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Victoria Principal Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1950-01-03

Birthplace:
Fukuoka, Japan

Credits:
49 Total Roles

Victoria Principal

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2004 Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork MOVIE Self
2000 Titans TV Gwen Williams
1999 Jack & Jill TV Self
1999 Family Guy TV Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
1999 Family Guy TV Pamela Barnes Ewing
1999 Providence TV Donna Tupperman
1999 Television: The First Fifty Years MOVIE Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
1998 Michael Kael vs. the World News Company MOVIE Leila Parker
1997 Love in Another Town MOVIE Maggie Sorrell
1997 The Practice TV Courtney Hansen

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