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Kathleen Turner

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Kathleen Turner.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Kathleen Turner. A versatile actress, she's been the femme fatal in films like Body Heat, parodied that role in comedies like Serial Mom, and played the romantic adventurer in Romancing the Stone. But, she says, ''I never play the victim, because I'm not attracted to a woman who doesn't try''. It's an attitude which must have helped her when she developed rheumatoid arthritis which left her severely bloated and in pain. Presently wowing audiences as Mrs Robinson in London's West End production of The Graduate, she chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Luxury: Roses

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 May 2000 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Nanci Griffith & Mac McAnally

    Gulf Coast Highway

    • Little Love Affairs.
    • MCA.

  • Billy Joel

    Say Goodbye to Hollywood

    • Turnstiles.
    • CBS.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

      Soloist: Ashkenazy

      • Tchaikovsky/Schuman piano.
      • Decca.

  • Roxy Music

    Avalon

    • Avalon.
    • EG.

  • Jon and Vangelis

    I'll Find My Way Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • The Friends of Mr Cairo.
    • Polydor.

  • Dar Williams

    As Cool As I am

    • Mortal.
    • Grapevine.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Kathy's Song

    • Tales from New York.
    • Columbia.

  • The Suits

    Stay Strong

    • Balancing.
    • Transglobal Records.

  • Book Choice

    • Emma - Jane Austen

  • Luxury Choice

    • Roses

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Kathleen Turner

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 May 2000 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 May 2000 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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