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Victoria Principal
Vicki Ree Principal, later known as Victoria Principal, is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera Dallas. She spent nine years on the long-running series, leaving in 1987. Afterwards, she opened her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, focusing mostly on television fi…
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Born 3 January 1950 · Q232834
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What I remember most about the first day of shooting Dallas was an unexpected feeling of déjà vu. Everything was new to me; I was nervous, and yet I felt strangely sure that I was where I was supposed to be and with the people I was supposed to be with as though this had happened before. I remember looking at Patrick [Duffy] when he did not know it and thinking,
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2018· 11 entries
Recalling the first days of filming on the Dallas set in 1978, Principal told TV Insider, "What I remember most about the first day of shooting Dallas was an unexpected feeling of déjà vu
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"I continue to be passionately dedicated to running my skincare company, Principal Secret
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“I believed that Dallas would be a hit from the moment I read it. In fact, I turned down a major role that would have conflicted with Dallas in the belief that I would be offered the role of Pam. So that happened!”
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“What I remember most about the first day of shooting Dallas was an unexpected feeling of déjà vu. Everything was new to me; I was nervous, and yet I felt strangely sure that I was where I was supposed to be and with the people I was supposed to be with as though this had happened before. I remember looking at Patrick [Duffy] when he did not know it and thinking,”
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“At year seven, it was time for me to renegotiate my contract and I was very candid about my concern and my disappointment, that we had had such good writing and so many wonderful plots, and that when the time came to renegotiate the writers”
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"By the time I turned 50, I felt that I wanted to make a change in my life" — she says, of ultimately leaving Hollywood after 2001 — 'My interest had shifted in such a way that would totally pursue my passion, which more
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“Oceana successfully protected much of the Atlantic and Arctic from new drilling in the past, but now those protections are at risk. Oceana knows how to win victories for our oceans, and I am making this commitment to encourage people across the country to join me in the fight to protect our coasts.”
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"The first five years on Dallas were so unbelievably wonderful — then some key writers departed, and by year seven there was a decline in the writing, which was an enormous part of my decision to leave
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"At year seven, it was time for me to renegotiate my contract and I was very candid about my concern and my disappointment, that we had had such good writing and so many wonderful plots, and that when the time came to re
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"When I went in for the part on Dallas, I had already fallen in love with the show and with the part
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"I believed that Dallas would be a hit from the moment I read it
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2017· 1 entry
"We had great chemistry on the show and that just fell into place
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2013· 1 entry
This system was completed and implemented, the first of its kind in California
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2012· 8 entries
Principal stated, "Going into space fulfills many desires I have of seeing the planet, going fast, going someplace very few people have been—and hopefully coming back down!" In 2012, Principal withdrew from the Branson-led program.
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Funded, through Tree People, the creation of a mobile emergency fire warning system for the Los Angeles area
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Principal funded and participated in an online campaign with the NRDC in an effort to stop sonic blasting along the California coastline and prevent the deaths of hundreds of marine mammals and marine life
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“My deepest concern is for the planet and every living thing on it. Without a healthy planet, education won”
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"My deepest concern is for the planet and every living thing on it
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That it is "Working for myself and being willing to take all of the blame when things go wrong and happy to take the credit when I get it right
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Principal withdrew from the Branson-led program
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“Working for myself and being willing to take all of the blame when things go wrong and happy to take the credit when I get it right.”
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2011· 2 entries
The Giving Back Fund named Principal as one of the Top 30 Celebrity Charity Donors for 2011
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Principal donated a substantial sum to the nonprofit marine conservation organization Oceana, and to NRDC to stop the expansion of offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic Ocean, fearing such activity could
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2010· 3 entries
Principal was honored at the opening of Legacy Park in Malibu near the Pacific Coast Highway as a founding member of the park back in 2004
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In a CNN Larry King–sponsored telethon to support the Gulf Coast region following the Deepwater Horizon explosion
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Donated $200,000 to the cleanup effort in the Gulf Coast region
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2009· 1 entry
“Going into space fulfills many desires I have of seeing the planet, going fast, going someplace very few people have been—and hopefully coming back down!”
