Victoria Principal
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork as Self
- 2000 · Titans as Gwen Williams
- 1999 · Jack & Jill as
- 1999 · Family Guy as Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Pamela Barnes Ewing
- 1999 · Providence as Donna Tupperman
- 1999 · Television: The First Fifty Years as Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
- 1998 · Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as Leila Parker
- 1997 · Love in Another Town as Maggie Sorrell
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Roberta
- 1996 · The Abduction as
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1995 · Dancing In The Dark as Anna Forbes
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Herself
- 1994 · Beyond Obsession as Eleanor DiCarlo
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene as Maggie Keene
- 1992 · Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' as Patty / Sylvia
- 1992 · The Burden of Proof as Margy Allison
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Les Thompson
- 1991 · Don't Touch My Daughter as Linda Hemmings
- 1991 · Secrets to Beautiful Skin as Self
- 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
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · Sixty Years of Seduction as Self - Presenter
- 1980 · Pleasure Palace as Patti Flynn
- 1980 · Fridays as
- 1978 · Greatest Heroes of the Bible as Queen Esther
- 1978 · Dallas as Pamela Barnes Ewing
- 1977 · The Night They Took Miss Beautiful as Reba Bar Lev
- 1977 · Fantasy Island as Michelle
- 1976 · Vigilante Force as Linda Christopher
- 1976 · I Will, I Will...For Now as Jackie Martin
- 1975 · Last Hours Before Morning as Yolanda Marquez
- 1974 · Earthquake as Rosa Amici
- 1973 · Love Story (US) as Karen
- 1973 · The Naked Ape as Cathy
- 1972 · The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Maria Elena
- 1972 · Banacek as Brooke Collins
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Dolores Sandover
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self