Irene Papas

She has recently been seen in the film, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and is currently working in theatre in Portugal. 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. She began her early career in Greece achieving widespread fame in that country before staring internationally renowned films such as The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek and critically acclaimed films such as Z and Elektra. She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. Irene Papas was born as Irene Lelekou in Corinth, Greece. She agreed - and then landed the role of Pamela Ewing on Dallas. Irene Papas (born September 3, 1929) is a Greek-born actress who has starred in over 70 films with a career spanning over 50 years. 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.

Four years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next three years worked as an agent. Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. She studied at RADA in London, and moved to Los Angeles in 1971. She moved to New York, and worked as a model and actress.

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 acted in a commercial when five and began modeling in high school. Air Force, moved constantly, and she grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, attending 17 different schools. Her father, a sergeant in the U.S.

Victoria was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Ree Veal. She is also well-known for her line of cosmetic products. 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.