Profile Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas

Profile Victoria Principal AKA Concettina Ree Principale AKA Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas

Born: 3-Jan-1950
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Model

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas

Victoria Principal was raised in a military family, which necessitated frequent moves, and grew up in London, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia. She started appearing in TV commercials at the age of 5. After studying at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing worked as a model while looking for acting work. She won the Miss Miami beauty pageant in 1969, and made her film debut as Paul Newman's Mexican mistress in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. She posed naked for Playboy in September 1973, and played a sexy biker chick in the 1974 disaster epic Earthquake with Charlton Heston and Richard Roundtree.

On the long-running prime time soap opera Dallas, she played Pamela Barnes Ewing, the wife of Patrick Duffy's Bobby Ewing, and sister-in-law of that scheming bastard, J. R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Sexy Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing left Dallas after nine years, at about the time the show jumped the shark (co-star Duffy had just returned from the dead, revealing that the previous season had all been a dream). After Dallas, she wrote several books on fitness and nutrition, and has marketed her own skin care products, ventures which have reportedly earned her millions more than her acting has.

In a 1993 interview with TV Guide, Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing said, "I know there have been rumors that I didn't have children because of my vanity. I didn't have children because I can't have children. It was the luck of the draw... It is a loss." Some insiders whisper that her break-up with BeeGee Andy Gibb precipitated his spiraling drug abuse, depression, and eventual suicide.

Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing is active with PETA, publicly supports abortion rights, and has spoken out against domestic violence. In 1970, she was beaten up by then-boyfriend Max Baer, Jr., who remembered the incident 35 years later by saying, "She deserved it. She was acting like a bitch." In 2003, she was briefly hospitalized and her husband, surgeon Harry Glassman, was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse. Charges were never filed, and Principal issued a press release stating, "We have had a loving relationship for over 20 years. We've been and remain happily married. It is outrageous to believe we would inflict injury on one another or harm each other in any way."

Born Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing:  Often reported as 1946. From an interview on UltimateDallas.com, clarifying: "I was born January 3rd 1950. I'm 57 years old and I have just made my passport available to IMDB.com, obviously doing so is a little dangerous, you don't want anyone to have your passport but I 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."

Father: Victor Principal (US Air Force sergeant)
Mother: Bertha Ree Veal
Boyfriend: Max Baer, Jr.
Boyfriend: Bernie Cornfeld (mutual funds magnate, dated for 2 years)
Boyfriend: Frank Sinatra
Boyfriend: Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Boyfriend: Maharaja of Palitana
Boyfriend: Lance Rentzel
Boyfriend: Andy Gibb (1981-82)
Boyfriend: Anthony Perkins (1970s)
Husband: Christopher Skinner (m. 1978, div. Dec-1980)
Husband: Harry Glassman (plastic surgeon, m. 22-Jun-1985, sep. 25-Mar-2006, div. 27-Dec-2006)

High School: South Dade Senior High School, Miami-Dade, Florida
University: Miami-Dade Community College
University: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Beauty Contest Miss Miami (1969)
Posed Naked for Playboy
Risk Factors: Smoking

TELEVISION
Dallas Pamela Barnes Ewing (1978-87)
Titans Gwen Williams (2000)

FILMOGRAPHY Victoria Principal aka Pamela Barnes Ewing AS ACTOR
The Abduction (7-Jul-1996)
The Burden of Proof (9-Feb-1992)
Vigilante Force (9-Sep-1976)
I Will, I Will... for Now (18-Feb-1976)
Earthquake (15-Nov-1974)
The Naked Ape (1-Aug-1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (18-Dec-1972)

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing in Dallas episode 143: Barbecue Four december 1983, black swimsuit

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing in Dallas.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing in Dallas episode 143: Barbecue Four december 1983, black swimsuit.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing feels disturbed after making love with Mark, because she still feels more attached to Bobby.

When Bobby arrives to pick up Christopher they talk about their relationship.

Bobby becomes very depressed when he discovers that Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing has slept and had sex with Mark. J.R. asks Detective McSween to have all the phones in his office and Cliff's tapped.

But it is J.R. himself that cleverly maneuvers Cliff out of his office and puts the electronic bug on Cliff's phone.

J.R. then discovers that the spy is Sly and presents her with photos of Cliff and her together.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing is at the swimming pool in her sexy black swimsuit.

He tells Sly that the information she will be passing on to Cliff will now be controlled by him. Sue Ellen tells Peter that they can't be friends because she is obviously too attracted to him.

J.R. sets Cliff up through Sly when he passes on the Travis Boyd deal to Cliff. Sly discovers that Cliff had nothing to do with her brother's parole so J.R. suggests that Sly ask Cliff for money.

