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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.

Known For

5.7

The Voice of the Bag (voice)

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988

5.0

Mavis Kelly

Masquerade

1983

6.6

Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)

Quark

1977

6.6

Gene /Jean (voice) (uncredited)

Quark

1977

7.3

Mrs. Carston

Starsky & Hutch

1975

6.7

Cora

Switch

1975

6.4

Annie

Baretta

1975

6.6

Barbara Miller

California Split

1974

6.0

Elaine Fredericks

The Lie

1973

6.9

Ann Mulligan

Search

1972

Credits

My Stepmother Is an Alien

as The Voice of the Bag (voice)

1988

5.7

Masquerade

as Mavis Kelly

1983

5.0

Quark

as Gene / Jean (voice) (uncredited)

1977

6.6

Quark

as Gene /Jean (voice) (uncredited)

1977

6.6

Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Carston

1975

7.3

Switch

as Cora

1975

6.7

Baretta

as Annie

1975

6.4

California Split

as Barbara Miller

1974

6.6

The Lie

as Elaine Fredericks

1973

6.0

Search

as Ann Mulligan

1972

6.9

Emergency!

as Fran Lillington

1972

7.8

Emergency!

as Cindy's Mother

1972

7.8

The Out-of-Towners

as Airline Stewardess

1970

6.7

McCloud

as Officer Murdock

1970

7.1

In Name Only

as Jill Willis

1969

0.0

Love, American Style

as Yvonne

1969

6.1

Love, American Style

as Judy

1969

6.1

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Kerry Allen

1969

6.0

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Elaine Stone

1969

4.0

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

as Thelma Wilson

1968

5.3

Hawaii Five-O

as Lannie Devereaux

1968

7.1

The Name of the Game

as Leona

1968

6.8

Assignment to Kill

as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)

1968

6.0

It Takes a Thief

as Desk Clerk

1968

7.2

Mannix

as Gwen Rogers

1967

6.7

Captain Nice

as Candy Kane

1967

5.7

Any Wednesday

as Miss Linsley

1966

5.8

Get Smart

as Nancy

1965

7.9

Hogan's Heroes

as Ilse

1965

7.5

Bewitched

as Betty (uncredited)

1964

7.9

Bonanza

as Meena Calhoun

1959

7.5

Bonanza

as Wilhelmina Calhoun

1959

7.5