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Ann Prentiss
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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…
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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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1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Movie Bag (voice)
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1983
Masquerade
TV show Mavis Kelly
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1977
Quark
TV show Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)
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1975
Starsky & Hutch
TV show Mrs. Carston
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1975
Switch
TV show Cora
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1975
Baretta
TV show Annie
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1974
California Split
Movie Barbara Miller
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1973
The Lie
Movie Elaine Fredericks
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1972
Search
TV show Ann Mulligan
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1972
Emergency!
TV show Fran Lillington
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1970
The Out-of-Towners
Movie Airline Stewardess
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1970
McCloud
TV show Officer Murdock
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1969
In Name Only
Movie Jill Willis
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show Yvonne
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1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV show Kerry Allen
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1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV show Elaine Stone
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
TV show Lannie Devereaux
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1968
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Movie Thelma Wilson
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Leona
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1968
Assignment to Kill
Movie Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
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1968
It Takes a Thief
TV show Desk Clerk
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1967
Mannix
TV show Gwen Rogers
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1967
Captain Nice
TV show Candy Kane
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1966
Any Wednesday
Movie Miss Linsley
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1965
Get Smart
TV show Nancy
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1965
Hogan's Heroes
TV show Ilse
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1964
Bewitched
TV show Betty (uncredited)
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Meena Calhoun
