Paula Prentiss
Birthday: 4 March 1938, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Birth Name: Paula Ragusa
Height: 177 cm
Discovered by a talent scout at Northwestern University in 1958, Paula Prentiss was signed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and teamed with Jim Hutton in a string of comedies. She rapidly became one of the best ...Show More
Before I had the baby [Ross Benjamin] I felt lonely going to work. Now I have deeper, more generous Show more
Before I had the baby [Ross Benjamin] I felt lonely going to work. Now I have deeper, more generous feelings. I feel whole, like a human being. Hide
One day during shooting [What's New Pussycat (1965)], I just climbed up the ropes to the catwalk and Show more
One day during shooting [What's New Pussycat (1965)], I just climbed up the ropes to the catwalk and started walking the beams. Very loudly and clearly I called down to everyone on the set, 'I'm going to jump.' A French technician grabbed me, and there I was, hanging by one arm.[After transfer to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in New York]: It was horrendous. You're crazy because they say you're crazy. It was especially horrible because I couldn't figure out how to do what they wanted me to so I could get out. Hide
He & She (1967) was worth it after what we'd been through. By working together we learned to liv Show more
He & She (1967) was worth it after what we'd been through. By working together we learned to live with each other again.It took me a long time to find myself and I'm still looking around corners to see if I'm there. I used to wonder, why does Dick love me? After the baby [Ross Benjamin] was born, I could turn around and see it in myself. Hide
Paula Prentiss'S roles
