Paula Prentiss

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Paula Prentiss
Born	Paula Ragusa March 4, 1938 (1938-03-04) (age 70) San Antonio, Texas
Spouse(s)	Richard Benjamin

Paula Prentiss (born March 4, 1938) is an American actress well-known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are, Man's Favorite Sport?, The Stepford Wives, and The Parallax View.

She was born Paula Ragusa to Sicilian emigrants in San Antonio, Texas.

Prentiss first became known as a comedic actress with such films as Where the Boys Are, The Honeymoon Machine, Bachelor in Paradise, and The Horizontal Lieutenant, where she was teamed with actor Jim Hutton, who was also tall; Hutton stood 6'5" (1.96 m) to her 5'10" (1.78 m). She later starred with Rock Hudson in Man's Favorite Sport?, in The World of Henry Orient and What's New, Pussycat? with Peter Sellers, Catch-22 and Last of the Red Hot Lovers with Alan Arkin, In Harm's Way with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, Move with Elliott Gould, The Parallax View with Warren Beatty, and Billy Wilder's last film Buddy Buddy with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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She is married to actor/director Richard Benjamin. They have two (now adult) children, Ross and Prentiss, and live in the Hollywood Hills. They appeared together in the short-lived television series He & She (1967–1968), as well as the film Catch-22 (1970).

Paula's sister Ann is also an actress.