Ann Turkel

The actress lives at Beverly Hills, California with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel, who was wed with Richard Harris for eight years before he divorced her twenty years ago, is still trying to accept the death of Richard Harris. Turkel was born an Jewish female in Manhattan and attended classes with Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton when she was just 16 years old. Knight Rider Knights of Retreat (1985): Ann Turkel is Bianca Morgan. Ann Turkel married Hollywood's notorious hellraiser Richard Harris for eight years. But after 40 years she admits to JAN MOIR they were never ever truly at peace with each other. Richard Harris played the role of the wizard Albus Dumbledore on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001 and also rereleased under the title 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 successes in motion pictures and television, modelling, and in business. Ann Turkel was born in and was raised in Manhattan. The actress has always performed well in entertaining. She began dance lessons in the age of 5 and pursued her studies in art all through university. She is grateful to her mother for encouraging her artistic activities. Ann was a student in her early years, studying the arts of acting, dancing and singing. Ann took acting classes at The Neighborhood Playhouse and Musical Theatre Academy with Sandy Meisner, Philip Burton and other prominent instructors by the time she reached the age of sixteen. Ann as well as a number students from her high school created a school-based rock and roll band. Also, she performed in a season of summer stock theatre at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with plays such as The Pajama Game" and West Side Story. Ann was discovered in her performance in the Vogue Magazine Fashion Show by Gloria Schiff. In just a couple of weeks the editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland commissioned Ann to shoot the first Vogue Cover featuring photographer Richard Avedon. Ann went on to become one of the best-known American models, working as a cover model in the most prestigious magazines, such as Vogue Bazaar or Cosmopolitan. Ann started modeling in Europe as well as Japan in the fashion houses of Max Factor Revlon as well as Chanel following two years of success.