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Victoria Principal

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  • Producer
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Victoria Principal in Dallas (1978)
After oil is found in a small town and local factory shut down, violent crime skyrockets. A young man has had enough and calls in his older brother, a cynical Vietnam vet, who cleans the streets but then tries to take over the town.
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Vigilante Force (1976)
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Principal is the elder daughter of Ree (née Veal) and Victor Rocco Principal. Her paternal grandparents were Italian, while her mother's family was from Gordon, Georgia, and South Carolina. Her father, a United States Air Force sergeant, was often transferred to different duty stations, so the family constantly moved, and Victoria grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places. She and her sister attended 17 different schools. Victoria's acting career began when she made a commercial at age five, and she began modeling in high school. She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, and wanted to study chiropractic medicine. However, being seriously injured in a car crash at age 18 made her refocus her energy on her love of acting. She moved to New York City, where she worked as a model and actress. She then studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1971.

Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), starring Paul Newman. Four years later, she became so disappointed with her career that she quit acting and spent the next three years working as an agent. In 1978, she planned on going to law school and later become a studio executive, but Aaron Spelling offered her a year's tuition to accept a role in the pilot of Fantasy Island (1977). She agreed, and soon after that, she landed the role of Pamela Barnes Ewing on CBS' long-running soap opera Dallas (1978). She left the series after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. She continues to work as an actress and producer, and has also created a line of skin care products and written three books about beauty and skin-care.
BornJanuary 3, 1950
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BornJanuary 3, 1950
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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Victoria Principal in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Victoria Principal in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Victoria Principal in The Naked Ape (1973)
Victoria Principal, Omar Sharif, and Hope Lange in Pleasure Palace (1980)
Victoria Principal and Johnny Crawford in The Naked Ape (1973)
Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy in Dallas (1978)
Victoria Principal in Dallas (1978)
Victoria Principal and John Beck in Dallas (1978)
Victoria Principal and Morgan Brittany in Dallas (1978)
Victoria Principal in Home Improvement (1991)
Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy in Dallas (1978)
Victoria Principal in Dallas (1978)

Known for:

Victoria Principal, Kris Kristofferson, Bernadette Peters, and Jan-Michael Vincent in Vigilante Force (1976)
Vigilante Force
5.2
  • Linda Christopher
  • 1976
Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)
Dallas
7.1
TV Series
  • Pamela Barnes Ewing
  • Rebecca Barnes
Paul Newman in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
6.9
  • Maria Elena
  • 1972
Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)
Earthquake
5.9
  • Rosa
  • 1974

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Actress

  • Yasmine Bleeth, Victoria Principal, Casper Van Dien, and Jack Wagner in Titans (2000)
    Titans
    • Gwen Williams
    • TV Series
    • 2000–2001
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • Dr. Amanda Rebecca
    • Pamela Barnes Ewing
    • TV Series
    • 1999–2000
  • Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris, and Kelli Williams in The Practice (1997)
    The Practice
    • Courtney Hansen
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Providence (1999)
    Providence
    • Donna Tupperman
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, David Spade, and Enrico Colantoni in Just Shoot Me! (1997)
    Just Shoot Me!
    • Roberta
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • Amanda Peet, Ivan Sergei, Justin Kirk, Sarah Paulson, Jaime Pressly, and Simon Rex in Jack & Jill (1999)
    Jack & Jill
    • Cecilia Barrett
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • Hector Elizondo, Mandy Patinkin, Roma Maffia, Adam Arkin, Roxanne Hart, and E.G. Marshall in Chicago Hope (1994)
    Chicago Hope
    • Victoria Principal
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • Michael Kael contre la World News Company (1998)
    Michael Kael contre la World News Company
    • Leila Parker
    • 1998
  • Victoria Principal and Adrian Pasdar in Love in Another Town (1997)
    Love in Another Town
    • Maggie Sorrell
    • TV Movie
    • 1997
  • Victoria Principal in The Abduction (1996)
    The Abduction
    • Kate Finley
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
    The Larry Sanders Show
    • Victoria Principal
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Victoria Principal in Dancing in the Dark (1995)
    Dancing in the Dark
    • Anna Forbes
    • TV Movie
    • 1995
  • Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Zachery Ty Bryan, Earl Hindman, and Taran Noah Smith in Home Improvement (1991)
    Home Improvement
    • Les Thompson
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Victoria Principal in Beyond Obsession (1994)
    Beyond Obsession
    • Eleanor DiCarlo
    • TV Movie
    • 1994
  • River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)
    River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
    • Maggie Keene
    • TV Movie
    • 1993

Producer

  • Marcy Walker in Midnight's Child (1992)
    Midnight's Child
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Victoria Principal in Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum' (1992)
    Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
    Don't Touch My Daughter
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Victoria Principal and Ted Wass in Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
    Sparks: The Price of Passion
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Blind Witness (1989)
    Blind Witness
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • Naked Lie (1989)
    Naked Lie
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1989

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • January 3, 1950
    • Fukuoka, Japan
  • Spouses
      Harry GlassmanJune 22, 1985 - December 27, 2006 (divorced)
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Parents
      Victor Rocco Principal
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Jhirmack Shampoo.
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 21 Pictorials
    • 12 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    When on an airplane once, the pilot came on over the loudspeaker, and threatened not to land the plane unless Victoria told him "Who Shot J.R.?", during the summer before the third season of Dallas (1978).
  • Quotes
    Maybe my greatest fear in life is not to be challenged, is to grow weary of life, and not to be passionate about it.
  • Salaries
      Dallas
      (1978)
      $35,000 per week (season 10)

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