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Ann Kathryn Turkel (born July 16, 1946) is an American actress and former model. Turkel studied acting at the Musical Theatre Academy.
Turkel was born in New York City to a Jewish family. She was photographed for American ''Vogue'' in the late 1960s.
Life and career
Turkel was born in New York City to a Jewish family. She was photographed for American ''Vogue'' in the late 1960s. Patrick Lichfield
Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (25 April 1939 – 11 November 2005) was an English photographer from the Anson family. He inherited the Earldom of Lichfield in 1960 from his paternal grandfather. In his professional practice ...
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
''99 and 44/100% Dead!'' is a 1974 American action comedy film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Richard Harris. The title is a play on an advertising slogan for Ivory soap.
Plot
Harry Crown, a stylish professional hit man with a pai ...
'' starring her future husband Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...
, and they acted together in ''The Cassandra Crossing
''The Cassandra Crossing'' is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish ...
'' (1976), ''Golden Rendezvous
''Golden Rendezvous'' is a 1977 South African action thriller film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel and David Janssen. It was based on the 1962 novel ''The Golden Rendezvous'' by Alistair MacLean.
Plot
The ''C ...
'' (1977) and '' Ravagers'' (1979).
Turkel and Harris married in 1974 in Beverly Hills. They were divorced in 1982. Despite their divorce she and Harris remained good friends.
She portrayed comic strip heroine Modesty Blaise
''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents ...
in a 1982 TV pilot.
Her other movie roles included ''Portrait of a Hitman'' (1979), with Jack Palance
Jack Palance ( ; born Volodymyr Palahniuk ( uk, Володимир Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor known for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all fo ...
, 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''.
Filmography
Television
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* * 1946 births Living people Actresses from New York City Female models from New York (state) American film actresses American television actresses Jewish American actresses 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1940s-stub