Ann Turkel

Her home is at Beverly Hills, California with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel's ex-husband Richard Harris has passed away after just 8 years of marriage and twenty years of divorce. Turkel, who was raised in Manhattan and comes from an ethnically Jewish, middle class family, attended both the Neighborhood Playhouse and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy at the age of 16. Also, she was working at the same time with Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton. Knight Rider Knight's Retreat, 1985 - Ann Turkel, Bianca Morgan. Ann Turkel married Hollywood's notorious hellraiser Richard Harris for eight years. Ann Turkel has had to wait forty years to realize that she and Richard Harris have never got along. Richard Harris played the role of wizard Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001 and also rereleased in the form of 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 interesting and intriguing within the entertainment industry. Her name has been praised throughout the world for the success she has attained in the fields of television, motion pictures and modeling. Ann Turkel was born and raised in Manhattan. Her entire life she has had a knack for entertaining. Ann started taking dance classes at age five, and her pursuit of the arts continued through college. Her grandmother is the one she credits for encouraging her artistic activity. Ann was a student in vocal, acting, and dance throughout her childhood. Ann aged 16 when she began studying in the Neighborhood Playhouse, the Musical Theatre Academy. Ann also trained with Sandy Meisner. Ann joined her classmates in a rock band and then began singing. The Pajama Game", as well as West Side Story, were two of the summer productions that she performed at the Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge Massachusetts. Ann's show as a member of her band at fashion events was when Gloria Schiff, editor of Vogue Magazine, discovered Ann. Within a matter of a few days the editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland commissioned Ann to shoot her first Vogue Cover featuring photographer Richard Avedon. Subsequently Ann began to become one of the sought-after models across the United States, appearing on the covers of the top fashion magazines like Vogue Bazaar and Cosmopolitan among numerous others. Ann was the first model to make her debut internationally with Europe as well as Japan as a model on behalf of Max Factor Revlon.