Cliff agrees to support her while she takes care of her brother. Jenna refuses Bobby's plea to give up her job but accepts a dinner invitation at Southfork.

At dinner Ellie and Clayton pay a surprise visit. J.R. is furious as Clayton sits down to eat in his daddy's chair.

J.R. begins to form a deal by devious means with a government official, called Randolph.

At the annual Ewing barbecue Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing tells Ellie she still loves Bobby.

Mark and Bobby call a tenuous truce. Sue Ellen and Peter kiss passionately behind one of the barns.

 

Meanwhile in Rome, Katherine is disappointed to discover that Charlie's birth certificate names Bobby as the father of Jenna's child.

As the guests start to leave the barbecue Clayton announces that he and Miss Ellie are engaged. J.R. is furious over the news.

Clayton's announcement of his impending marriage to Ellie brings more than congrats.

Ellie refuses the diamond until the "problems" are worked out, including Clayton's suggestion that Ellie leave Southfork.

Cliff, taking J.R.'s bait unknowingly, wants more information on Randolph, a government offshore oil leasing agent.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing is still at the swimming pool in her sexy black swimsuit.

Not wanting to be a kept woman, Jenna shows her independence by storming out when Bobby announces that he has just bought her the boutique they are visiting.

Katherine investigates Jenna's past. J.R. hits a sore spot when wind of his digging into Clayton's past gets out. Sue Ellen discovers that Peter has left school.

Sue Ellen's worry grows as Peter decides to leave school. She agrees to see him if that will keep him in school and in town.

Cliff's proposal for a joint venture in offshore drilling to Jordan and Marilee goes unheeded. J.R.'s digging makes Clayton uncomfortable to the point he brings it up to Ellie.

J.R. doesn't stop though and brings up Clayton's little-known sister at family cocktails.

After seeing Cliff and Marilee, Afton runs to Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing for comfort.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing, worried that Cliff's obsession with becoming an oil tycoon may start the family feud again, arranges to meet with Bobby to discuss this.

Mark and Jenna think a lot more than business discussions are going on.

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing in Dallas episode 165: Jamie october 1984, blue swimsuit

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing in Dallas episode 165: Jamie october 1984, blue swimsuit.

Katherine, disguised as a nurse, is just about to give Bobby a fatal injection, when he wakes up and begins to scream.

 

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing talks to Ray at the pooll in her sexy blue swimsuit.

The noise brings J.R. back into Bobby's room where he is able to stop Katherine from killing Bobby.

 

Katherine admits to having tried to kill Bobby and is hauled off to jail. Bobby's sight returns and a week later he is back at Ewing Oil.

 

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing tells Bobby she's invested some of her own money in a small oil company, but hasn't told Ray yet. J.R. explains why he bugged Bobby's phone.

 

Ray discovers Lucy waitress job at the restaurant, but she swears him to secrecy.

 

Jamie Ewing comes to Southfork and announces that she's the daughter of Jock's recently deceased brother, Jason.

Jamie tells the Ewings that her father died penniless and that she also has a brother.

 

J.R. wants proof that Jamie is really a Ewing. Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing pulls out an old photo of Jason and Jock. Bobby tells J.R. that he can't get Pam off his mind.

 

Cliff agrees to consider an offer by Wendell that involves Weststar's acquisition of Barnes-Wentworth.

 

Jenna is puzzled when Jamie tells her that Jason liked Jenna's father, which contradicts Jenna's impression that the two men hated each other.  

 

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing and Jackie are mystified when they spot Mark's car

J.R. tells Bobby about Cliff's arrest and confesses that he set up Cliff and Randoplh.

 

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing tells J.R. she plans to help Cliff ruin him. Bobby decides to have risky surgery to restore his vision.

 

Lucy takes a waitress job at the restaurant where her mother once worked.

 

Mandy identifies Cliff in a police lineup as the man she was with at the time of Bobby's shooting.

 

Katherine reacts strongly to a radio report that Cliff was cleared of charges.

 

Jock's estranged brother, Jason Ewing has died of an apparent heart attack in Alaska.

 

A maniacal nurse enters Bobby's hospital room to give him an injection.

Wanting to prevent a powerful union between Weststar and Barnes-Wentworth, J.R. tells Sly to confirm Cliff's mistaken suspicions that J.R. is behind the offer.

 

Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing learns that the maintenance of Mark's possessions is required until his estate is settled. Bobby is ready to make wedding plans with Jenna. Cliff rejects Wendell's offer.

 

When Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing gets flowers from Mark, she thinks he is alive.