Ann Prentiss

Ann Prentiss November 27 1939 January 12 2010 was an American actress She was born Ann Elizabeth Ragusa in San Antonio Texas to Paulene née Gardner and Thomas J Ragusa Her father was of Sicilian descent Her elder sister Paula Prentiss is also an actress Prentiss had many supporting roles in films and television series in the 1960s 1970s and 1980s including Get Smarts The Little Black Book Hogans Heroes The Missing Klink 1969 and Barettas Half a Million Dollar Baby She provided the voice of an alien species in the comedy film My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988 costarring alongside Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd Her other film roles included appearances in Any Wednesday 1966 If He Hollers Let Him Go 1968 The OutofTowners 1970 and California Split 1974 opposite George Segal and Elliott Gould Ann Prentiss was convicted in a California court of a 1996 assault against her father and a subsequent threat against members of her family The district attorney claimed that Prentiss while incarcerated on the assault charge had attempted to hire another inmate to kill three people including her father and actordirector Richard Benjamin the husband of her sister On July 23 1997 the court sentenced her to 19 years in prison Prentiss died on January 12 2010 while serving her prison sentence