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  • BIRTH 27/11/1939
  • DEATH 12/01/2010
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 11
  • MOVIES 6

Ann Prentiss

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.

Ann Prentiss

Shows (11)

Bewitched
Bewitched
Betty (uncredited)
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Carston
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
Lannie Devereaux
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Ilse
Bonanza
Bonanza
Meena Calhoun / Wilhelmina Calhoun
Get Smart
Get Smart
Nancy
Baretta
Baretta
Annie
Emergency!
Emergency!
Cindy's Mother / Fran Lillington
Switch
Switch
Cora
Mannix
Mannix
Gwen Rogers
Masquerade
Masquerade
Mavis Kelly

Movies (6)

My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Stepmother Is an Alien
The Voice of the Bag (voice)
Any Wednesday
Any Wednesday
Miss Linsley
The Out-of-Towners
The Out-of-Towners
Airline Stewardess
The Lie
The Lie
Elaine Fredericks
Assignment to Kill
Assignment to Kill
Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
California Split
California Split
Barbara Miller