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.
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Films (29)
Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork
2004 · Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · Leila Parker
Love in Another Town
1997 · Maggie Sorrell
L'ultime conciliation
1996
L'impossible vérité
1995 · Anna Forbes
Beyond Obsession
1994 · Eleanor DiCarlo
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993 · Maggie Keene
Midnight's Child
1992 · Executive Producer
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
1992 · Patty / Sylvia, Executive Producer
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991 · Linda Hemmings, Executive Producer
Secrets to Beautiful Skin
1991 · Self
Sparks: The Price of Passion
1990 · Patricia Sparks, Executive Producer
Blind Witness
1989 · Maggie Kemlich
Naked Lie
1989 · Joanne Dawson, Executive Producer
Mistress
1987 · Rae Colton
Not Just Another Affair
1982 · Dr. Diana Dawson
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Sixty Years of Seduction
1981 · Self - Presenter
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
1981 · Self
Pleasure Palace
1980 · Patti Flynn
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977 · Reba Bar Lev
Fantasy Island
1977 · Michelle
Vigilante Force
1976 · Linda Christopher
I Will, I Will...For Now
1976 · Jackie Martin
Last Hours Before Morning
1975 · Yolanda Marquez
Earthquake
1974 · Rosa Amici
The Naked Ape
1973 · Cathy
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Maria Elena
Séries (22)
Titans
2000 · Gwen Williams
Jack & Jill
1999 · Cecilia Barrett
Les Griffin
1999 · Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice), Pamela Barnes Ewing
Providence
1999 · Donna Tupperman
The Practice : Bobby Donnell & Associés
1997 · Courtney Hansen
Voilà !
1997 · Roberta
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Chicago Hope
1994 · Herself
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Victoria Principal
The Burden of Proof
1992 · Margy Allison
Papa bricole
1991 · Les Thompson
exclusiv
1982 · Self
Wogan
1982 · Self
Fridays
1980 · Self
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1978 · Queen Esther
Dallas
1978 · Pamela Barnes Ewing
Love Story (US)
1973 · Karen
Banacek
1972 · Brooke Collins
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Dolores Sandover
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self