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Nov 25, 2020 · Richard Benjamin and Paula attend the LA Premiere of Renee Taylor's My Life On A Diet. Photo: Rodin Eckenroth Source: Getty Images. Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss met while still in college. They got married in 1961 and have been together ever since. The couple was blessed with two children, namely Ross and Prentiss.
Paula Prentiss. Actress: Where the Boys Are. 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 American comediennes of the 1960s. Her funny voice inflections, free acting style and brunette good looks established her as a leading lady in ...
He & She: Created by Leonard Stern. With Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Jack Cassidy, Kenneth Mars. Dick and Paula Hollister are a couple living in New York. Dick is a comic-book artist who has become famous for creating a superhero called Jetman, which has been turned into a TV show starring egocentric actor Oscar North.
Goodbye, Columbus: Directed by Larry Peerce. With Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin. An intelligent graduate and working-class Army veteran has an affair and clashes with a 'nouveau riche' young woman who cares not for birth control or the use of any other precautions to avoid pregnancy.
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About Richard Benjamin. Richard was born on May 22, 1938, in New York City into a Jewish family. He studied at the High School of Performing Arts and the Northwestern theater school. In October 1961, Benjamin married Paula Prentiss, an actress who appeared with him in the TV series He & She and films Catch-22, No Room to Run, and Saturday the ...
The Last of Sheila. Deconstructing Harry. Riding Shotgun. House of Wax. The Pentagon Wars. Goodbye, Columbus. Crime Wave. Diary of a Mad Housewife. First Family.
For their work in the film, Matthau was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, George Burns won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Richard Benjamin, who co-stars as Matthau's harried nephew and agent who tries the Herculean task of reuniting the team for a television special about comedy greats, won a Golden Globe award.
