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Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal at the 39th Emmy Awards
Born January 3, 1950 (1950-01-03) (age 57)

Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1950[1] in Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Larry Hagman's sister-in-law and Patrick Duffy's wife, Pamela Barnes Ewing, "Pam", on the long-running CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987. She is well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Larry Hagman (born on September 21, 1931) is a popular American actor who is famous for playing J.R. Ewing in the 1980s television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony Nelson on the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. ... Patrick G. Duffy (born March 17, 1949 in Townsend, Montana) is an American television actor. ... Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing on the main title caption from Dallas. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

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Biography

Born in 1950, she was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Bertha Ree Veal. On Lifetime Television's Intimate Portrait, she revealed that she is of English, Italian, and Filipino descent. Her father was a sergeant in the Air Force, and like most military brats, Principal moved often, growing up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, and attending 17 different schools. She studied at the Royal Academy of Ballet while in England. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Intimate Portrait is a series of movies telling about different celebrieties - actors, singers, models, politics etc. ... Languages English Religions Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and other minority denominations), and other faiths. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... Military brat is an informal term for a child who has one or more parents who serves or served full-time in the military. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area South Florida Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ...


She acted in a commercial when five, and began modeling in high school. She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, intending to study medicine. She continued modelling, winning the Miss Miami title in 1969, but serious injuries in a car crash made her refocus her energy on acting. She moved to New York City, working as a model and actress. After a modelling job in Europe, she studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1971.[2] Miami Dade College is one of Floridas public community colleges, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Medicine is the science and art of maintaining andor restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... RADAs theatre in London The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as the most prestigious drama school in the world. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...


Principal confirmed a 1950 year of birth in an interview with the official Dallas website. She stated that she "felt that was the only way to clear this up once and for all. My name is my real name; my age is my real age. Someone on the internet, years ago, printed a different age than I am and I’m in the process legally of clearing that up, because I have never lied about my age."[3]


Acting

Victoria Principal, in a still from Dallas.
Victoria Principal, in a still from Dallas.

Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean for which she earned a Golden Globe Nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. Her next film was The Naked Ape (1973) with Johnny Crawford, in which she went topless. (Years later, on The Tonight Show, she said that this was the worst movie of her career.) That year she appeared in a nude Playboy pictorial. She later claimed that she did not read the fine print for her contract for The Naked Ape when she signed it, as it was the fine print that required her to do the nude pictorial. Victoria Principal, as Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas. ... Victoria Principal, as Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 western movie written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman (at the height of his career, between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting). ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Desmond Morris (born January 24th, 1928) is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist. ... Johnny E. Crawford (born March 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Playboy is an American mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...


In 1974, she landed a huge break when she was cast in a co-starring role in the successful disaster film epic, Earthquake. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... A Disaster film is a movie genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster (a fire, earthquake, shipwreck or an asteroid collision) as its subject. ... Earthquake is a 1974 disaster film that was among several box-office successful disaster films of the 1970s that places a recognizable all-star cast in life and death situations. ...


Two years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next few years worked as an agent. Principal planned on going to law school, and later become a studio executive.


Aaron Spelling offered her one year's tuition to accept a role in the pilot of Fantasy Island. She agreed, and then landed the role of Pamela Ewing in Dallas. Her part of Pamela Barnes Ewing was the dramatic fulcrum point of the entire series—a Barnes marrying into the clan-hating Ewing family caused rifts which would erupt for years in and around Southfork. In 1983, her role earned her a Golden Globe Nomination as Best Actress in a Television Series. Aaron F. Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... Southfork is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. ...


Entrepreneur

She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, although she still works as an actress. On marrying Hollywood plastic surgeon Harry Glassman on June 23, 1985 she became more interested in natural beauty, and promoted a self-named line of skin care products, and has written three books about beauty and skin-care. is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...


