Kathleen Turner

Robinson in the London, England revival of The Graduate, appearing fully nude (albeit in darkly lit sequences). and one for television at 6141 Hollywood Blvd. In 2000 Turner starred as Mrs. Young has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. In addition to the television work listed below, she also has appeared as a guest on Friends, King of the Hill (voice), The Simpsons (voice), and Saturday Night Live, which she hosted twice. She died of ovarian cancer in 2000 at the age of 87 and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. She received two Golden Globe awards, both for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, in Romancing the Stone (1984) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). Her trademark at the beginning of each show was to appear dramatically in a doorway, dressed in the latest of high fashion evening gowns.

She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress in 1987 in Peggy Sue Got Married. Instead, she moved to television, where she hosted and starred in the well-received anthology series The Loretta Young Show. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1992. In 1953 she made her last movie, It Happens Every Thursday. They have a daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss, born 1988. In 1949, she received another Academy Award nomination, for Come to the Stable. Turner married New York real-estate mogul Jay Weiss in 1984. The same year she starred in The Bishop's Wife, a perennial favorite that still airs on television during the Christmas season.

Turner remained a film star up to the early 90's, but has since rarely appeared in major productions. But although she was receiving fan and critical appreciation, it wasn't until 1947 that she received her first Oscar nomination -- and win -- for The Farmer's Daughter. Turner had the last laugh as she became a movie star a few years later in Body Heat, which many consider one of the sexiest films (with Turner giving one of the sexiest performances) in the history of cinema. Young made several movies, working on as many as seven or eight a year. In 1978 Turner was hired as the second Nola Turner on NBC daytime soap The Doctors, but was fired the next year because the producers felt she was "not hot enough". The daughter herself, known as Judy Lewis (she took Young's second husband's last name), did not know the true story until she herself was an adult. She attended Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield for two years, then gained her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1977. They told the whole world that the little girl had been adopted.

When her father died in 1973, the family moved back to Springfield. She and her mother moved to Europe, returning with a daughter. While attending high school in London, England, she also took classes at the London Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1934, Young had an affair with Clark Gable, and became pregnant. She was a gymnast as a teenager. (They had acted together in The Second Floor Mystery.) The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together, ironically called Too Young to Marry, came out. She has two brothers and a sister. In 1930, Young, then only seventeen, ran off with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers and married him in Yuma, Arizona.

Born Mary Kathleen Turner in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of diplomat Richard Turner, she had lived in four foreign countries by the time she entered college. The next year, she was anointed one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. It was not until 1928 that she first had her Loretta Young billing, in The Whip Woman. The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996; voice only). She was billed as Gretchen Young in her next film, also in 1917, Sirens of the Sea. Trail Mix-Up (1993; voice only). Her half-sister Georgiana (daughter of her mother and step-father George Belzer) eventually married actor Ricardo Montalban.

Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; voice only). Even though her mother said no, Gretchen was allowed to live with Murray for two years. Tummy Trouble (1989; voice only). The movie's star, Mae Murray, so fell in love with little Gretchen that she asked to adopt her. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; voice only). Her first role was at age 4 in the silent film The Primrose Ring. Delilah (2000). Born Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was three years old. Her sisters, Polly Ann Young and Elizabeth Jane Young (screen name Sally Blane) appeared in child parts in movies, and young Gretchen did the same.

In Bad Taste (2000). Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 — August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Beautiful (2000). The Virgin Suicides (2000). Cinderella (2000; made for TV).

Baby Geniuses (1999). Stories From My Childhood #3 (1999; voice only). Love and Action in Chicago (1999). The Prince of Central Park (1999).

Legalese (1998; made for TV). The Real Blonde (1998). Bad Baby (1997; voice only). A Simple Wish (1997).

Love in the Ancient World (1997; TV special, hosted). Stories From My Childhood #1 (1996). Moonlight and Valentino (1995). Friends at Last (1995; made for TV; also producer).

American Cinema (1995; special TV series; narrator). Leslie's Folly (1995; made for TV; also director). All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994; TV special). Naked in New York (1994).

Serial Mom (1994; a John Waters movie). Undercover Blues (1993). House of Cards (1992). John Barry: Moviola (1993; made for TV).

A Day at a Time (1992; voice only). A Breed Apart (1991). Warshawski (1991). V.I.