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2007· 2 entries
“I continue to be passionately dedicated to running my skincare company, Principal Secret. We are about to celebrate 27 years in business. And I have never forgotten that Dallas gave me the springboard to achieve so many of my dreams.”
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Principal showed interest in training for her booked flight on the Richard Branson's commercial space flight venture, the galactic passage ticket which she purchased in 2009
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2006· 3 entries
The couple divorced in December 2006, with Principal stating, "We have had a loving relationship for over 20 years."
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In 2006, Principal formed a charitable organization, the Victoria Principal Foundation For Thoughtful Existence, to help subsidize the environmental movement, of which she had been an active participant since 1978.
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Principal formed a charitable organization, the Victoria Principal Foundation For Thoughtful Existence, to help subsidize the environmental movement, of which she had been an active participant since 1978
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2004· 3 entries
Principal featured along with other original Dallas cast members in Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork, a television special celebrating the 1978–1991 primetime series that aired on CBS
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Received an honorary degree from Drexel University's Business School and gave the commencement address
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"I had left acting to be an agent and was on my way to law school, but when a friend dropped off a Dallas script, I read it
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2003· 1 entry
A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Principal's career
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2000· 3 entries
Principal became a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC)
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When she appeared in another Aaron Spelling production, the short-lived NBC television series Titans, with co-stars John Barrowman, Perry King, and Yasmine Bleeth
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Continued to appear as a guest star on several TV sitcoms and primetime drama series, including Just Shoot Me
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1999· 2 entries
Principal became the youngest recipient of the Genii Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Television
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At Miami-based international news giant corporation WNC, where star co-anchors Leila Parker (Principal) and James Denit (Atherton) hate each other's guts
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1998· 1 entry
Principal co-starred in the French comedy feature film, Michael Kael vs
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1995· 1 entry
Principal was named Entertainment Business Woman of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners
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1994· 1 entry
Principal appeared in an episode of the hit TV sitcom Home Improvement
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1993· 1 entry
Principal received an honorary law degree from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law
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1989· 2 entries
Created an eponymous line of skincare products, Principal Secret
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Created a self-named line of skincare products, Principal Secret
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1988· 1 entry
Principal explained to People, "Our breakup was preceded and precipitated by Andy's use of drugs
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1987· 3 entries
After a two-year decision to prepare with the series' producers for the final season of her character's arc
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To The New York Times in an interview during her final week of shooting on the Dallas set, "A lot of work has gone into keeping Victoria Principal separate from Pam Ewing
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Began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, producing mostly television films
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1986· 1 entry
After being killed off a year earlier, the entire previous year was written by the show's writers as a dream that Pam had
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1985· 2 entries
In Dallas, Texas, when Principal was seven years into her role on Dallas
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They married on June 22, 1985, in Dallas, Texas, when Principal was seven years into her role on Dallas.
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1983· 1 entry
Principal earned her second Golden Globe nomination, this time as Best Actress in a Television Series for Dallas
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1981· 2 entries
And 1982, Principal was the recipient of the "Bravo Otto" Award, a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television, and music
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Principal appeared on the song "All I Have to Do Is Dream" with her then/boyfriend singer Andy Gibb
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1978· 1 entry
When he played a bit acting part on Dallas
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1976· 1 entry
Returned to her character in Earthquake by shooting additional scenes to expand the running time of the original picture for the broadcast premiere of that film, and in 1977, she made a guest appearance on the pilot
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1974· 1 entry
Was cast in the blockbuster disaster film Earthquake
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1968· 1 entry
Enrolled at Miami–Dade Community College, intending to study medicine
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1950· 2 entries
In Fukuoka, Japan, the elder daughter of United States Air Force sergeant Victor Rocco Principal and Bertha Ree Principal (née Veal)
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Born 1950-01-03.
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