Victoria Principal

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Victoria Principal is an American actress, best-selling author, and businesswoman who is best known for her role in the TV series ‘Dallas.’ She was part of the show for nine long years. In an acting career spanning more than thirty years, she has been seen in a number of TV series and TV movies. She has appeared in a handful of feature films like ‘The Naked Ape’ and ‘Earthquake’ as well. Over the years, the actress has also evolved into a successful skin care specialist, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Principal Secret, her skin care line, is much acclaimed and has produced several breakthrough skin care treatments. Her venture into television as a producer has been successful as well. Victoria Principal is very health conscious and believes in leading a balanced lifestyle. She has shared her healthcare and skin care insights via her four bestselling books. Later on in her career, she began to focus on social and environmental causes. Her contributions to the Malibu Ballot initiative, Gulf Coast region cleanup program, and Victoria Principal Foundation are examples of her commitment towards these issues.

Victoria Principal was born in the beautiful city of Fukuoka, Japan, on January 3, 1950. Her father, Victor Rocco Principal, was a sergeant in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Fukuoka at that time. Her mother, Ree Principal, was a homemaker of English descent. Her paternal grandparents were of Italian descent. Since her father was in the United States Air Force, she and her younger sister, Kim, got to grow up in different places like, Japan, London, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia and Massachusetts. There was so much moving around that it is said that both the sisters attended at least 17 different schools in the course of their education! Principal attended the well-known Royal Ballet School in London. After graduating from South Dade Senior High School, Florida, in 1968, she enrolled for the medical program at Miami-Dade Community College. As fate would have it, she met with a serious accident when only one year into her studies. Her recovery took several months, and during this time, she decided that she wanted to pursue acting as her career. She shifted to New York and pursued both acting and modeling. She was very serious about her acting career, and to develop her skills, Victoria Principal enrolled at the famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and studied under the private guidance of Professor Jean Scott.