VP
Victoria Principal
Actor
Born January 3, 1950 (72 years)
Victoria Principal, 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
| 2000 | Titans (TV Series) · as Gwen Williams |
| 2000 | Doing Dallas · as Pamela Barnes Ewing |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Donna Tupperman |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Pamela Barnes Ewing |
| 1998 | Michael Kael contre la World News Company · as Leila Parker |
| 1997 | Love in Another Town · as Maggie Sorrell |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | The Abduction · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Dancing in the Dark · as Anna Forbes |
| 1994 | Shadow of Obsession · as Unknown |
| 1993 | River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene · as Maggie Keene |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) · as Victoria Principal |
| 1991 | Don't Touch My Daughter · as Linda Hemmings |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Les Thompson |
| 1990 | Sparks: The Price of Passion · as Patricia Sparks |
| 1989 | Naked Lie · as Joanne Dawson |
| 1989 | Blind Witness · as Maggie Kemlich |
| 1987 | Mistress · as Rae Colton |
| 1982 | Not Just Another Affair · as Dr. Diana Dawson |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Guest host |
| 1980 | Fridays (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Pamela Barnes Ewing |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) · as Queen Esther |
| 1977 | The Night They Took Miss Beautiful · as Reba Bar Lev |
| 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 | The Naked Ape · as Cathy |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · as Maria Elena |
| 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 |