Victoria Principal

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

Family Guy

Family Guy

Dallas

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Hawaii Five-O

The Mike Douglas Show

Chicago Hope

The Practice

All Movies (27)

• Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork2004 · as Self
• Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · as Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
• Michael Kael vs. the World News Company1998 · as Leila Parker
• Love in Another Town1997 · as Maggie Sorrell
• The Abduction1996
• Dancing in the Dark1995 · as Anna Forbes
• Beyond Obsession1994 · as Eleanor DiCarlo
• River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene1993 · as Maggie Keene
• Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'1992 · as Patty / Sylvia
• Don't Touch My Daughter1991 · as Linda Hemmings
• Secrets to Beautiful Skin1991 · as Self
• Sparks: The Price of Passion1990 · as Patricia Sparks
• Blind Witness1989 · as Maggie Kemlich
• Naked Lie1989 · as Joanne Dawson
• Mistress1987 · as Rae Colton
• Not Just Another Affair1982 · as Dr. Diana Dawson
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Sixty Years of Seduction1981 · as Self - Presenter
• Pleasure Palace1980 · as Patti Flynn
• The Night They Took Miss Beautiful1977 · as Reba Bar Lev
• Fantasy Island1977 · as Michelle
• Vigilante Force1976 · as Linda Christopher
• I Will, I Will...For Now1976 · as Jackie Martin
• Last Hours Before Morning1975 · as Yolanda Marquez
• Earthquake1974 · as Rosa Amici
• The Naked Ape1973 · as Cathy
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean1972 · as Maria Elena

All TV Shows (23)

• Titans2000 · as Gwen Williams
• Jack & Jill1999 · as Cecilia Barrett
• Family Guy1999 · as Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
• Family Guy1999 · as Pamela Barnes Ewing
• Providence1999 · as Donna Tupperman
• The Practice1997 · as Courtney Hansen
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as Roberta
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Herself
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Victoria Principal
• The Burden of Proof1992 · as Margy Allison
• Home Improvement1991 · as Les Thompson
• exclusiv1982 · as Self
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Fridays1980 · as Self
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible1978 · as Queen Esther
• Dallas1978 · as Pamela Barnes Ewing
• Love Story (US)1973 · as Karen
• Banacek1972 · as Brooke Collins
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Dolores Sandover
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self