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Kathleen lived with her foreign-diplomat father and family in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, England and Washington DC (before reaching the age of 17).
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Kathleen's nose was broken while filming V.I. Warshawski (1991)
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Kathleen attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
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Kathleen was nominated for Broadway's 1990 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play for portraying Maggie the Cat in a revival of
Tennessee Williams'
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Kathleen Astrological sign is Gemini.
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Kathleen was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.
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Kathleen's father's name was Allen Richard Turner.
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Kathleen was married to New York real-estate mogul Jay Weiss from 1984–2005.
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Kathleen lived with agent David Guc from 1977–1982.
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Kathleen won the L.A. Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for
Ken Russell's
Crimes of Passion.
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Kathleen received two Golden Globe awards, both for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture for Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor.
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Kathleen was nominated for an Oscar for best actress in 1987 for her role in Peggy Sue Got Married.
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Kathleen was a gymnast as a teenager.
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Kathleen has two brothers and a sister.
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Kathleen's daughter Rachel Ann Weiss was born October 14 th 1987
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Kathleen's trade mark is her husky voice.
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Kathleen's father, Richard, was a foreign service diplomat who was imprisoned by the Japanese during WWII.
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Kathleen checked herself into Marworth in Waverly, Pennsylvania for alcohol abuse (December 3 rd 1999).
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Kathleen recieved a lifetime achievement award from the Savannah College of Art and Design at the Savannah Film Festival in October 2004.
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Kathleen was immortalized in the 1980s song,
The Kiss of Kathleen Turner by
Falco.
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Kathleen was chosen by Empire magazine in 1995 as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#73).
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Kathleen suffers from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Kathleen spoke the voice of Jessica Rabbit in the toon-noir Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (uncredited)
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Kathleen is fluent in Spanish.