Birth Place: Springfield, MO, USA
Kathleen Turner was nominated for the Tony Award in 1990 for playing Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in 2005 for her performance as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opposite Bill Irwin. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf also garnered her an Evening Standard Theatre Award in the West End and Drama Desk Award nomination. On Broadway, Turner has also starred in High, The Graduate and Indiscretions and she starred in Bakersfield Mist in London’s West End. She toured as Texas-based political columnist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory) and starred in Joan Didion’s solo drama, The Year of Magical Thinking and Mother Courage And Her Children, both at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Turner’s movies include Romancing the Stone and Prizzi’s Honor, each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award; Peggy Sue Got Married, which brought both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations; and Body Heat and War of the Roses, both of which earned her further Golden Globe nominations. Turner received a BAFTA nomination for Body Heat, and two Grammy Award nominations. Additional film credits include The Man with Two Brains, Jewel of the Nile, The Accidental Tourist, and The Virgin Suicides, among many others, and she supplied the voice of temptress Jessica Rabbit in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Also a best-selling author, Turner wrote Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles and Kathleen Turner on Acting.
Kathleen TurnerMother Courage and Her Children
Kathleen TurnerRed Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Kathleen TurnerWho's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
Kathleen Turner , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kathleen Turner, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Kathleen TurnerSpecial Award
Kathleen Turner has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Kathleen Turner has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Kathleen Turner's first West End show was Bakersfield Mist which opened in 2014
Kathleen Turner has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Mother Courage and Her Children" and Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play for "Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins." She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf," Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same production, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Additionally, she received nominations for Best Actress - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and a Special Award for Performance at the Theatre World Awards.
Kathleen Turner has won a Special Award for Performance at the Theatre World Awards.
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