the pavement as a $50/trick hooker named China Blue. Explicit scenes show her at work Read More

The Man with Two Brains

Actors: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, Richard Brestoff

Synopsis: Steve Martin and Carl Reiner concoct one of Martin's best comic vehicles with Martin playing the world's top brain surgeon, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr -- he ought to know, he said so himself. Hfuhruhurr pioneered the radical new cranial screw-top technique, but he grieves over the untimely death of Read More

Body Heat

Actors: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke

Synopsis: Lawrence Kasdan's first directorial effort is a throwback to the early days of film noir. The scene is a beastly hot Florida coastal town, where naive attorney Ned (William Hurt) is entranced by the alluring Matty (Kathleen Turner in her film debut). Ned is manipulated into killing Matty's much Read More

Conrack

Actors: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas

Synopsis: Jon Voight stars in this story, based on fact, about a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of his students. In the late 1960s, Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) is given a teaching position on a small island off the coast of South Carolina. Conroy discovers that the school is little more Read More

A Day At a Time

Synopsis: A child confined to a wheelchair must forgo many of the pleasures of childhood that involve use of the legs, such as running. However, as this program indicates, such confinement does not have to limit participation and enjoyment of life. A Day at a Time is a glimpse into the lives of Albe and Read More