Paula prentiss photo - Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin Love Story

By the early 1960s, Paula Prentiss was a bona fide movie star, but it took her husband longer to achieve success in films.

Getty Images Their story began at Northwestern University, where they met while studying acting.

In 1958, while studying at Northwestern, Paula was discovered by a talent scout and she appeared in the 1960 film Where the Boys Are.

Getty Images She did a nine-month stint in the hospital, first in Paris then at New York's Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic.