Biography of paula prentiss

American actress

Paula Prentiss (née Ragusa; born March 4, 1938)^[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her film 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 husband Richard Benjamin in the CBS sitcom He & She, for which she received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Early life

Prentiss was born Paula Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, the elder daughter of Paulene (née Gardner) and Thomas J. Ragusa, a social sciences professor at San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word.^[1] Her father was of Sicilian descent,^[1] and Prentiss was raised Roman Catholic.^[2] She had a younger sister, Ann Prentiss, who was also an actress.^[1]

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