Kathleen Turner's biography

Kathleen Turner is 68 years old film actor born at Springfield. She was born on Saturday 19th of June 1954. According to year of birth 1954 she belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 19th of June means she is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.

She is native english speaker. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be film actor. You can know her also as stage actor, voice actor, actor, television actor, film producer. She is recently known as theatrical director.

Kathleen Turner's schools

We found 4 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Central School of Speech and Drama, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Missouri State University, The American School in London.

Detailed informations about her schools

Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

Kathleen Turner's career

Her main focus is to be film actor. You could see her also in Romancing the Stone, Prizzi's Honor.

Awards and competitions

Kathleen Turner's Awards

Received a lifetime achievement award from the Savannah College of Art and Design at the Savannah Film Festival. [October 2004]
Was nominated for Broadway's 1990 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying Maggie the Cat in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
Was nominated for Broadway's 2005 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play for portraying Martha in the 2005 revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".
Was awarded the 2006 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for her performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".

Kathleen Turner's Rankings

Ranked #1 in Fotogramas magazine's "Favourite Foreign Actress" poll in 1987 and 1988.

Kathleen Turner's Nominations

She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Peggy Sue Got Married in 1986

Kathleen Turner's quotes

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.
I feel I get recognized for my voice more than for my face.
I know there are nights when I have that power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there's a man there who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.
When I was 20, I had so many more insecurities and looked for approbation from everyone. But by the time I was 40 and now at 50, you wake up and think, "Fuck you, I don't have to prove myself anymore", and that makes you sexy.
I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. And then I find the reasons why they are that way, and end up loving and defending them.
It's always been my first love, I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.
I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring. I think the Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones.
I'm not a naturalistic actor. I believe acting is a planned process of communication. I don't see anything naturalistic about it.
[on what was her most embarrassing moment] When I met Gregory Peck and he said, "You have a lovely voice." And I replied, "Oh, so do you, sir!" What an idiot. It was my first Oscars, so I was very young.
[on what is the most important lesson life has taught her] That you are not the center of the world.
[on Rheumatoid arthritis] The day I was told, I went from the hospital to kindergarten for a meeting with my daughter's teacher and looked at these little chairs and started crying because I knew there was no way I would be able to get into that chair.
[on Danny DeVito] He provides a sickness, the tastelessness, that dark underside. It's like being groped all day long - being somewhat short, he gets to casually drape his arm around parts of your anatomy that no one usually would.
[on the Oscars] They just don't vote for comedies, do they? I think I need a good crying scene.
[on Francis Ford Coppola] I'm really about the only lead woman he's worked with. He's shy, but we worked out well. I said, 'You give me a martini at the end of the day and everything will be fine.
[on Lawrence Kasdan] I find his sense of humor is rather low, but he thinks I'm stuffy.
[on Steve Martin] Steve just wasn't somebody you want to grab a beer with after work. I don't know why he's so contained, but when the camera's rolling, he's a genius.
Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Sexuality is not just looks; it's a sense you have of yourself. I think most men think it's all looks; most women know otherwise.
No, I don't look like I did 30 years ago. Get over it.
I sign more Jessica Rabbit photos than mine, almost. I'm not kidding. Isn't that crazy?
[on Serial Mom (1994)] I walked into a storm of resistance, from agents, friends, actors, everyone. "You're an A-movie actress and he's a B-movie director!" I said, "He's made films that have touched and moved people all over the world!"
[on Serial Mom (1994)] They never got it. I was sitting in this screening with one of the heads of the studio. He turned to me and said, "It's a comedy?!" And I [thought], "Oh, we're in so much trouble."
[on Elizabeth Taylor] For a while I felt like half my life was making her wrongs right. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - you ever listen to her voice? It's awful. She has a bad voice, badly used.
There's a fine line between just being really good at what I do and wanting others to like how well I'm doing it.

Kathleen Turner's body shape

Lets describe how Kathleen Turner looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.

Kathleen Turner