Ann Prentiss

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.

Most Known For

Bonanza

as Meena Calhoun

Bonanza

as Wilhelmina Calhoun

Bewitched

as Betty (uncredited)

Get Smart

as Nancy

Hawaii Five-O

as Lannie Devereaux

Hogan's Heroes

as Ilse

Mannix

as Gwen Rogers

Emergency!

as Fran Lillington

Emergency!

as Cindy's Mother

Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Carston

Love, American Style

as Yvonne

Love, American Style

as Judy

The Name of the Game

as Leona

Baretta

as Annie

Switch

as Cora

McCloud

as Officer Murdock

It Takes a Thief

as Desk Clerk

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Elaine Stone

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Kerry Allen

My Stepmother Is an Alien

as The Voice of the Bag (voice)