FrameThrower · Actors · Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner
8 films · 518 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1981–1999
Born 19 June 1954 · Springfield, Missouri, USA
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her distinctive deep, husky voice, she receives two Golden Globes and nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and two Tony Awards.
After debuting both off and on Broadway in 1977, followed by her television debut as Nola Dancy Aldrich on the NBC soap opera The Doctors (1978–1979), Turner rose to prominence with her portrayal of Matty Walker in Body Heat (1981), which brought her a reputation as a sex symbol.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 518 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1981–1999
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1985
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1984
- Theatre World Special Award1990
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1989
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
How their films are shot
Measured across 518 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kathleen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Kathleen takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Moonlight and Valentino
1995 · Alberta Trager
Serial Mom
1994 · Beverly Sutphin
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Peggy Sue
Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Irene Walker
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Joanna Crane / China Blue
Body Heat
1981 · Matty Walker
The Virgin Suicides
1999 · Mrs. Lisbon
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Jessica Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 518 frames from Kathleen Turner's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.