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  • Turner and Buscemi volunteer on Thanksgiving - 25 November 2011
    -Hollywood stars Kathleen Turner and Steve Buscemi gave up their Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday (24Nov11) to serve up hot meals to the needy in New York.-The Romancing the Stone actress joined volunteers at the Peter Cardella Senior Center in Queens, while Buscemi dish


  • Douglas shows up for Turner's Broadway comeback - 20 April 2011
    -Kathleen Turner had plenty of support making her Broadway comeback on Tuesday (19Apr11) - her Romancing The Stone co-star Michael Douglas was in the audience to cheer her on.-Turner stars as Sister Jamison Connelly, a nun and counsellor who has to treat a drug addict, i

Kathleen Turner - what members say


  • Body Heat
  • Body Heat review by hunneric from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars A credible stab at neo noir 22 April 2010
    ...mnity was when the remake came out. So why watch the remake? Well, the young Kathleen Turner was sexy in a self confident but brittle way Hollywood simply doesn't do any mo...   Read customer review
  • Prizzi's Honor
  • Prizzi's Honor review by from Sussex,England
    Rated - 3.0 stars slick but dated 10 August 2004
    ...jack nicholson and Kathleen Turner star as two assassins who fall in love with messy consequences. excellent story with supporting cast including Angelica Huston. ...   Read customer review
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • The Virgin Suicides review by from CARDIFF
    Rated - 5.0 stars 7 September 2004
    ...Wonderful! Original, moving, brilliantly acted by a mainly young cast, though Kathleen Turner and her co-star are chillingly believable as repressive parents. One to see aga...   Read customer review

