Ann Prentiss | |
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Prentiss in 1970.
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Born |
Ann Elizabeth Ragusa November 27, 1939 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Died | January 12, 2010 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 70)
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1966 – 1988 |
Relatives | Paula Prentiss; sister |
Ann Prentiss (November 27, 1939 – January 12, 2010) was an American actress.
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 had many bit parts in films and television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Her best-known part was in the TV series Captain Nice, in which she played Carter Nash's girlfriend, Sgt. Candy Kane. She provided the voice of an alien species in the comedy film My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), co-starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, and 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.
Prentiss died on January 12, 2010.