What the hell has happened to Kathleen Turner?

A bad photo.

Don't be an ass OP. Turner aged as everyone who doesn't die early does. Additionally, she has struggled with RA for years

That's John Goodman you bitch.

I loved her in VI Warshawski

She's a wonderful actress.

She got sick, OP. Had a condition.

She may have been on steroids for a long time for her RA. That's not a treatment that's usually done anymore, but she's struggled with it for a long time.

She turned into Simone Signoret years ago.

She's 64 now and dumpy.

Back in the day.

How dare she not starve herself and spend hundreds of thousands on plastic surgery! Who does she think she is?

She looks like a linebacker there, R9.

It's called age OP. She's been sick a number of times. Some people have a hard time keeping weight off as they age. Cut her some slack.

Are there any 64 yr olds who are actually fuckable? Her medication for an excruciating illness changed her appearance.

She had Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was in her 30's, and "self-medicated" with alcohol. It's a shame, because she's a nice lady; I've interacted with her on several occasions.

I think she could look better but could look worse. She's very natural looking in person, like a well-heeled matron. I don't think she looks that bad for her age.

She'll be playing Archie in the "All In The Family" reboot.

Screw you haters! My neck, my back, lick my pussy and my crack!

She was great as Chandler's crossdressing dad on Friends.

Booze?

I agree with you r15.

Funny, earthy and a really good actor.

I've met them all. She's a gem.

She looks like the card carrying cunt she actually is!

She's not a cunt r21.

Have you met her?

Do you have anything interesting to add?

She WAS GORGEOUS. Love all her work! As others have said, it is known she became very ill. It happens. It was out of her control. At least her bombshell days are preserved on film.

For many years RA was treated with cortisone or another steroid. The medical profession thought it was a wonder drug until studies found the harm in over usage. Once people were treated over a long period of time, their bodies had developed a dependency and were often left on the drug. Damage had already been done. Kathleen definitely has the steroid bloated look to her. My mother was treated with steroids for lupus and had the steroid bloating as well as considerable weight gain. Kathleen also had a drinking problem that helped contribute to her current appearance. Given all that she has survived, she looks pretty good.

I doubt she has used steroids in quite some time to treat her RA. There are much better and more effective options. My guess is she mostly just eats too much- she is prone to compulsive behavior (alcohol issues) so it's perfectly possible. Not all movie stars maintain that movie star look and go the plastic surgery route. If you are young OP, you will have friends who gain significant weight as they age, and those who do not, and everything in between. That's life.

She's had lots of health issues, OP.

I love her!

[quote]I doubt she has used steroids in quite some time to treat her RA. There are much better and more effective options.

If she'd been on them for a long time before the biologics became available, she may have damaged her adrenal glands too much.

When you have been on prednisone for years it is difficult to lose the weight especially if you are middle-aged and a female with RA. I have been off prednisone for years but never managed to lose the weight gain.

The same thing that happened to her Body Heat costar (and the actress who took her place on The Doctors), Kim Zimmer.

Age

Booze

and

Carbs

Age and RA.

What happened to her ears in r9? I wouldn't wear earrings if I had disappearing earlobes that hung down to my neck.

She got old. It happens.

Rheumatoid arthritis is awful. The illness itself causes unattractive physical changes to the body, and on top of that the powerful steroid drugs used to treat it cause even more unattractive physical changes. And of course the person is in constant pain.

I don't care if Kathleen Turner is the biggest bitch who ever lived, nobody deserves that hideous disease.

Kathleen and Kim in Body Heat.

That is more than just aging, R32.

She looks like her character from The Man With Two Brains after she undergoes a brain transplant with the brain from a compulsive overeater.

Maybe its the curse of Body Heat? -- Bill Hurt didn't get fat, he just got crazy

Cereal Mom.

LOTS of cereal.

She'd be dynamite in a kick-ass matron role.

So the rumors are true. A Jaba The Hutt movie is coming.

