Victoria Principal
Acting • Born 1950-01-03
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Earthquake
Movie • 1974
Rosa Amici
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie • 1972
Maria Elena
Don't Touch My Daughter
Movie • 1991
Linda Hemmings
Dancing In The Dark
Movie • 1995
Anna Forbes
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Movie • 1998
Leila Parker
The Abduction
Movie • 1996
Vigilante Force
Movie • 1976
Linda Christopher
Naked Lie
Movie • 1989
Joanne Dawson
Sparks: The Price of Passion
Movie • 1990
Patricia Sparks
Blind Witness
Movie • 1989
Maggie Kemlich
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Movie • 1992
Patty / Sylvia
The Naked Ape
Movie • 1973
Cathy
Pleasure Palace
Movie • 1980
Patti Flynn
Fantasy Island
Movie • 1977
Michelle
Not Just Another Affair
Movie • 1982
Dr. Diana Dawson
Last Hours Before Morning
Movie • 1975
Yolanda Marquez
Secrets to Beautiful Skin
Movie • 1991
Self
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Movie • 2004
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
I Will, I Will...For Now
Movie • 1976
Jackie Martin
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
Movie • 1993
Maggie Keene
Love in Another Town
Movie • 1997
Maggie Sorrell
Beyond Obsession
Movie • 1994
Eleanor DiCarlo
Mistress
Movie • 1987
Rae Colton
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Movie • 1977
Reba Bar Lev
Sixty Years of Seduction
Movie • 1981
Self - Presenter
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Titans
TV • 2000
Gwen Williams
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
Jack & Jill
TV • 1999
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Les Thompson
Providence
TV • 1999
Donna Tupperman
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Dolores Sandover
The Practice
TV • 1997
Courtney Hansen
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Roberta
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Herself
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Fridays
TV • 1980
Self
Love Story (US)
TV • 1973
Karen
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
TV • 1978
Queen Esther
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Pamela Barnes Ewing
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Banacek
TV • 1972
Brooke Collins
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Burden of Proof
TV • 1992
Margy Allison
Dallas
TV • 1978
Pamela Barnes Ewing
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Victoria Principal