Victoria Principal

Victoria 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.


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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. Quaid and Ryan had one child together, Jack Henry, born April 24, 1992. She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. They divorced on July 16, 2001 after she had an indiscreet affair with actor Russell Crowe, with whom she was working on a movie. She agreed - and then landed the role of Pamela Ewing on Dallas. Ryan married actor Dennis Quaid on Valentine's Day in 1991 after co-starring in two films with him. 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. Many of her films of the 1990s have been hits not only in North America, but also abroad.

Four years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next three years worked as an agent. In 2003, she broke away from her usual roles, and starred in In the Cut, an erotic crime/thriller/mystery. Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. The movie was favorably received and crystallized Ryan's on-screen persona as a bubbly, charming, feisty but incurable romantic, a role she has largely reprised in her biggest roles since. She studied at RADA in London, and moved to Los Angeles in 1971. After several TV film and smaller movie roles, her first full-blown hit in a leading role was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. She moved to New York, and worked as a model and actress. Directors for this show especially liked working with her because she could cry on cue.

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. After a part in a feature film, Ryan, now using her new name Meg Ryan, landed the role of "Betsy" on the daytime drama As the World Turns from 1982 to 1984. She acted in a commercial when five and began modeling in high school. She went into acting to earn extra money while in school. Air Force, moved constantly, and she grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, attending 17 different schools. Ryan studied journalism at New York University. Her father, a sergeant in the U.S. She specializes in romantic comedies, but has dabbled in other film genres as well.

Victoria was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Ree Veal. She was born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is also well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is a blue-eyed, blonde-haired American actress. 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.
. Rich And Famous (1981).

Amityville 3-D (1983). Armed And Dangerous (1986). Top Gun (1986). Innerspace (1988).

D.O.A. (1988). Promised Land (1988). The Presidio (1988). When Harry Met Sally (1989).

Joe Versus The Volcano (1990). The Doors (1991). Prelude To A Kiss (1992). Flesh And Bone (1993).

Sleepless in Seattle (1993). I.Q. (1994). Restoration (1994). When A Man Loves A Woman (1994).

French Kiss (1995). Courage Under Fire (1996). Addicted To Love (1997). Anastasia (1997).

Northern Lights (1997) (executive producer). City Of Angels (1998). Hurly Burly (1998). You've Got Mail (1998).

Hanging Up (2000). Proof of Life (2001). Kate and Leopold (2001). In the Cut (2003).

Against the Ropes (2004).