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Victoria Principal

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 3, 1950 (74 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Fridays
  • Not Just Another Affair
Known For
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
  • Dallas
  • Earthquake
  • Vigilante Force
  • Blind Witness
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Don't Touch My Daughter
  • River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
  • Love in Another Town
  • Not Just Another Affair
  • Naked Lie
  • Mistress
  • The Abduction
  • The Naked Ape
  • Greatest Heroes of the Bible
  • I Will... I Will... For Now
  • Michael Kael contre la World News Company
  • Titans

Filmography

2000
Titans (TV Series) · as Gwen Williams
2000
Doing Dallas · as Pamela Barnes Ewing
1999
Jack & Jill (TV Series)
1999
Family Guy (TV Series) · as Pamela Barnes Ewing
1999
Providence (TV Series) · as Donna Tupperman
1998
1997
Love in Another Town · as Maggie Sorrell
1997
Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) · as Roberta
1997
The Practice (TV Series)
1996
1995
Dancing in the Dark · as Anna Forbes
1994
Beyond Obsession · as Eleanor Dicarlo
1993
1992
1992
The Burden of Proof (TV Series) · as Margy Allison
1991
Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Les Thompson
1991
Don't Touch My Daughter · as Linda Hemmings
1990
Sparks: The Price of Passion · as Patricia Sparks
1989
Blind Witness · as Maggie Kemlich
1989
Naked Lie · as Joanne Dawson
1987
Mistress · as Rae Colton
1982
Not Just Another Affair · as Dr. Diana Dawson
1981
An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Guest Host
1980
Pleasure Palace · as Patti Flynn
1980
Fridays (TV Series)
1978
Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) · as Queen Esther
1978
Dallas (TV Series) · as Pamela Barnes Ewing
1977
1977
Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Michelle
1976
Vigilante Force · as Linda Christopher
1976
I Will... I Will... For Now · as Jackie Martin
1974
Earthquake · as Rosa Amici
1973
Love Story (TV Series) · as Karen
1973
The Naked Ape · as Cathy
1972
1972
Banacek (TV Series) · as Brooke Collins
1969
Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Sandy (segment "love And The Perfect Set-Up")
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Dolores Sandover

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