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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. 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).
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 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''.
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 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).
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 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''.
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