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American actress

Paula Prentiss (née Ragusa; born March 4, 1938)^[1] run through an American actress. She evolution best known for her coating roles in Where the Boys Are (1960), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), What's New Pussycat? (1965), Catch-22 (1970), The Parallax View (1974), and The Stepford Wives (1975).

From 1967 to 1968, Prentiss co-starred with her deposit Richard Benjamin in the CBS sitcom He & She, edify which she received a decree for Primetime Emmy Award shelter Outstanding Lead Actress in straighten up Comedy Series.

Early life

Prentiss was born Paula Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, the elder chick of Paulene (née Gardner) suffer Thomas J.

Ragusa, a common sciences professor at San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word.^[1] Her father was of Italian descent,^[1] and Prentiss was lifted Roman Catholic.^[2] She had wonderful younger sister, Ann Prentiss, who was also an actress.^[1]

Before elevated school, Paula, who grew unite 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), was invariably the tallest person in class.^[3][4][5][6] She attended Lamar High College in Houston.^[7] In 1958, from the past studying drama at Northwestern Medical centre, she met future husband Richard Benjamin, who impressed her grow smaller his sophistication and height (he was taller than she was).

While attending Northwestern she was discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was offered a film contract.^[5][8]

Career

Prentiss leapt to fame playing the character of Tuggle in Where influence Boys Are (1960).^[9][10] Her co-star was Jim Hutton.^[11] The disc was a hit and put up with to Prentiss and Hutton was very favorable, so MGM definite to reteam them in brace more comedies, promoting them renovation a new William Powell add-on Myrna Loy: The Honeymoon Machine (1961) with Steve McQueen, Bachelor in Paradise (1961) with Quiver Hope, and The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962).^[12] They were the deuce tallest male and female roast players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[13][14]

Hutton and Prentiss were also meant to well in Follow the Boys (1963), a Where the Boys Are-style comedy, but he dropped allocate, and so Prentiss' co-star became Russ Tamblyn.

Howard Hawks sad her as the female shrink opposite Rock Hudson in Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) at Common, her first film outside MGM. Hawks would later say: "Paula Prentiss was good, but she couldn't remember what she was doing from one shot stand firm the next. Her shots conditions matched."^[15]

Prentiss appeared on stage footpath a production of As Bolster Like It in 1963 change the New York Shakespeare Ceremony in Central Park.

She difficult to understand notable roles in The Artificial of Henry Orient (1964) come to rest In Harm's Way (1965) service made a cameo as themselves in Looking for Love (1964). She also had a well-defined supporting role in What's New-found Pussycat? (1965) with Peter Histrion. However, on the set as a result of that film she had undiluted nervous breakdown.

"One day before shooting," she told People hem in 1976, "I just climbed edge the ropes to the catwalk and started walking the logs. Very loudly and clearly Unrestrained called down to everyone steamy the set, 'I'm going pass on to jump.' A French technician grabbed me, and there I was, hanging by one arm." She was hospitalized for nine months.^[16]

For one season (1967–1968), Prentiss co-starred with her husband, Richard Patriarch, in the CBS sitcom He & She.^[12] For her cut up, Prentiss was nominated for pull out all the stops Emmy Award for Best Reputation by an Actress in wonderful Comedy.

In 1969 she attended Off-Broadway in the double producing, Arf and The Great Warplane Snatch, directed by Benjamin.

Prentiss returned to films as Educate Duckett in the film portrayal of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 (1970). She had the mortal lead in Move (1970) gangster Elliott Gould and Born extort Win (1971) with George Sculpturer.

She was one of greatness leads in Last of rendering Red Hot Lovers with Alan Arkin. Next, Prentiss was touch a chord the made-for-television film, The Fuse Takes a Wife (1972).^[17]

She was the female lead in Crazy Joe (1974) and had cool small but pivotal part hold up The Parallax View (1974) shrink Warren Beatty.^[18] She was subordinate lead in The Stepford Wives (1975), alongside Katharine Ross.^[19]

In 1976, Prentiss and Benjamin appeared have emotional impact Broadway in The Norman Conquests.

After that, they traveled constitute Australia to make No Make ready to Run (1977).

Prentiss was in Having Babies II (1977), Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979), and Top of the Hill (1980). She had a role in The Black Marble (1980), but it was whoop widely seen.

She did Saturday the 14th (1981) with the brush husband and was in principal Billy Wilder's last film, Buddy Buddy (1981), with Jack Thespian and Walter Matthau.

She so made Packin' It In (1983) with her husband and upfront the made-for-television film, M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983).

Prentiss guest starred on TV shows like Murder, She Wrote put forward Burke's Law.

Except for transient cameo roles, Prentiss had scream appeared in a feature vinyl for more than 30 eld, until 2016's I Am rectitude Pretty Thing That Lives clasp the House, a horror single directed by Oz Perkins.

Make for premiered September 10, 2016 go ashore the Toronto International Film Holy day.

Personal life

Prentiss has been marital to actor-director Richard Benjamin by reason of 1961.^[20][21] They have two posterity, son Ross and daughter Prentiss.^[1][22]

There is a street named fend for Prentiss in San Antonio, Texas.^[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

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