Name
Ann Prentiss
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-11-27
Deathday
2010-01-12 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
Ann Prentiss (November 27, 1939 – January 12, 2010) was an American actress. She was born Ann Elizabeth Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, to Paulene (née Gardner) and Thomas J. Ragusa. Her father was of Sicilian descent. Her elder sister, Paula Prentiss, is also an actress. Prentiss had many supporting roles in films and television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including Get Smart's "The Little Black Book", Hogan's Heroes' "The Missing Klink" (1969), and Baretta's "Half a Million Dollar Baby". She provided the voice of an alien species in the comedy film My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), co-starring alongside Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd. Her other film roles included appearances in Any Wednesday (1966), If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968), The Out-of-Towners (1970), and California Split (1974), opposite George Segal and Elliott Gould. Ann Prentiss was convicted in a California court of a 1996 assault against her father and a subsequent threat against members of her family. The district attorney claimed that Prentiss, while incarcerated on the assault charge, had attempted to hire another inmate to kill three people, including her father and actor/director Richard Benjamin, the husband of her sister. On July 23, 1997, the court sentenced her to 19 years in prison. Prentiss died on January 12, 2010, while serving her prison sentence.
Known For
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- 1970 The Out-of-Towners as Airline Stewardess
- 1974 California Split as Barbara Miller
- 1966 Any Wednesday as Miss Linsley
- 1973 The Lie as Elaine Fredericks
- 1969 In Name Only as Jill Willis
- 1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as Thelma Wilson
- 1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien as Bag (voice)
- 1968 Assignment to Kill as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Carston
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Lannie Devereaux
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode ) as Annie
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Gwen Rogers
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Ilse
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode ) as Betty (uncredited)
- 1965 Get Smart ( 2 episodes ) as Nancy
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Cora
- 1972 Search ( 1 episode ) as Ann Mulligan
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode ) as Officer Murdock
- 1967 Captain Nice ( 15 episodes ) as Candy Kane
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Fran Lillington
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Cindy's Mother
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode ) as Mavis Kelly
- 1968 It Takes a Thief ( 1 episode ) as Desk Clerk
- 1969 The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( 1 episode ) as Kerry Allen
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Meena Calhoun
- 1959 Bonanza ( 2 episodes ) as Wilhelmina Calhoun
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Leona
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Yvonne
- 1977 Quark ( 1 episode ) as Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)
- 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Elaine Stone
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Judy
- 1977 Quark ( 1 episode ) as Gene /Jean (voice) (uncredited)
