Kathleen Turner Health, Age, Net Worth, Peggy Sue Got Married

Kathleen Turner is a well known American actress who has won two Golden Globes and earned multiple nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and Tony Awards.

Born in 1954, Turner got an inclination toward acting when she was cast as a female villain at Yucca Theater in 1977. Then she debuted on TV as the second Nola Dancy Aldrich on daytime soap The Doctors (1978-79).

She rose to fame when she played Matty Walker in Body Heat (1981), earning her a reputation as a sex symbol.

Besides, Kathleen Turner worked as a prominent actress in several movies from 1981 to date, including The Man with Two Brains, Crimes of Passion, Prizzi’s Honor, Serial Mom, The Virgin Suicides, Beautiful, Marley & Me (2008), and Dumb and Dumber To.

In addition to movies, Turner also guest-starred as Sue Collini in Californication (2009) and Roz Volander in The Kominsky Method (2019–2021).

Kathleen Turner is also known for her unique husky voice and has voiced many characters in the TVs and movies, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Monster House, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Besides screen performance, she has taught acting classes at New York University.

Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married is an American fantasy comedy-drama film released in 1986 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

In the movie, Kathleen Turner played Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell, who is on the verge of a divorce and discovers herself transported back to her high school days in 1960.

The movie was successful in the box office collection, grossing $41.5 million, and received acclaimed reviews from critics.

This movie helped Turner earn nominations for Academy Awards: Best Actress and Best Foreign Actress at the Sant Jordi Awards.  It also received two other nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design.

With such reception, Kathleen Turner won the 1986 National Board of Review Award for Best Actress.

Kathleen Turner Net Worth

After years of hard work in the entertainment industry, the US-born actress has earned a good reputation and wealth.

As of 2024, Kathleen Turner has a net worth of $20 million.

Her key assets include a six-bedroom house in the Hamptons worth around $488,000, the apartment Turner bought in New York worth $2,300,000, and the three-bedroom apartment located at the Upper West Side Trump Place in New York, which is worth around $3,800,000.

In personal life, Kathleen Turner was married to a real estate entrepreneur, Jay Weiss, of New York City in 1984. The couple had a daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss born on October 14, 1987. Rachel is singer by profession.

And after 23 years of marriage, the couple agreed to divorce in December 2007.

Kathleen Turner Age & Health

Now, Kathleen Turner has turned 69, and in recent years, she has detailed the reasons for her absence from Hollywood.

She has suffered from Rheumatoid arthritis for a long time, which developed debilitating pain for her requiring medication that caused a fuzzy mind and other side effects in the past.

Turner was diagnosed with this autoimmune disease in her late thirties. She revealed that the only medication for this disease in the 1990s was to use massive doses of steroids. And this caused several side effects.

She recalls a time when she could not pick up the glass after the medication effect, and people called her a drunkard because of that.

The medications changed her appearance and weakened her ability to memorize script lines, which derailed her career.

As of now, Kathleen Turner is in remission from Rheumatoid arthritis but still has flare-ups. She has joined the theatrical acts which is comfortable for an aged actress.