Kathleen Turner, or Mary Kathleen Turner, is a US-born actress who has been in the entertainment industry for more than five decades. With such long-term service, she was able to achieve two Golden Globe Awards but couldn’t fulfill her dream of getting a Grammy. Hoping, she will get more and more accolades in the upcoming years. However, she was nominated for Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and Grammy Awards. Kathleen Turner entered the drama industry in 1977 but got the desired recognition in 1980. She has worked on several movies and television shows in almost every genre.
Body Heat was her first hit show from where she got International recognition, and after that, she never turned back. Apart from movies, shows, and theatres, Kathleen Turner has been passing on her talent to young wannabe actors by teaching them at New York University. She hasn’t yet lost her charm; she is still among the best and most active actresses. In this article, we are going to get a closer look at Kathleen Turner’s net worth, so read on.
Kathleen Turner Early Successes
Kathleen is a star in her field, we can say that with no doubt, but do you know she never had a godfather or godmother in the industry? She did everything all alone. Also, even her parents were not allowing her to be a performer. She was born in 1954, which means she is currently 68. Well, she was born to Allen Richard, who was an officer in the US Foreign Service; it is a high-rank job. Her family was conservative, according to Turner, so there was a conflict of interest between Turner and her parents. When her father died, it was one week before her graduation, but she didn’t stop herself.
She attended Southwest Missouri State University and pursued theatre. Director Herbert Blau was impressed with her performance, so he offered her shift to the University of Maryland. She got her bachelor’s degree in 1977 and roles in a few shows. In 1977, after moving to New York City, she got the female lead role in Mister T (a theatre play). Everyone was impressed with her performance, and this led her to her first television daytime show with NBC named The Doctors. After that, she made her film debut in 1981 in a thriller, Body Heat, and this was a hit, a massive success.
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Kathleen Turner’s Net Worth
Currently, Kathleen Turner’s net worth is around $20 million. From her stardom in the 80s movie Body Heat, she was considered the coolest actress. Her performance in the movie was so good and captivating. She went on to work on much bigger movies such as Romancing the Stone, Crimes of Passion (again a thriller), Prizzi’s Honor, and much more. She also has a website with the same name where her journey and all about Katleen are written in detail.
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Kathleen Turner’s Personal Life
Kathleen Turner, in the 80s, when she was enjoying her successes, married a real estate entrepreneur Jay Weiss and both of them together were blessed with a daughter. Their daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss, is currently a singer. The couple, unfortunately, broke up in 2007, but they are still best friends for their kid. Kathleen was never into rumors of dating another guy after her divorce. It might be because she was dealing with some other bigger problems. By the late 80s, people started recognizing her as a difficult person to talk to.
The New York Times mentioned her as the Certifiable Diva, and Turner admitted that she is not a very kind person. Nothing’s wrong with it because that was her reaction after noticing a few wrong things happening in then Hollywood. In 2018, she said that the difficult thing was pure gender crap. Her rude behavior was just a reaction.
She further said that if there’s a male who comes on the set and corrects something, then he is considered decisive, but if a woman does, everyone rolls their eyes. She had a controversy with Atkins. According to her, Atkins intentionally didn’t treat her well on the set. Turner was rigidly not supporting double standards on the set, as both genders work so hard on films and shows.
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