Paula Prentiss

Paula Prentiss

Born: March 4, 1938
in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Paula Prentiss (born March 4, 1938) is an American actress. She is best known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are (1960), What's New Pussycat? (1965), Catch-22 (1970), The Parallax View (1974), and The Stepford Wives (1975).

From 1967 to 1968, Prentiss co-starred with her husband Richard Benjamin in the CBS sitcom He & She, for which she received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Title: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Character: Iris Blum
Released: September 10, 2016
Type: Movie
A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
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Hard Four
Title: Hard Four
Character: Sweet Cherrie
Released: November 1, 2007
Type: Movie
When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.
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The Stepford Life
Title: The Stepford Life
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).
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Mrs. Winterbourne
Title: Mrs. Winterbourne
Character: Nurse Allmeyer (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Connie Doyle is eighteen, pregnant and alone. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife pregnant Patricia. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Carla Martinet
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: TV
Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his command.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Leonora Holt
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Title: M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Character: Lynne Wiley
Released: March 13, 1983
Type: Movie
A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
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Packin' It In
Title: Packin' It In
Character: Dianne Webber
Released: February 7, 1983
Type: Movie
In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?
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Saturday the 14th
Title: Saturday the 14th
Character: Mary
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: Movie
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.
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Buddy Buddy
Title: Buddy Buddy
Character: Celia Clooney
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
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The Black Marble
Title: The Black Marble
Character: Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: Movie
When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome Valnikov's company. But as these emotionally bruised cops are drawn deeper into the bizarre world of dog shows, animal fanatics and pet cemeteries, they're also drawn to each other.
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The Top of the Hill
Title: The Top of the Hill
Character: Norma Ellsworth Cully
Released: February 6, 1980
Type: Movie
Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team and partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
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Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Title: Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Character: Sandy
Released: December 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
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Having Babies II
Title: Having Babies II
Character: Trish Canfield
Released: October 28, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of various couples who get caught up in the personal and emotional crises of birth, adoption and hospitalization, and also of the hospital and health care workers who take care of them.
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No Room to Run
Title: No Room to Run
Character: Terry McKenna
Released: May 18, 1977
Type: Movie
Concert promoter Nick Loomis is sent to Sydney by his ex father-in-law and boss Garth Kingswood, and asked to deliver a briefcase to a foreigner. When the man is killed in the airport, Loomis ends up entangled in corporate spying and is forced to fight for his life with the help of Terry McKenna, a woman from Austin working for the Sydney Opera House.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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The Stepford Wives
Title: The Stepford Wives
Character: Bobbie Markowe
Released: February 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
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The Lion Roars Again
Title: The Lion Roars Again
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
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The Parallax View
Title: The Parallax View
Character: Lee Carter
Released: June 14, 1974
Type: Movie
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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Crazy Joe
Title: Crazy Joe
Character: Anne
Released: February 8, 1974
Type: Movie
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
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The Couple Takes a Wife
Title: The Couple Takes a Wife
Character: Barbara Hamilton
Released: December 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Complications ensue when an overworked couple decides to hire a "wife" — someone who can run the household for them with complete autonomy — but she's a little too attractive for comfort.
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Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Title: Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Character: Bobbi Michele
Released: August 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more complicated and difficult than he could have imagined.
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Born to Win
Title: Born to Win
Character: Veronica
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
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Move
Title: Move
Character: Dolly
Released: July 31, 1970
Type: Movie
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
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Catch-22
Title: Catch-22
Character: Nurse Duckett
Released: June 24, 1970
Type: Movie
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Title: He & She
Character: Paula Hollister
Released: September 6, 1967
Type: TV
He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers. He & She is widely considered to be ahead of its time by broadcast historians. Its sophisticated approach to comedy was viewed as opening doors to the groundbreaking MTM family of sitcoms of the 1970s, beginning with The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. The character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission. CBS aired reruns of He & She in prime time from June 1970 to September 1970.
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What's New Pussycat?
Title: What's New Pussycat?
Character: Liz Bien
Released: June 22, 1965
Type: Movie
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
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In Harm's Way
Title: In Harm's Way
Character: Beverly McConnell
Released: April 6, 1965
Type: Movie
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
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Looking for Love
Title: Looking for Love
Character: Self
Released: August 5, 1964
Type: Movie
An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.
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The World of Henry Orient
Title: The World of Henry Orient
Character: Stella Dunnworthy
Released: March 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
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Man's Favorite Sport?
Title: Man's Favorite Sport?
Character: Abigail Page
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
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Follow the Boys
Title: Follow the Boys
Character: Toni
Released: February 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Four women create mayhem as they follow their Navy partners around the Riviera.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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The Horizontal Lieutenant
Title: The Horizontal Lieutenant
Character: Lt. Molly Blue
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
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Bachelor in Paradise
Title: Bachelor in Paradise
Character: Linda Delavane
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
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The Honeymoon Machine
Title: The Honeymoon Machine
Character: Pam Dunstan
Released: August 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
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Where the Boys Are
Title: Where the Boys Are
Character: Tuggle Carpenter
Released: December 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: The Bob Hope Show
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1950
Type: TV
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
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Segal
Title: Segal
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.