Victoria Principal

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Victoria Principal
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January 3, 1950 in Fukuoka, Japan
Biography:Born in Japan to American parents (her father was a career officer in the Air Force), brunette leading lady "Victoria Principal" spent her teen years in Florida, where she was elected Miss Miami in 1969. While studying acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Principal became romantically involved with a much-older British financier named Bernard Cornfield. Thanks to Cornfield's show-business connections, Principal was able to meet enough of the "right people" to begin a movie career in 1971. After appearing without distinction in such films as "Earthquake" (1971) and "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972), she tried to give her flagging career a shot in the arm by posing nude in Playboy magazine. She then quit acting for nearly three years, becoming a talent agent for other actors, all the while seeking out the right "comeback" vehicle for herself. In 1978 she found that vehicle when... Full Biography
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Victoria Principal at "The Patriot" Los Angeles Premiere
Victoria Principal at the 14th Carousel of Hope Ball for Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
Victoria Principal at the 10th Annual Fire and Ice Ball to Benefit Revlon UCLA Women Cancer Center
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