Paula Prentiss Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Paula Ragusa (born March 4, 1938), better known by her stage name Paula Prentiss, is an American actress well-known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are, Man's Favorite Sport?, The Stepford Wives, What's New Pussycat?, The Black Marble, and The Parallax View and her co-starring role in the television situation comedy He and She. Prentiss was born Paula Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Paulene (née Gardner) and Thomas J. Ragusa, who was a Social Sciences professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Prentiss' father was of Italian descent. Prentiss was... MORE

Paula Ragusa (born March 4, 1938), better known by her stage name Paula Prentiss, is an American actress well-known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are, Man's Favorite Sport?, The Stepford Wives, What's New Pussycat?, The Black Marble, and The Parallax View and her co-starring role in the television situation comedy He and She. Prentiss was born Paula Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Paulene (née Gardner) and Thomas J. Ragusa, who was a Social Sciences professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Prentiss' father was of Italian descent. Prentiss was always the tallest person in her school classes. In 1958, while attending Northwestern University's school of drama, she met someone taller: her future husband, Richard Benjamin, who also impressed her with his sophistication. While still a student at Northwestern, she was discovered and offered a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film contract. Prentiss initially intended to be a doctor, but somehow became involved with theater while at Northwestern. 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, LESS