Victoria Principal
Born
3 January 1950 (76)
Place of Birth
Fukuoka, Japan
Also known as
Vicki Ree Principal
Biography
Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1950) is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera series Dallas. After her debut in John Huston's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) (opposite Paul Newman), she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. After a few disappointing films, Principal decided to leave acting and became a Hollywood talent agent and booking agent,...
Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1950) is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera series Dallas. After her debut in John Huston's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) (opposite Paul Newman), she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. After a few disappointing films, Principal decided to leave acting and became a Hollywood talent agent and booking agent, which was her profession from 1975 to late 1977. She then had ambitions to study at law school, and would support herself if needed through small acting roles on television, rather than in feature films, so as to fund her future college tuition. In 1977, she made a return to acting in a guest appearance on the pilot of the television series Fantasy Island which aired on the ABC network, and in the 1977 television film The Night They Took Miss Beautiful on the NBC network. The initial offer to return to acting came when television producer Aaron Spelling directly offered Principal a role in the pilot of his television series Fantasy Island, which she accepted on the condition that the contract stipulated for her role to be written out of the ongoing series, as she was reportedly planning to attend law school. When Principal obtained the pilot audition script for Dallas, her academic career ambitions changed, and she decided to return to the full-time acting profession.
Filmography (27)
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
2004
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Love in Another Town
1997
The Abduction
1996
Dancing In The Dark
1995
Beyond Obsession
1994
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
1992
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991
Secrets to Beautiful Skin
1991
Sparks: The Price of Passion
1990
Blind Witness
1989
Naked Lie
1989
Mistress
1987
Not Just Another Affair
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981
Pleasure Palace
1980
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977
Fantasy Island
1977
Vigilante Force
1976
I Will, I Will...For Now
1976
Last Hours Before Morning
1975
Earthquake
1974
The Naked Ape
1973
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972