She needs to star in "Serial Mom II" and knock off all the people who shame her.

Romancing the [Cold] Stone

She's had a better career than most.

She'd still make a hell of a phone sex operator.

I don't care what Turner has said, the change in her appearance had to be devastating. When someone was that gorgeous, to gain that much weight and age so fast would've been too much to handle.

I loved her in Peggy Sue Got Married.

OP = Nicolas Cage

She's very candid and gives a great interview here.

Every morning she probably contemplates putting a bullet in her head as she faces another day of hellish pain. Only Trump deserves RA.

Dramatic much, R49?

"Only Trump deserves" has become the "nobody deserves" of the twenty teens.

Excuse me, but WTF does Trump have to do with a thread about Kathleen Turner? Can we have one fucking thread without his name mentioned?

As Candice Bergen says, she "chooses carbs". Good for her.

Love her, fuck the haters.

[quote]Rheumatoid arthritis is awful. The illness itself causes unattractive physical changes to the body, and on top of that the powerful steroid drugs used to treat it cause even more unattractive physical changes. And of course the person is in constant pain.

I don't know if I should use the word "lucky" to describe anything to do with it, but we are at least fortunate that we are in an age where there are lot of treatment options, of which there weren't nearly as many when Kathleen was diagnosed. And it fucking sucks, and it still hurts when I get out of bed in the morning, but apart from some pretty significant damages to one of my hands, it's been manageable.

She looks a bit manly.

I would pay to watch Kathleen Turner flip pancakes while reading the bible. I wouldn't pay a dime for most younger actresses.

She'll do some swimming in The Poseiden Adventure reboot.

Do Millennials really have that much difficulty understanding the aging process? Do they understand that not all women choose to undergo plastic surgery or even watch their diet to maintain a youthful appearance? She was a big star in the 80s but like many middle-aged actresses, she faced dwindling roles in the 90s, and realized she didn't have to look 29 anymore.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT, KIDS!

I somehow doubt millennials even know who Kathleen Turner is, R59.

She looks like she’s on steroids which makes chipmunk cheeks. That means they’ve tried a lot of other drugs and they don’t work, that’s a last resort.

try any one of the 200 other threads to find out why......she's been sick forever.

I don’t think she was classically beautiful, but she was very sexy. I love watching her in anything. “War of the Roses” is my absolute favorite.

She is older now, and her health is in rough shape. Give her a break.

She's a wonderful actress and a lovely lady. Yes, I've met her and she's very down to earth, candid, and kind (if she doesn't think you're an idiot). She's brilliant on stage and has managed to carve out a wonderful career on the boards.

It couldn't have been easy going from hot as fuck to this, but she is clearly someone who knows her worth as a person and aims for the right values. She overcame a tough illness and never stopped working. That's something to admire.

I have a friend over 60 with RA for years who has done really well with excellent medical care and exercise -she looks nothing like Turner , who looks like a lot of her change is due to alcohol bloat .

Not everyone copes with the same illness the same way, R66. Besides, I thought Turner stopped drinking years ago.

Today , she'd could only make "Body Double Heat."

I’d love to see a Golden Girls revival - with Turner in the Bea Arthur role!

Just like to see more Turner in anything really - she’s still a compelling presence - and that voice!

She’s done voiceovers for documentaries too - if I was a documentary maker - what I’d give to have her narrate!

[quote]I have a friend over 60 with RA for years who has done really well with excellent medical care and exercise -she looks nothing like Turner , who looks like a lot of her change is due to alcohol bloat .

RA hits every sufferer differently. Some people have one really bad flare and then go into remission for a long time. Some have flares and remissions frequently. Some people flare and never quite get to remission. I've never really been all the way in remission, although my rheumatologist tells me mine has been "quiet" for the length of time she's known me. I think I've had two or three really bad flares in 16 years, so I think I've done okay.

For 64 years old, she looks healthy and just fine, OP. She’s achieved an incredible legacy, despite crippling issues with RA. Post a pic of yourself, along with your lifetime achievements, so we can pick on you, dumbass.

