Ann Turkel

The actress, who was once the cover model for Vogue magazine, lives today in Beverly Hills along with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel, who was married with Richard Harris for eight years before he divorced her twenty years ago and is trying to come to terms with the loss of Richard Harris. Turkel is a native of New York. She was born in Manhattan and comes from a Jewish middle-class family, was a student at the Neighborhood Playhouse and American Musical and Dramatic Academy by the time she turned 16 years old. The actress was also studying alongside Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton. Knight Rider Knight in Retreat (TV Episode 1985) - Ann Turkel as Bianca Morgan. 'I had this feeling the other of us could end up killing the other' Ann Turkel spent eight wild years married to Hollywood hellraiser Richard Harris. She admits, 40 years later, to JAN MOIR, that they never did find the true love they were looking for. Richard Harris played the Wizard Albus Duddoe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2002), which was also released under the name Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Ann Turkel is a multi-faceted entertainer whose career includes motion-picture, television modeling, business and much more. Ann Turkel, born and brought up in Manhattan was a natural talent for entertaining. The training in her art continued throughout college. She started taking dance lessons when she was 5 years old. She credits her grandmother as a source of inspiration for her creative pursuits. Ann has been studying voice, dancing, and acting since the age of her first child. By the age of 16, Ann had studied at the Musical Theatre Academy and the Neighborhood Playhouse with some of the most prominent acting coaches around the city, including Sandy Meisner and Philip Burton. When she was in high school, Ann began to sing with her schoolmates and formed an all-rock and roll ensemble. In Stockbridge, Massachusetts she also performed in the summer at the Berkshire Playhouse performing plays like The Pajama Game and West Side Story. Ann was discovered during her performance in the Vogue Magazine Fashion Show by Gloria Schiff. Diana Vreeland, the editor in chief of Vogue Magazine, requested Ann shoot her first Vogue magazine cover within a few days. Ann went on to become one of the most well-known models in America, appearing as a cover-model for the most prestigious magazines, such as Vogue Bazaar or Cosmopolitan. Ann was the first model to make her debut internationally in Europe and Japan as a model on behalf of Max Factor Revlon.