Ann Turkel

The model and actress currently lives with Samantha, her dog (above), and Olivia. Ann Turkel, who was wed to Richard Harris for eight years before she divorced him twenty years ago and is trying to accept the death of Richard Harris. Turkel was born into an ethnically Jewish family, and was raised with her mom in Manhattan. When she reached 16 years old, she was in the midst of studying with Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton, both at the Neighborhood playhouse and in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Knight Rider Knight in Retreat (TV Episode 1985) (TV Episode 1985) - Ann Turkel as Bianca Morgan. "I was afraid that the other of us could have to kill the other' Ann Turkel spent eight turbulent years with Hollywood Hellraiser Richard Harris. After 40 years she tells JAN MOIR that the couple never did find happiness apart. Richard Harris played the role of the wizard Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001 and also rereleased as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Ann Turkel's professional life is one of the most diverse and interesting within the entertainment industry. She has been recognized all over the world for the successes she's achieved in television, motion pictures, and modeling. Ann who was born and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, has always shown a talent for entertainment. Her artistic education continued through the college. Ann began taking dance lessons at the age of five years old. She is grateful for the support that she received from her mother. Ann spent her childhood studying the arts of acting, dancing and singing. Ann, who was then sixteen, was enrolled at at the Neighborhood Playhouse (formerly the Musical Theatre Academy) and at the Musical Theatre Academy under some top acting instructors that were in the city. This include Sandy Meisner & Philip Burton. Ann began singing at the age of 16 with other students and began forming a group. In Stockbridge, Massachusetts she also had a summer time at the Berkshire Playhouse performing plays like The Pajama Game and West Side Story. Ann's appearance with her band in fashion events was the moment Gloria Schiff, editor of Vogue Magazine, discovered Ann. Diana Vreeland, the editor in chief at Vogue Magazine, requested that Ann take her picture for her debut Vogue magazine cover within a few days. Ann later became one of the top models across the United States, appearing on the covers of some of the most popular magazines for fashion. This comprised Vogue Bazaar as well Cosmopolitan. After two years Ann began to appear on international fashion shows modeling successfully in Europe as well as Japan in the role of face of big brands in the cosmetic industry like Max Factor Revlon and Chanel.