Paula Prentiss Biography (1939-)
Born Paula Ragusa, March 4, 1939, in San Antonio, TX; married Richard Benjamin (an actor and director); children: Ross Thomas. Addresses: AGENT--Phil Gersh, The Gersh Agency, Inc., 222 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Birth Details
- March 4, 1939
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
Famous Works
- Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
- Stewardess, The Great Airplane Snatch, and Fido, Arf, both Stage 73, NewYork City, 1969.
- Also appeared in a production of As You Like It.
- Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
- Tuggle Carpenter, Where the Boys Are, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1960.
- Linda Delavane, Bachelor in Paradise, MGM, 1961.
- Pam Dunstan, The Honeymoon Machine, MGM, 1961.
- Lieutenant Molly Blue, The Horizontal Lieutenant, MGM, 1962.
- Toni Denham, Follow the Boys, MGM, 1963.
- as herself, Looking for Love, MGM, 1964.
- Abigail Page, Man's Favorite Sport(?), Universal, 1964.
- Stella, The World of Henry Orient, United Artists, 1964.
- Bev McConnel, In Harm's Way, Paramount, 1965.
- Liz, What's New Pussycat?, United Artists, 1965.
- Nurse Duckett, Catch-22, Filmways, 1970.
- Dolly Jaffe, Move, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970.
- Veronica, Born to Win, United Artists, 1971.
- Bobbi Michele, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Paramount, 1972.
- Anne, Crazy Joe, Columbia, 1974.
- Lee Carter, The Parallax View, Paramount, 1974.
- Bobby, The Stepford Wives, Columbia, 1975.
- Sergeant Natalie Zimmerman, The Black Marble, AVCO-Embassy, 1980.
- Celia Clooney, Buddy Buddy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981.
- Mary, Saturday the 14th, New World, 1981.
- Also appeared in Scraping Bottom.
- Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
- Paula Hollister, He and She, CBS, 1967-68.
- Credits; PILOTS
- Trish Canfield, Having Babies II, ABC, 1977.
- Credits; MOVIES
- Barbara Hamilton, The Couple Takes a Wife, ABC, 1972.
- Sandy MacIntosh, Friendships, Secrets, and Lies, NBC, 1979.
- Norma Cully, Top of the Hill, syndicated, 1980.
- Lynne Wiley, M.A.D.D.: Mothers against Drunk Drivers, NBC, 1983.
- Diana Webber, Packin' It In, CBS, 1983.