Paula prentiss biography nervous breakdown

Biography

American actress, elegant leading lady in Hollywood movies, adept at urbane screwball humour roles. A highly sensitive player, while having a string more than a few films back to back, she had a breakdown on integrity set of "What's New Pussycat?" in 1965 and was hospitalized for nine months.

In 1958 she met actor Richard Benzoin while they were both scene students. They married in 1961 and bought their Beverly Hills home in 1964 when their son Ross was six months old. Their daughter Priscilla was born four years later. She and Benjamin co-starred on position TV sitcom "He And She" 1967-1968, but mostly she stayed home to raise the fry, whom they both adore.

Righteousness marriage has been solid, appreciation the test of time, 36 years as of 1998.

Her younger sister, Ann (1939-2010), as well an actress,served jail time captain was convicted in July 1997 of charges from the previous year of making terrorist threats, assault with a firearm, solicitations to commit murder, and bombardment.

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Relationships

Events

• Relationship : Wedlock 26 October 1961 (Richard Benjamin)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 1964 (Son Ross born)

• Social : Institutionalised - prison, hospital 1965 (Hospitalized nine months, nervous breakdown)

• Family : Do in family responsibilities 1968 (Daughter Priscilla born)

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Categories

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Nervous Breakdown

• Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Sister Ann unstable, in jail)

• Family : Relationship : Matrimony more than 15 Yrs (Since 1961)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage - Compatible

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Richard Benjamin)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One son and one daughter)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film and TV)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (He and She)

• Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women