Have you ever thought about how weirdly transient celebrity can be? In many cases, you don’t have any idea of who someone is before they become famous with a few high-profile roles. Pretty soon, they’re a household name…but that doesn’t keep them from disappearing just as quickly as they appeared in the first place.
This is basically the life that Kathleen Turner led: a surprise pivot into acting, early awards and buzz, and then a later career where she has mostly stepped back from traditional Hollywood roles. What brought her to this point, and what has she been up to lately? Keep reading to find out!
Acting brought the stability her childhood lacked
While there are plenty of famous actors who come from a wealthy and privileged background, that doesn’t exactly describe Kathleen Turner. She grew up with four siblings and faced an unthinkable tragedy at a young age when her father suddenly died while mowing the lawn.
Things went from bad to worse at this point when the foreign service kicked Turner’s family out of the UK one month after her dad died. The family ended up moving to Springfield, Missouri, but it was difficult to truly move on because she was still in mourning. Years later, she would move to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming an actor, and this finally provided some of the stability she had been looking for.