Body Heat star Kathleen Turner, 70, looks frail as she holds onto a wheelchair and a cane during rare public outing in New York City Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Sonia Horon For Dailymail.Com and Alex Hammer For Dailymail.
Com Published: 00:23, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 00:30, 25 September 2024 e-mail 16 shares 1 View comments Hollywood icon Kathleen Turner was spotted on a rare public outing on Tuesday in New York City . The Body Heat actress, 70, used the assistance of a cane as she got out of her car and walked into a building in Manhattan's Downtown area, and was later seen leaning on a wheelchair. She opted for a comfortable look in a black shirt, black pants, and a warm grey cardigan.
The award-winning star completed the outfit with black sneakers and a crossbody bag. She wore her silver tresses styled in loose locks. Turner — who was a major star in the '80s and '90s — was previously last seen in April during another outing in New York, where she was seen using a walking cane for the first time.
Hollywood icon Kathleen Turner, 70, was spotted on a rare public outing on Tuesday in New York City on Tuesday Turner - whose full name is Mary Kathleen Turner - was a prominent film actress in the 1980s and 1990s; seen on the set of Body Heat in 1981 Read More Kathleen Turner, 70, is returning to the stage in Sondheim musical A Little Night Music Last month Kathleen left the stage during a performance of 'A Little Night Music' after falling ill, as per WMTW . She had been starring as Madame Armfeldt in the musical's run at the Ogunquit Playhouse, which started July 18 and ended in August. Prior to that, she was seen at a screening of Bradley Cooper's Maestro also in Manhattan.
Turner - whose full name is Mary Kathleen Turner - was a prominent film actress in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing alongside actors like Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito. Aside from the 1981 film Body Heat, she is also known for starring in Prizzi's Honor (1985), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), and The War of the Roses (1989). Back in 2021, the Undercover Blues star dished about a crush she once had on the former, back when the two graced the silver screen in not only Romancing the Stone, but 'The Jewel of the Nile' as well.
He is currently wed to Catherine Zeta-Jones, with whom he has two children. 'Oh, I was yearning, babe, but he was still married [to first wife Diandra Luker] ..
. although they were separated, and so I thought there was hope for me,' Turner, then 66, told People at the time. Then, this past year, she brought up the unrequited romance in an interview with Stellar Magazine , in which she admitted that while there was 'sexual tension' between the two, there was no chance a romance would work out.
She also suggested her fellow Romancing The Stone star may have seen her as competition, a few months before appearing at the Citymeals On Wheels' 36th Annual Power Lunch at The Plaza Hotel in November. She told the Irish lifestyle publication: 'Look, I love the man, but he is old-fashioned' The star used the assistance of a cane as she got out of her car and walked into a building in Manhattan's Downtown area, and was later seen leaning on a wheelchair Last month Kathleen left the stage during a performance of 'A Little Night Music' after falling ill. She had been starring as Madame Armfeldt in the musical's run at the Ogunquit Playhouse, which started July 18 and ended in August; seen in 2021 Kathleen was seen without a cane when she has attended Citymeals On Wheels' Annual Power Lunch this past November (pictured) Aside from the 1981 film Body Heat, she is also known for starring in Prizzi's Honor (1985), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), and The War of the Roses (1989), appearing alongside actors like Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito; seen in a still from War of the Roses Back in 2021, the Undercover Blues star dished about a crush she once had on Douglas, back when the two graced the silver screen in not only Romancing the Stone, but 'The Jewel of the Nile' as well; they are seen in 2012 'I give [his wife] Catherine [Zeta-Jones, his wife] all the credit in the world.
She has done a great job with him.' 'He would never, ever have supported having another star, at that point, in his life,' she went on to claim. 'And that would never have worked'.
Known for her work with Douglas and more films in the '90s and 2000s, Turner now lives in New York as a single woman. She divorced longtime husband Jay Weiss - a local real estate tycoon - in 2007, 20 years after the pair gave birth to their only daughter, 36-year-old singer Rachel Ann Weiss. The pair divorced after 23 years, but the War of the Roses star recently maintained '[Jay]'s still my best friend.
' A proud proponent of charities that help the disenfranchised, she has attended Citymeals On Wheels' Annual Power Lunch for the past several years, and was there this past November. While still a fan of her ex and a now 79-year-old Douglas, Kathleen recently said revealed she was not so fond of 70s hunk Burt Reynolds, citing the 'shocking' sexism she was allegedly exposed to on the set of 1988's Switching Channels. 'Working with Burt was terrible,' she said.
'The first day Burt came in he made me cry. He said something about not taking second place to a woman. 'His behavior was shocking.
It never occurred to me that I wasn't someone's equal.' Turner has won numerous awards throughout her career, including two Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy Award; seen in 1981 A few years before, in 2019, she shared that she was 'ageing rather well', insisting that she doesn't want to 'be a Cher, where her face never changes or moves' and would never get Botox or plastic surgery. She went on to offer an anecdote involving Faye Dunaway, recalling how her fellow actress one gently advised he to have cosmetic work more than 20 years ago - advice she firmly rejected 'Faye Dunaway once told me that if I did not start plastic surgery by the time I was 40 it would be too late,' she said.
'And I said, 'Well fine, I won't do it then.' At the moment I think I'm ageing rather well.' Kathleen Turner New York Share or comment on this article: Body Heat star Kathleen Turner, 70, looks frail as she holds onto a wheelchair and a cane during rare public outing in New York City e-mail 16 shares Add comment.