Kathleen Turner - filmography


  • The Perfect Family (2012)
    Starring: Emily Deschanel,  Jason Ritter,  Kathleen Turner
    Director: Anne Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary has always kept up appearances. When she runs for the Catholic Woman of the Year title at her local parish-an award she has coveted for years-her final test is introducing her family to the board for the seal of approval. Now she must finally face ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 1 member
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  • Marley And Me - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Owen Wilson,  Jennifer Aniston,  Alan Arkin
    Director: David Frankel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    David Frankel (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA) delivers another charming comedy. Based on the hit memoir by John Grogan, MARLEY AND ME chronicles the relationship of John (Owen Wilson) and Jen (Jennifer Aniston) as they face the challenges of marriage and work to start a family. By their side is their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 6,752 members
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  • King Of The Hill - Season 4 (4 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Mike Judge,  Kathy Najimy,  Pamela Segall
    Director: Mike Judge
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Judge scored another hilarious hit with this animated series, following the enormous popularity of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD. Judge himself voices the main character, Hank Hill, around whose family the series revolves. A working-class everyman who strives to stay true to his staunch morals, Hank ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 335 members
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  • The Virgin Suicides on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Danny De Vito,  Leslie Hayman
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES tells the dreamlike tale of the Lisbons, a family living in a sheltered 1970s suburbia. When Cecilia (Hannah Hall), the youngest of the five teenage Lisbon daughters, inexplicably commits suicide, the rest of the family--Mr. Lisbon (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,375 members
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  • Prince Of Central Park on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Danny Aiello,  Kathleen Turner,  Cathy Moriarty
    Director: John Leekley
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After his mother dies and he is placed in the care of an abusive foster mother, twelve-year-old J.J. Somerled (Frankie Nasso) runs away--literally--from a difficult past, taking only his electronic keyboard with him, and begins living in New York City's Central Park. Making music and enjoying the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 63 members
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  • Baby Geniuses on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Christopher Lloyd,  Kim Cattrall
    Director: Bob Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A baby movie which tells the story of Sly, who uses his karate skills on grown adults. These victims are workers for a research company which believes that children under two have a language of their own...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 502 members
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  • A Simple Wish on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Mara Wilson,  Martin Short
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    'A Simple Wish' tells the sweet-natured story of Murray, a bumbling fairy godfather who has good intentions but not much else. Technically, Murray is a fairy godmother--the only male member of the North American Fairy Godmother Association. After barely passing his godmother's exam, he is sent to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 630 members
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  • A Simple Wish - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Mara Wilson,  Martin Short
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    'A Simple Wish' tells the sweet-natured story of Murray, a bumbling fairy godfather who has good intentions but not much else. Technically, Murray is a fairy godmother--the only male member of the North American Fairy Godmother Association. After barely passing his godmother's exam, he is sent to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 4 members
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  • Serial Mom (1994)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Sam Waterston,  Ricki Lake
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Happy homemaker Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has a charmed life--a beautiful suburban home, a successful dentist husband (Sam Waterston), and two normal teenagers, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard). But she also has a good deal of underlying rage waiting to escape....Just be sure ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,973 members
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  • Undercover Blues on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Dennis Quaid,  Fiona Shaw
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Former spies Jeff and Jane Blue (Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner) are on joint maternity leave in New Orleans with their infant daughter when they get called to track down international supercriminal Novacek (Fiona Shaw). Novacek, once head of the secret police in communist Czechoslovakia, has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 592 members
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  • House Of Cards on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Tommy Lee Jones,  Park Overall
    Director: Michael Lessac
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    After her husband's deadly accident on an archeological site in Mexico leaves Ruth Matthews (Kathleen Turner) a widow, she has to face an additional problem: Her 6-year-old daughter refuses to speak. Instead, little Sally communicates in intense shrieks when something bothers her and spends her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 250 members
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  • War Of The Roses on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Kathleen Turner,  Danny De Vito
    Director: Danny De Vito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, respectively) were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business. They had a great house, great art, great cars, and great kids. But when she sues for divorce, this black comedy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,573 members
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  • The Accidental Tourist on DVD (1988)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Kathleen Turner,  Geena Davis
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An author of travel tip books, with a dislike for travelling, is both confused and depressed when his son is killed and his wife leaves him. However, when he meets a lovely but slightly offbeat dog trainer, his outlook on life begins to brighten. Based on the novel by Anne Tyler.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,124 member
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  • Switching Channels on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Henry Gibson,  Christopher Reeve,  George Newbern
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A television anchorwoman finds herself caught between a handsome tycoon and her lunatic ex-boss/ex-husband. With only a few hours to say 'I Do' the ex-husband, still in love with her, leaps into action to cancel the tycoon and scoop her back.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 101 members
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  • Peggy Sue Got Married on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Catherine Hicks,  Jim Carrey,  Joan Allen
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, Francis Ford Coppola's PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,992 member
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  • The Jewel Of The Nile on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Kathleen Turner,  Danny De Vito
    Director: Lewis Teague
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An action-packed sequel to the popular Romancing the Stone. Novelist Joan Wilder and her adventurous boyfriend Jack Colton are sailing in the Mediterranean, when the writer is asked to ghost the biography of Eastern potentate Omar. The lovers become embroiled in another crazy escapade, in search of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,911 members
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  • Prizzi's Honor on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Kathleen Turner,  Anjelica Huston
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Huston's black comedy concerns a thick hitman (Jack Nicholson) who falls for a woman who turns out to be in the same business (Kathleen Turner). The romance hits a snag when "the Boss" hires each to rub out the other.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,537 member
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  • Crimes Of Passion on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Anthony Perkins,  John Laughlin
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ken Russell's sexual caricature finds an all-American man, who's trapped in a sexless marriage, falling in love with a businesswoman who turns into a hooker by night. A psychotic priest (Perkins) tries to prevent their union, driving the wedge between love and sex. A thoughtful, sometimes very ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 739 members
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  • Body Heat on DVD (1981)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Kathleen Turner,  Richard Crenna
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Academy Award winner William Hurt stars with Kathleen Turner in a taut story of lust, greed and murder set in a steamy South Florida town. When libidinous but not-very-smart attorney Ned Racine (Hurt) begins an affair with Matty Walker (Turner), the beautiful, young wife of an unscrupulous tycoon, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,471 members
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  • Cinema Collection - Vol. 9 and Vol. 10 on DVD
    Starring: John Mahoney,  Kurtwood Smith,  Frank Gorshin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features eight movies. In '12:01 PM' a man is forced to consult a physicist when he finds himself stuck in the same 59 minutes of his life. Also features: 'A Hard Rain', 'Bufford's Got A Gun', 'Leslie's Folly', '15th Phase Of The Moon', 'Heart Of The Deal', 'Astronomy' and 'The Great O'Grady'.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 102 members
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Kathleen Turner facts

5 most recent films

The Perfect Family - 4.5 stars
Marley And Me - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Nip/Tuck - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
King Of The Hill - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
The Virgin Suicides - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

King Of The Hill - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Nip/Tuck - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Marley And Me - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Man With Two Brains - 3.5 stars
Romancing The Stone - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Simple Wish - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
The Perfect Family - 4.5 stars
Friends - Series 1-10 - Complete - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars
Cinema Collection - Vol. 9 and Vol. 10 - 2.0 stars
Love And Action In Chicago - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Richard Chamberlain - 7 times - show films
Larry Hagman - 6 times - show films
Sanaa Lathan - 6 times - show films
Jacqueline Bisset - 6 times - show films
Tracy Scoggins - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Elodie Keene - 6 times - show films
Michael M. Robin - 6 times - show films
Ryan Murphy - 6 times - show films
Mike Judge - 5 times - show films
Lawrence Kasdan - 3 times - show films