Mary Kathleen Turner (born June , ) is an American actress and
director. 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.Turner rose to fame during the s, after roles in Body
Heat (), The Man with Two Brains (), Crimes of Passion (), Romancing
the Stone (), and Prizzi's Honor (), the last two earning her a Golden
Globe Award for Best Actress â€" Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In
the later s and early s, Turner had roles in The Accidental Tourist
(), The War of the Roses (), Serial Mom (), and Peggy Sue Got Married
(), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actress.Turner later had roles in Undercover Blues (), The Virgin
Suicides (), Baby Geniuses (), and Beautiful (), 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 (), Monster House (), and guesting on the
television series The Simpsons and King of the Hill.In addition to
film, Turner 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? Turner has also
taught acting classes at New York University.
director. 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.Turner rose to fame during the s, after roles in Body
Heat (), The Man with Two Brains (), Crimes of Passion (), Romancing
the Stone (), and Prizzi's Honor (), the last two earning her a Golden
Globe Award for Best Actress â€" Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In
the later s and early s, Turner had roles in The Accidental Tourist
(), The War of the Roses (), Serial Mom (), and Peggy Sue Got Married
(), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actress.Turner later had roles in Undercover Blues (), The Virgin
Suicides (), Baby Geniuses (), and Beautiful (), 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 (), Monster House (), and guesting on the
television series The Simpsons and King of the Hill.In addition to
film, Turner 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? Turner has also
taught acting classes at New York University.
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