Prentiss Benjamin is the daughter of Paula Prentiss. Benjamin’s mother is an American actress. She gained popularity for her film roles in Where the Boys Are, What’s New Pussycat?, Catch-22, The Parallax View, and The Stepford Wives. From 1967 to 1968 Prentiss Benjamin’s parents co-starred in the CBS sitcom He & She, for which she received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Prentiss Benjamin: Bio Summary

Does Paula Prentiss have a daughter?

Prentiss Benjamin was born on July 3, 1978, in  Los Angeles, California, United States. She is 45 years old as of 2023. Prentiss is the daughter of Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin. She is not the only child of the couple- She has a brother whose name is Ross Benjamin.

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Prentiss Benjamin is a dancer and actress

She grew up in Los Angeles CA where she trained in the Vaganova method of ballet and pedagogy with famed Bolshoi ballerina Alla Khaniashvili. Paula Prentiss’ daughter has performed with Alvit Ballet Company, Palos Verdes Ballet, and Ballet of the Sun, and was a finalist in the Music Center Spotlight Awards per Ormaodance.

According to her IMBb profile, she is an actress, known for Hard Four (2007) and Ida Western Exile (2017). She played Miss Vivie in George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” for BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, MI, which also starred her mother Paula Prentiss as Mrs. Warren. She also acted in A.R. Gurney’s play, “The Dining Room,” at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis.

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The longtime member of Actor’s Equity has appeared on stages in New York and across the United States, most recently at Theatreworks in Colorado Springs. Her mother leaped to fame playing the role of Tuggle in Where the Boys Are (1960). The film was a hit and the response to Prentiss and his co-star Hutton was very favorable, so MGM decided to reteam them in three more comedies. They were the two tallest male and female contract players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Who is Prentiss Benjamin’s father?

Prentiss Benjamin’s father is Richard Benjamin. He is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; Catch-22 (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; Westworld (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and The Sunshine Boys (1975), written by Neil Simon, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Prentiss Benjamin’s parents got married on October 26, 1961; During the early days of Tinsel Town, movie stars who lived together without the benefit of marriage were frowned upon. This is why actors Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss were encouraged to get married. Unlike many other arranged nuptials, however, the Benjamins are together today six decades later.

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