Ann Turkel

Presently, the actress and former cover girl lives with her family in Beverly Hills with her dogs Samantha and Olivia (above left). Ann Turkel, who was engaged with Richard Harris for eight years before she divorced him 20 years ago she is still struggling to reconcile the death of Richard Harris. She was born in a Jewish middle class family, and grew up in Manhattan, Turkel had, at the age of 16, been studying alongside Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as Philip Burton at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Knight Rider Knight's Retreat 1985 The Knight Rider Knight's Retreat 1985 Ann Turkel, Bianca Morgan. Ann Turkel, who spent eight years of wild and crazy times with Hollywood hellraiser Richard Harris. However, 40 years later she has admitted that to JAN MOIR that they have never really found happiness apart. Richard Harris played the part of Albus Dumbledore, the wizard in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 (also released under the title Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002. Ann Turkel is a multi-faceted entertainer whose career spans motion pictures, TV modeling, business and more. Ann Turkel was born and raised in Manhattan was a natural ability to entertain. Ann started taking dance classes when she was five years old, as well as her study of the arts continued throughout the college. Her mother is acknowledged for encouraging her creative activities. Ann has been studying voice as well as dancing and acting from her early years. Ann at the time was sixteen years old, studied at both the Neighborhood Playhouse (formerly the Musical Theatre Academy) as well as the Musical Theatre Academy under some of the best acting teachers within the city. These include Sandy Meisner & Philip Burton. Ann was part of her class as a bandleader and began singing. It was in Stockbridge, Massachusetts she also did a summer season at Berkshire Playhouse performing plays like The Pajama Game and West Side Story. Ann was brought to the attention of the Vogue Magazine fashion show by Gloria Schiff, an editor. Diana Vreeland, the editor in chief at Vogue Magazine, requested Ann photograph her first Vogue magazine cover in just two days. Then Ann became one of the sought after models in America, landing on the cover of top fashion magazines including Vogue Bazaar and Cosmopolitan among several other publications. Ann began her modeling career for Max Factor Revlon in Europe as well as Japan with Max Factor Revlon as well as Chanel after two consecutive years of successful modeling.