Ann Turkel

The actress, once an Vogue cover girl magazine, is now living with her family in Beverly Hills along with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel's ex-husband Richard Harris has passed away after just eight years of marriage, and 20 years divorce. Turkel was born in an ethnically Jewish family and was raised through her maternal grandmother in Manhattan. When she reached the age of 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 Knight in Retreat (TV Episode 1985) - Ann Turkel as Bianca Morgan. Ann Turkel married Hollywood's notorious hellraiser Richard Harris for eight years. In the past, she confesses that to JAN MOIR that they have never ever found peace. Richard Harris played the part of Albus Dumbledore as the wizard from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 (also released in the form of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) as well as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002. Ann Turkel, who is famous throughout the world for her success in film, television as well as business, has enjoyed a very interesting and diverse career. Ann Turkel was born and was raised in Manhattan. She has always had a knack for entertaining. She began dance lessons in the age of 5 and continued her artistic studies all through the college. Her grandmother is the one she credits for inspiring her to pursue an artistic career. Ann was a student in vocal, acting, and dance throughout her childhood. 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 joined her classmates in a group called a rock group and started singing. Also, she performed in a season of summer stock stage on stage at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with plays such as The Pajama Game" and West Side Story. While performing in her band for an event for fashion when Ann was discovered to Gloria Schiff an editor at Vogue Magazine. In less than a week the editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland commissioned Ann to shoot the very first Vogue Cover together with photographer Richard Avedon. Ann was soon one of the most wanted models in the United States, appearing on covers for the biggest fashion magazines. This included Vogue Bazaar as well Cosmopolitan. Two years later, Ann hit the international markets with her successful modeling for a number of companies in Europe and Japan in the role of face for major cosmetic brands like Max Factor Revlon and Chanel.