Ann Turkel

The actress lives in Beverly Hills, California with Samantha and Olivia. Ann Turkel has been married only for eight years, and divorced her husband Richard Harris since 20. However, she isn't able to be happy about his demise. Born to a Jewish middle class family, and grew up within Manhattan, Turkel had, at the age of 16, been studying at the same time with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as Philip Burton at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Knight Rider Knight's Retreat, 1985 -- Ann Turkel, Bianca Morgan. "I felt like the other of us could have to kill the other' Ann Turkel spent eight wild years married to Hollywood Hellraiser Richard Harris. However, 40 years later she confesses that to JAN MOIR that they have never ever found peace. Richard Harris played the role of the Wizard Albus Dumbledore on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001 and also rereleased as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Ann Turkel's career is one of the most diverse and interesting in the world of entertainment. Her name has been praised throughout the world for the success she has had in motion pictures, and modeling. Ann is a native of New York and raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side, has always shown an aptitude for entertaining. The artistic training she received continued into college. She started taking dance classes when she was just 5 years old. She credits her grandmother for encouraging her artistic activities. Ann studied in school for dancing, acting and singing. Ann at the time was sixteen years old, studied at both at the Neighborhood Playhouse (formerly the Musical Theatre Academy) as well as the Musical Theatre Academy under some top acting instructors within the city. These were Sandy Meisner & Philip Burton. When she was in high school, Ann started singing along with her classmates and forming a rock and roll band. The Pajama Game," and West Side Story are among her summer stage productions at the Berkshire Playhouse. Ann was discovered when she performed at an event for Vogue's fashion together with her band. Diana Vreeland's editor in chief had Ann as well as photographer Richard Avedon shoot Ann's first Vogue cover within a couple of several days. In the following weeks, Ann became one of the sought after models in the United States, appearing on the covers of top fashion magazines including Vogue Bazaar and Cosmopolitan among several other publications. Ann started modeling in Europe as well as Japan in the fashion houses of Max Factor Revlon as well as Chanel after two consecutive years of successful modeling.