Ann Turkel

The actress, who was once featured as a cover star for Vogue magazine, lives with her family in Beverly Hills along with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel, who was engaged to Richard Harris for eight years before he divorced her two decades ago, in a constant struggle to reconcile the demise of Richard Harris. Turkel was born to the midst of a Jewish family and raised by her mom in Manhattan. By the age of 16, she completed her studies with Sanford Meisner and Philip Burton, both at the Neighborhood playhouse and at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Knight Rider Knight's Retreat 1985 -- Ann Turkel, Bianca Morgan. 'I had this feeling we'd both be killed by the other' Ann Turkel spent eight thrilling years of marriage to Hollywood Hellraiser Richard Harris. She admitted, forty years later to JAN MOIR that the couple never found true happiness apart. Richard Harris portrayed the wizard Albus in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, also known by the titles Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Ann Turkel's career is among the most varied and interesting on the market for entertainment. The actress has received recognition throughout the world for her success in motion-picture, television as well as modeling. Ann Turkel was born in and brought up in Manhattan. The actress has always performed well in entertaining. Ann started taking dance classes as a child, and her pursuit of the arts carried on throughout her time in college. She attributes her creativity to her grandmother. Ann has been studying voice along with dancing and acting from her earliest years. Ann started her acting education at 16 years old, working with Sandy Meisner & Philip Burton. Ann formed a band with high school friends and started singing. The Pajama Game " and West Side Story were among the plays she performed at the Berkshire Playhouse, Stockbridge in Massachusetts. Ann's show with her band at a fashion show was the point at which Gloria Schiff, editor of Vogue Magazine, discovered Ann. Within just a couple of weeks and a half, the editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland commissioned Ann to shoot her first Vogue Cover, along with photographer Richard Avedon. Subsequently Ann was one of the most sought-after models throughout this country, appearing on the cover of the top fashion magazines, including Vogue Bazaar and Cosmopolitan among other magazines. Within two years Ann began to appear on international fashion shows modeling successfully across Europe and Japan in the role of face for major cosmetic brands like Max Factor Revlon and Chanel.