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Ann Prentiss

Ann Prentiss

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 27, 1939
Died Jan 12, 2010 (70)
Birthplace San Antonio, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988

as The Voice of the Bag (voice)

California Split

California Split

1974

as Barbara Miller

The Lie

The Lie

1973

as Elaine Fredericks

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Airline Stewardess

In Name Only

In Name Only

1969

as Jill Willis

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

1968

as Thelma Wilson

Assignment to Kill

Assignment to Kill

1968

as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)

Any Wednesday

Any Wednesday

1966

as Miss Linsley

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Television Credits

Captain Nice

as Candy Kane

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Jan 09, 1967

Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Carston

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 1975

Get Smart

as Nancy

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Bonanza

as Wilhelmina Calhoun

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Hawaii Five-O

as Lannie Devereaux

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Baretta

as Annie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 1975

Mannix

as Gwen Rogers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Hogan's Heroes

as Ilse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1965

Bewitched

as Betty (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Switch

as Cora

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1975

Search

as Ann Mulligan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

McCloud

as Officer Murdock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1970

Emergency!

as Fran Lillington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1972

Emergency!

as Cindy's Mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1972

Masquerade

as Mavis Kelly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 15, 1983

It Takes a Thief

as Desk Clerk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1968

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Kerry Allen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1969

Bonanza

as Meena Calhoun

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Name of the Game

as Leona

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Love, American Style

as Yvonne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

Quark

as Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 07, 1977

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Elaine Stone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1969

Love, American Style

as Judy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

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