Cast & creator
Victoria Principal
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Family Guy, Family Guy
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.
Also known as: Vicki Ree Principal, ویکتوریا پرینسیپال
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film credits
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television credits
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1961–2004 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Family Guy
Dr. Amanda Rebecca (voice)
1999Family Guy
Pamela Barnes Ewing
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Chicago Hope
Herself
1994
The Practice
Courtney Hansen
1997
Dallas
Pamela Barnes Ewing
1978
Hawaii Five-O
Dolores Sandover
1969
Home Improvement
Les Thompson
1991
Wogan
Self
1982
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
Victoria Principal
1992
Providence
Donna Tupperman
1999
Just Shoot Me!
Roberta
1997
Jack & Jill
Cecilia Barrett
1999
Fridays
Self
1980
Banacek
Brooke Collins
1972
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Titans
Gwen Williams
2000
Earthquake
Rosa Amici
1974
The Burden of Proof
Margy Allison
1992
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Maria Elena
1972
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork
Self
2004
Pleasure Palace
Patti Flynn
1980Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Self
1981
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
Queen Esther
1978Television: The First Fifty Years
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
1999
Fantasy Island
Michelle
1977
Midnight's Child
Executive Producer
1992
Dancing in the Dark
Anna Forbes
1995
Vigilante Force
Linda Christopher
1976
Not Just Another Affair
Dr. Diana Dawson
1982Love Story (US)
Karen
1973Sixty Years of Seduction
Self - Presenter
1981
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Reba Bar Lev
1977
I Will, I Will...For Now
Jackie Martin
1976
Don't Touch My Daughter
Linda Hemmings
1991Don't Touch My Daughter
Executive Producer
1991
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Leila Parker
1998
Blind Witness
Maggie Kemlich
1989
Mistress
Rae Colton
1987
Sparks: The Price of Passion
Patricia Sparks
1990Sparks: The Price of Passion
Executive Producer
1990exclusiv
Self
1982
Last Hours Before Morning
Yolanda Marquez
1975
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
Maggie Keene
1993
Love in Another Town
Maggie Sorrell
1997
The Naked Ape
Cathy
1973
Naked Lie
Joanne Dawson
1989Naked Lie
Executive Producer
1989
Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Patty / Sylvia
1992Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'
Executive Producer
1992
The Abduction
1996
Beyond Obsession
Eleanor DiCarlo
1994
Secrets to Beautiful Skin
Self
1991