Glenn Frey died too early, all due to his RA. So I’m happy Ms. Turner is still contributing to the arts and seems to be healthy and fine, despite RA and medication side-effects.

Then and now.

She stayed too long at the Food Fair.

CAN ANYONE JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!???

Does anyone think it might be

Aging

Booze

RA???

Has ANYONE even THOUGHT of those?????

Jabba transitioning?

A Kathleen Turner-led Golden Girls reboot would be a hoot...if the other roles were well cast. So much of that show's success depended on the chemistry those leads had.

I just saw a brand new pilot she stars in for the Fox network called “Lovestruck”. It is really good, and she steals every scene. Andie McDowewell is also in it. There talk it will get ordered as a new series this fall.

She and I were born a few days apart, and our fathers briefly worked together in the diplomatic corps. We apparently met once when we were about three years old. For decades I was jealous of her beauty, but now I’m really sorry that she had such severe medical problems, and I’m especially thankful not to have something as painful as RA.

[quote]Some people have a hard time keeping weight off as they age.

Only because they cant's stop shoving junk into their pie hole.

I guess vaginal lubricant is fattening.

she turns 65 this year.....yes she has AGED.that dreaded condition that gays fear and despise more than death. She has also had severe health problems for a couple of decades. I believe she takes prednisone which causes swelling and wt gain.

Dorothy - Kathleen Turner

Blanche - Jessica Lange

Rose - Goldie Hawn

Sophia - Shirley Maclaine

I think she could make a great Dorothy.

If she loses work due to her appearance she could always find work as a voice actress.

She would make a great Darth Vader!

FATleen Turner

Give Kathleen a break

She's in her 60s

And she's still less than 1/4 the size of Chrissy Metz

Omg!

I hope Kathleen eats the OP.

That moment when she makes her first entrance in Body Heat made me and the rest of the theater audience gasp out loud.

Good for her for not caring about anyone else's opinion!

No white shoes after Labor Day!!

Two beauties

I loved her short stint on Nip/Tuck. She played up her both her legendary sultry voice and her now very "aged" appearance (in comparison to her once femme fatale persona). She killed it IMO. Yes, she was a sultry, sexy, gorgeous woman in her prime - who later aged (due to illness, lack of desire, etc.). We all age - no matter how hard we fight the inevitable. Who cares?

She looks fantastic compared to Glenn, so there’s that.

Leave the poor dear alone.

At her age and the shape she's in she should NOT have long hair. It simply highlights her plump face and makes her look overall dumpy.

@R45 - Thank you for posting the breathtaking photo of the incomparable Kathy!

Challenge, DL Bitches: Name one actress today who has the unique charisma (the confidence, the mystery, the beauty, the screen presence, the intelligence, the power) of a young Kathleen Turner in her prime.

I always hated William Hurt.

Kathleen Turner used to brag that when she entered a room or a bar she could have any man she wanted, provided that they were not gay. Now when she enters a room she's lucky if a gay man asks for her autograph.

It's a glo down.

I hope her sitcom gets picked up.

This is what Kathleen should do to the OP.

Ironic that I read this post yesterday and while perusing a book store, came across her book (image below). She is open, honest, funny, friendly, quirky, and someone you could have a bottle of wine with and not even want to interrupt her to speak. I like a passage of the interviewer telling her of a woman who called her "my hero" for how she got through the trauma of RA. I can't remember the exact phrase she used, but it was obvious that Kathleen was touched to the point of realizing that she has really made an impact on somebody's life as a human being. I saw her on Broadway in "The Graduate" and "Virginia Woolf", and hope to see her again. There is a beauty in her that defies age, and I don't care about her reputation as being difficult. She put quality and passion into her work, knows that she has passed the icon stage, but can now move onto character actor work which she states she loves.

Forgot to add the book link.

Kathleen on Alec Baldwin's podcast.....

R96 NO ONE. Not since.