Occupation actress Role Actress Years active 1966 – 1988 Siblings Paula Prentiss | Nieces Prentiss Benjamin Name Ann Prentiss | |
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Full Name Ann Elizabeth Ragusa Died January 12, 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States Parents Paulene Ragusa, Thomas J. Ragusa Movies and TV shows Similar People | ||
Ann Prentiss (November 27, 1939 – January 12, 2010) was an American actress.
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Prentiss had many supporting actor roles in films and television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including Get Smart's "The Little Black Book" 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.
In the 1967 NBC-TV series Captain Nice, created by Buck Henry , Prentiss played Police Sgt. Candy Kane, the girlfriend of the lead character, a shy chemist/superhero.
Family
Prentiss was born Ann Elizabeth Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, to Thomas and Paulene (née Gardner) Ragusa. Her father was of Sicilian descent. Her elder sister is the actress Paula Prentiss. Prentiss died on January 12, 2010.
Filmography
Actress
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien as
The Voice of Bag (voice)
1984
Masquerade (TV Series) as
Mavis Kelly
- Winnings (1984) - Mavis Kelly
1978
Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) as
Mrs. Carston
- Ninety Pounds of Trouble (1979) - Mrs. Carston
- The Trap (1978) - Mrs. Carston
1978
Quark (TV Series) as
Gene / Jean
- Vanessa 38-24-36 (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 2 (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms: Part 1 (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- Goodbye, Polumbus (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ficus (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- The Old and the Beautiful (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
- May the Source Be with You (1978) - Gene / Jean (voice, uncredited)
1976
Phillip and Barbara (TV Movie) as
Shirley
1976
Switch (TV Series) as
Cora
- Ain't Nobody Here Named Barney (1976) - Cora
1975
Baretta (TV Series) as
Annie
- The Half-Million Dollar Baby (1975) - Annie
1974
California Split as
Barbara Miller
1973
Emergency! (TV Series) as
Cindy's Mother / Fran Lillington
- Messin' Around (1974) - Cindy's Mother
- Boot (1973) - Fran Lillington
1973
The Lie (TV Movie) as
Elaine Fredericks
1970
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Clara (segment "Love and the Hairy Excuse") / Yvonne (segment "Love and the Lady Barber") / Judy Ricker (segment "Love and Las Vegas")
- Love and the Hairy Excuse/Love and Lady Luck/Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy (1972) - Clara (segment "Love and the Hairy Excuse")
- Love and the College Professor/Love and the Eyewitness/Love and the Lady Barber/Love and the Plumber (1971) - Yvonne (segment "Love and the Lady Barber")
- Love and Las Vegas/Love and the Good Samaritan/Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970) - Judy Ricker (segment "Love and Las Vegas")
1972
Search (TV Series) as
Ann Mulligan
- Moonrock (1972) - Ann Mulligan (as Ann Prentis)
1969
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Wilhelmina Calhoun / Meena Calhoun
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1971) - Meena Calhoun
- The Horse Traders (1970) - Wilhelmina Calhoun
- Meena (1969) - Wilhelmina Calhoun
1970
McCloud (TV Series) as
Officer Murdock
- Walk in the Dark (1970) - Officer Murdock
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) as
Elaine Stone
- This Will Really Kill You (1970) - Elaine Stone
1970
The Out of Towners as
Airline Stewardess
1970
The Name of the Game (TV Series) as
Leona
- Jenny Wilde Is Drowning (1970) - Leona
1969
In Name Only (TV Movie) as
Jill Willis
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series) as
Kerry Allen
- Teacher's Pet (1969) - Kerry Allen
1969
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Lannie Devereaux
- Not That Much Different (1969) - Lannie Devereaux (as Anne Prentiss)
1969
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Desk Clerk
- Catspaw (1969) - Desk Clerk
1963
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Geraldine Del Finnia / Alice
- Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs (1969) - Geraldine Del Finnia
- Man of Violence (1963) - Alice (as Ann Gardner)
1969
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) as
Ilse
- The Missing Klink (1969) - Ilse
1968
If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as
Thelma Wilson
1968
Assignment to Kill as
Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
1968
Get Smart (TV Series) as
Nancy
- The Little Black Book: Part 2 (1968) - Nancy
- The Little Black Book: Part 1 (1968) - Nancy
1967
Mannix (TV Series) as
Gwen Rogers
- Beyond the Shadow of a Dream (1967) - Gwen Rogers
1967
Captain Nice (TV Series) as
Sgt. Candy Kane
- Beware of Hidden Prophets (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- One Rotten Apple (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- May I Have the Last Dance? (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- It Tastes OK, But Something's Missing (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- The Week They Stole Payday (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- Who's Afraid of Amanda Woolf? (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- Whatever Lola Wants (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- That's What Mothers Are For (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- Don't Take Any Wooden Indians (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- Is Big Town Burning? (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- The Man with Three Blue Eyes (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- That Was the Bridge That Was (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- That Thing (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- How Sheik Can You Get? (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
- The Man Who Flies Like a Pigeon (1967) - Sgt. Candy Kane
1966
Any Wednesday as
Miss Linsley
1966
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Betty
- A Bum Raps (1966) - Betty (uncredited)
1962
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (TV Series) as
Dr. Elsie McClinton
- Part-Time Friend (1962) - Dr. Elsie McClinton (as Ann Gardner)
References
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