This page will contain additional articles about Victoria Principal, as they become available.Victoria PrincipalVictoria Principal, in a still from Dallas.Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1946 in Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987. She is also well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Victoria was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Ree Veal. Her father, a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, moved constantly, and she grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, attending 17 different schools. She acted in a commercial when five and began modeling in high school. She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, and wanted to study chiropractic medicine, but serious injures in a car crash at age 18 made her refocus her energy on acting. She moved to New York, and worked as a model and actress. She studied at RADA in London, and moved to Los Angeles in 1971. Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Four years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next three years worked as an agent. Principal planned on going to law school and later become a studio executive, but 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 on Dallas. She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. She still works as an actress and producer, and has also created a line of skin care products and written three books about beauty and skin-care. This page about Victoria Principal includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Victoria Principal News stories about Victoria Principal External links for Victoria Principal Videos for Victoria Principal Wikis about Victoria Principal Discussion Groups about Victoria Principal Blogs about Victoria Principal Images of Victoria Principal |
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She still works as an actress and producer, and has also created a line of skin care products and written three books about beauty and skin-care. James Church, Gerrards Cross. She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. She is buried along with her husband in the graveyard of St. She agreed - and then landed the role of Pamela Ewing on Dallas. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the end of her life, and died 11 days after her 80th birthday, of complications from a hip injury. Principal planned on going to law school and later become a studio executive, but Aaron Spelling offered her one year's tuition to accept a role in the pilot of Fantasy Island. She was a cousin of the politician, Tony Benn. Four years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next three years worked as an agent. Rutherford was awarded an OBE in 1961 and in 1967 she was created a Dame of the British Empire (DBE). Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Her husband was the actor Stringer Davis, whom she married in 1945 and with whom she often appeared. She studied at RADA in London, and moved to Los Angeles in 1971. Rutherford won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for The VIPs (1963), as the absent-minded Duchess of Brighton, opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. She moved to New York, and worked as a model and actress. In 1961, she first played the film role with which she was most often associated in later life, that of Miss Marple in a series of films based on the novels of Agatha Christie. She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, and wanted to study chiropractic medicine, but serious injures in a car crash at age 18 made her refocus her energy on acting. In most of these films, she had originally played the role on stage. She acted in a commercial when five and began modeling in high school. However, her appearance was such that romantic heroines were almost out of the question, and she soon established her name in comedy, appearing in many of the most successful British films of the mid-20th century. Air Force, moved constantly, and she grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, attending 17 different schools. Born in London, she made her stage debut in 1925 at the Old Vic. Her father, a sergeant in the U.S. Dame Margaret Rutherford (May 11, 1892 - May 22, 1972) was a British character actress who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Victoria was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Ree Veal. The VIPs (1963) (Best Supporting Actress Oscar). She is also well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Murder Most Foul (1964). Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1946 in Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987. Murder Ahoy (1964). Murder at the Gallop (1963). Murder She Said (1961). The Mouse that Roared (1959). The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950). The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) (in which she played Miss Prism). Blithe Spirit (1945) (in which she played Madame Arcati). |