Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal

Birthday: 1950-01-03

Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan

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.

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Earthquake
Earthquake

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits ...

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradu...

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Don't Touch My Daughter
Don't Touch My Daughter

A young girl is kidnapped and molested by a classmate's father. The man she identifies is arrested a...

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Dancing In The Dark
Dancing In The Dark

Anna Forbes suffers an attack and sexual abuse by her father-in-law. But when she overcomes her fear...

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Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that i...

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The Abduction
The Abduction

Kate finds herself in harrowing danger when her cop ex-husband, Paul, will stop at nothing to get he...

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Vigilante Force
Vigilante Force

In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless ...

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Naked Lie
Naked Lie

They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney...

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Sparks: The Price of Passion
Sparks: The Price of Passion

A female mayor of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic cente...

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Blind Witness
Blind Witness

Woman is trapped in her home with her husband's killers....

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Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'

Victoria Principal stars in three gripping tales of obsessive love, portraying three different women...

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The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape

Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated sat...

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Pleasure Palace
Pleasure Palace

Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas...

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Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island

Mr. Roarke and his assistant Tattoo greet a former reporter in World War II who wants to relive a br...

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Not Just Another Affair
Not Just Another Affair

A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is...

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Last Hours Before Morning
Last Hours Before Morning

An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a conne...

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Secrets to Beautiful Skin
Secrets to Beautiful Skin

In Secrets to Beautiful Skin, Aida Thibiant leads you through the simple three-step skin care regime...

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Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork

The original cast of Dallas reunites at Southfork Ranch to remember the popular 1980's drama nightti...

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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus...

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I Will, I Will...For Now
I Will, I Will...For Now

Les Bingham takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie has a new love in life. What he doesn't know is tha...

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River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

A white water rafting vacation turns into a nightmare when divorced mother Maggie Keene must confron...

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Love in Another Town
Love in Another Town

A fortyish interior designer, dumped by her husband, moves across the country and finds love in anot...

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Beyond Obsession
Beyond Obsession

The story of Traci Di Carlo who was accused of plotting the murder of her obsessively domineering mo...

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Mistress
Mistress

A woman who's been having an affair with a married man who's been taking care of her. When he dies s...

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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also ki...

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Sixty Years of Seduction
Sixty Years of Seduction

Documentary about Hollywood's glamorous stars, with commentary from five actors....

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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