Ann Prentiss

Born: 1939-11-27

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.


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as The Voice of the Bag (voice)
Released: 1988-12-09

Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste...

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California Split

as Barbara Miller
Released: 1974-08-07

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan...

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The Out-of-Towners

as Airline Stewardess
Released: 1970-05-28

George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it...

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In Name Only

as Jill Willis
Released: 1969-11-25

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their...

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Assignment to Kill

as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
Released: 1968-05-01

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of...

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Any Wednesday

as Miss Linsley
Released: 1966-10-13

Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate...

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The Lie

as Elaine Fredericks
Released: 1973-04-24

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as...

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If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Thelma Wilson
Released: 1968-10-08

James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't...

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Bonanza

as Meena Calhoun
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Wilhelmina Calhoun
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Carston
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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Bewitched

as Betty (uncredited)
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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Get Smart

as Nancy
First aired: 1965-09-18

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Lannie Devereaux
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Mannix

as Gwen Rogers
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Hogan's Heroes

as Ilse
First aired: 1965-09-17

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17,...

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Emergency!

as Fran Lillington
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Emergency!

as Cindy's Mother
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Love, American Style

as Yvonne
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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Love, American Style

as Judy
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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The Name of the Game

as Leona
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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McCloud

as Officer Murdock
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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Baretta

as Annie
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Switch

as Cora
First aired: 1975-09-09

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...

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It Takes a Thief

as Desk Clerk
First aired: 1968-01-09

Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Kerry Allen
First aired: 1969-09-17

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Elaine Stone
First aired: 1969-09-14

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC,...

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Search

as Ann Mulligan
First aired: 1972-09-13

Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET,...

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Captain Nice

as Candy Kane
First aired: 1967-01-09

Carter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him...

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Masquerade

as Mavis Kelly
First aired: 1983-12-15

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...

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Quark

as Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 1977-05-07

Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on...

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