Ann Prentiss was an American actress.

Prentiss was born in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

. Her father was of Sicilian descent. Her younger sister was actress Paula Prentiss

Paula Prentiss

Paula Ragusa , 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...

. Prentiss had many bit part

Bit part

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s in movies

Film

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 and television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Her best known part was in the TV series Captain Nice

Captain Nice

Captain Nice was a comedy TV series that ran from January–May 1967 on NBC. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved police chemist Carter Nash , a mild-mannered mama's boy who discovered a secret formula that, when taken, transformed him into Captain...

, where she played Carter Nash's girlfriend, Sgt. Candy Kane.

Prentiss continued acting into the late 1980s and early 1990s. She provided the voice of an alien species in the comedy film My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is An Alien is a 1988 comedy science fiction film produced by the Weintraub Entertainment Group for release through Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, with featured performances by Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan.-Plot:Celeste is...

, co-starring Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger is an American actress and former fashion model.She is known for her portrayals of Domino Petachi, the Bond girl in Never Say Never Again , and Vicki Vale, the female lead in Batman . Basinger received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture...

 and Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

. She is credited in some film and TV appearances as "Anne Prentiss."

Prentiss was convicted in a Santa Monica, California court, in 1997, of making terrorist threats, assault with a firearm, battery and solicitation to commit murder of her brother-in-law Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus , based on the novella by Philip Roth, and Westworld .-Life and career:...

 and her father. She was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the crimes and died in 2010.

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