Ann Turkel

Ann Turkel is an American actress and former model, known for her collaborations with, and marriage to, actor Richard Harris.

Early life

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 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 Turkel and Harris married in 1974 in Beverly Hills. They were divorced in 1982. Despite their divorce, she and Harris remained good friends.

Filmography 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

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"