In late 1999, she appeared on the series Family Guy, in which she played her Pam Ewing role and parodied the infamous "shower scene" in which she dreamed up her Dallas husband's death. In the episode in which the show's family copes with the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust on January 1, 2000, and by the end of the episode, it is revealed to be a dream of Ewing's. Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... “Da Boom” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Nuclear Holocaust is the concept of the eradication of the human race through the means of Nuclear warfare. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


She appeared in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000, and in the 1990 TV movie Sparks: The Price of Passion, in which she played the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The animated television series South Park features a school principal named Principal Victoria,[citation needed] a play on the actress' name. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Titans was a short-lived, romantic-drama television series which debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which twelve were actually aired. ... Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968 in New York City) is an American TV and film actress. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... For other uses, see South Park (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


Personal life

Principal dated numerous actors and personalities at the height of her fame in the late-1970s, including: Anthony Perkins, Andy Gibb, Steven Spielberg, and Frank Sinatra. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage and screen actor known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho and its three sequels, Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning. ... Andrew Roy Gibb (March 5, 1958 – March 10, 1988) was an English-born Australian singer and teen idol, and the younger brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, also known as the Bee Gees. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... “Sinatra” redirects here. ...


Principal met Christopher Skinner in 1978 when he played a bit role on Dallas. After a very short time, she married him, but they later divorced in 1980. In 1985, she then married Hollywood plastic surgeon Dr. Harry Glassman after a three-year relationship and after he signed a pre-nuptial agreement. She has no children from either marriage. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...


In January 2003, her husband was arrested on a domestic violence charge. On May 27, 2006 she filed for divorce from her husband of 21 years, after they separated in March 2006 citing irreconcilable differences.[4] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Domestic disturbance” redirects here. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


On December 27, 2006 the divorce was finalized after Glassman, labeled "Dr. McGreedy" by the press, received Victoria Principal's Beverly Hills home and an estimated $25 million from Principal. Victoria Principal currently lives in Malibu, with homes in Utah and Switzerland. She is training for her booked flight on Richard Branson's commercial space flight venture, and is scheduled to be one of the first female civilian astronauts in June 2008.[5] December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area  - City  100. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Filmography

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 western movie written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman (at the height of his career, between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Desmond Morris (born January 24th, 1928) is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Earthquake is a 1974 disaster film that was among several box-office successful disaster films of the 1970s that places a recognizable all-star cast in life and death situations. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vigilante Force was a 1976 action movie concerning a Vietnam veteran (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies, who are hired by his brother (Jan-Michael Vincent) and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field workers. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Television work

  • Last Hours Before Morning (1975)
  • Fantasy Island (1977) (pilot for series)
  • The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977)
  • Dallas (cast member from 19781987)
  • Pleasure Palace (1980)
  • Not Just Another Affair (1982)
  • Mistress (1987)
  • Naked Lie (1989)
  • Blind Witness (1989)
  • Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
  • Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
  • The Burden of Proof (1992)
  • Seduction: Three Tales from the Inner Sanctum (1992)
  • River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)
  • Beyond Obsession (1994)
  • Dancing in the Dark (1995)
  • The Abduction (1996)
  • Love in Another Town (1997)
  • Titans (20002001)

Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Titans was a short-lived, romantic-drama television series which debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which twelve were actually aired. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Notes

  1. ^ Interviews at UltimateDallas from 2003 (retrieved 2006-12-04) and 2007 (retrieved 2007-07-07) list 1950, as does the (2007) The World Almanac & Book of Facts. World Almanac Books, p.225. “1/3/50.”  However, 1946 may be found listed in some older Almanacs.
  2. ^ Biography. VictoriaPrincipal.com. Accessed 2007-06-15.
  3. ^ Colin Hunter (2007). Interview UltimateDallas.com. Retrieved 2007-07-07
  4. ^ Stephen M. Silverman and Howard Breuer (May 25, 2006). Victoria Principal Files for Divorce. People.com. Accessed 2007-06-15.
  5. ^ Natalie Finn (17 April 2007). Victoria to Be Principal Character in Space. EOnline.com. Accessed 2007-06-15.

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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