Ann Turkel
Ann Turkel is an American actress and former model, known for her collaborations with, and marriage to, actor Richard Harris.
Also recorded as Ann Kathryn Turkel
Ann Turkel
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- Name
- Ann Turkel
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York
- Occupation
- Actress, model
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Ann Turkel is an American actress and former model, known for her collaborations with, and marriage to, actor Richard Harris.
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Ann Turkel (born 1946) is an American actor, actress and film actor, among other activities. The actor was born in New York City. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Ann Turkel • Born — July 16, 1946 • Birthplace — New York City, New York • Occupation — Actress, model • Years Active — 1968–present
Early life
Early life
• Illustration — Richard Harris and Ann Turkel in 1977 Born into a Jewish middle-class family and raised in Manhattan, Turkel had, by age 16, studied with both Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse and Philip Burton at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
Career
Career
In the late 1960s, she was photographed for American Vogue. Patrick Lichfield captured images of her on location in the United Kingdom, the Bahamas, and Italy during the early 1970s, and included them in his 1981 book The Most Beautiful Women. After a brief appearance in the film Paper Lion (1968), her first major role was in the 1974 film, 99 and 44/100% Dead starring her future husband Richard Harris, and they acted together in The Cassandra Crossing (1976), Golden Rendezvous (1977) and Ravagers (1979). She portrayed comic strip heroine Modesty Blaise in a 1982 TV pilot. Her other movie roles included Portrait of a Hitman (1979), with Jack Palance, and Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Deep Space (1988) and The Fear (1995). She also played the role of modeling agent and immortal Kristen in "Chivalry", a season four episode of Highlander: The Series.
Personal life
Personal life
Turkel and Harris married in 1974 in Beverly Hills. They were divorced in 1982. Despite their divorce, she and Harris remained good friends.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1975 — Matt Helm — Maggie Gantry — Pilot episode, first broadcast as ABC Movie of the Week • 1978 — Greatest Heroes of the Bible — Delilah — Mini-series episode "Samson & Delilah" • 1981 — Death Ray 2000 — Sabina Dorffman — TV movie • 1982 — Modesty Blaise — Modesty Blaise — TV movie • Massarati and the Brain — Diane: Wilma — TV movie • The Fall Guy — Shawna Ives / Kitty Ives — episode "The Ives Have It" • 1982, 1983 — Fantasy Island — Rowena Haversham, Leila Proctor — 2 episodes • 1983 — Matt Houston — Maureen Flanders — episode "Here's Another Fine Mess" • The Love Boat — Stacy Banks — episode "Vicki's Dilemma/Discount Romance/ Loser & Still Champ" • 1983–1984, 1985 — Knight Rider — Adrianne Margeaux / Adrianne St. Clair, Bianca Morgan — S2/E9: "Soul Survivor", S2/E18: "Goliath Returns", S3/E20: "Knight in Retreat" • 1984 — Masquerade — unnamed — episode "Caribbean Holiday" • The New Mike Hammer — Gail Storrs-Rainey — episode "Catfight" • 1985 — Riptide — Denise McKean — episode "Baxter and Boz" • Street Hawk — Melanie Ryan / Katherine Reese — episode "Female of the Species" • Hollywood Beat — Lita — "Pilot" episode • 1986 — Night Court — Judge Eve Gardner — episode "Contempt of Courting" • Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Pam Jentry — episode "Three Little Spies" • Murder, She Wrote — Barbara Bennington — episode "Stage Struck" • 1987 — Worlds Beyond — Helen Scott — episode "Captain Randolph" • 1991 — White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd — Gloria Swanson — TV movie (uncredited) • Silk Stalkings — Roxanne Dockweiler aka Roxy The Doxy — "Pilot" episode • Chance of a Lifetime — Tippi van Norden — TV movie • 1992 — Down the Shore — unnamed — episode "Waiting for Aldo" • 1994 — RoboCop: The Series — Louise — episode "What Money Can't Buy" • 1995 — Highlander — Kristin — episode "Chivalry" • 1998 — The Hunger — Woman — episode "A River of Night's Dreaming" • 1999 — Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Mrs. Richerds — Anthology series episode "E-Mail II/Blood Donor/Epitaph/Stiches in Time/Soldier"
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Ann Kathryn Turkel. Her recorded language was English. She married Richard Harris.

Photo of Ann Turkel from the made for television film which became the first episode of the television program Matt Helm.
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Richard Harris, actor, and wife Ann Turkel
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Film
• Year — Title — Role • 1968 — Paper Lion — Susan • 1974 — 99 and 44/100% Dead — Buffy • 1976 — The Cassandra Crossing — Susan • 1977 — Golden Rendezvous — Susan Beresford • 1979 — Portrait of a Hitman — Cathey • Ravagers — Faina • 1980 — Humanoids from the Deep — Dr. Susan Drake • 1988 — Deep Space — Carla Sandbourn • 1995 — The Fear — Leslie • 1997 — Touch Me — Linda • 2006 — A-List — Star in bar • 2006 — Deja Vu — Technician
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Goodwin, Cliff (2003). Behaving Badly: Richard Harris. London: Virgin Books. p. 162. .
- 2.Pulsifer, Gary. Obituary: Philip Burton. The Guardian. T.017. 7 February 1995.
- 3.Flint, Peter B. Sanford Meisner, a Mentor Who Guided Actors and Directors Toward Truth, Dies at 91. The New York Times. 21. February 4, 1997.
- 4.Lichfield, Patrick (1981). The Most Beautiful Women. London: Elm Tree. p. 54. .
- 5.People. Star Tribune. 3. June 8, 1974.
- 6.Grant, Hank. Rambling Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. 3. December 8, 1982.
- 7.Gritten, David. RICHARD HARRIS RESURFACES. Los Angeles Times. 3. August 12, 1990.
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