VICTORIA PRINCIPAL

Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: January 3, 1950
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan

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, 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.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

2000·
Titans
Gwen Williams
Pamela Barnes Ewing, Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
Donna Tupperman
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
Roberta
Courtney Hansen
Maggie Sorrell
Anna Forbes
Herself
Eleanor DiCarlo
Margy Allison
Les Thompson
Linda Hemmings
Patricia Sparks
Maggie Kemlich
1989·
Naked Lie
Joanne Dawson
1987·
Mistress
Rae Colton
1982·
Wogan
Self
Dr. Diana Dawson
Self - Presenter
1980·
Fridays
Patti Flynn
1978·
Dallas
Pamela Barnes Ewing
Michelle
Jackie Martin
Linda Christopher
Yolanda Marquez
Rosa Amici
Karen
Cathy
1972·
Banacek
Brooke Collins
Dolores Sandover

Production

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
1989·
Naked Lie
Executive Producer