Ann Turkel

The model and actress currently lives with Samantha and her dog (above), and Olivia. Ann Turkel, who was married to Richard Harris for eight years before she divorced him 20 years ago she is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of Richard Harris. Turkel was born in an ethnically Jewish family and was raised with her mom in Manhattan. At she was 16 she was in the midst of studying with Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton in the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Knight Rider Knights of Retreat (1985): Ann Turkel plays Bianca Morgan. "I was afraid that we'd both be killed by the other' Ann Turkel spent eight thrilling years of marriage to Hollywood Hellraiser Richard Harris. But after 40 years she admits to JAN MOIR they weren't completely happy as a couple. Richard Harris played the role of Wizard Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001; also released in the form of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Ann Turkel has one of the most intriguing and varied professions in the entertainment business and is admired all over the world for her accomplishments in motion-picture as well as television, modeling as well as business. Ann Turkel was born and brought up in Manhattan has a talent for entertaining. Ann began dancing in the age of 5 and continued to pursue her art studies through university. She is grateful to her mother with encouraging her creativity. Ann was a student in her early years, studying dance, acting and singing. At the age of sixteen, Ann had studied at the Musical Theatre Academy and the Neighborhood Playhouse with some of the best acting coaches within the city like Sandy Meisner and Philip Burton. Ann was part of her class in a group called a rock group and began singing. The band was based in Stockbridge, Massachusetts she also performed in the summer at Berkshire Playhouse performing plays like The Pajama Game and West Side Story. Ann's performance with her band in an event for fashion was the moment Gloria Schiff, editor of Vogue Magazine, discovered Ann. In just a couple of weeks, editor-in chief Diana Vreeland commissioned Ann to shoot her first Vogue Cover together with photographer Richard Avedon. Ann was soon one of the most sought-after models across the country, appearing on covers for the biggest magazines for fashion. They included Vogue Bazaar as well Cosmopolitan. Ann began her international career with Europe as well as Japan following her modeling stint on behalf of Max Factor Revlon.