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While chock full of interviews with costars from her TV projects, this
Intimate Portrait of television actress Victoria Principal is curiously devoid of the intimacy that gives this series its name. Much is made of her military family background, but unlike most of these biographies, no family members are interviewed, and her mother and unnamed sister are not really discussed. Although this Lifetime series is usually fairly candid about the controversial sides of its subjects, Principal's celebrated relationship with singer Andy Gibb--who committed suicide after the relationship ended--rates only a brief mention, and her connection with a sex and financial scandal earlier in her career is never mentioned. Instead, this tape, which runs about 40 minutes, focuses on her happy 16 years with plastic surgeon husband Harry Glassman, her brief stint as a literary agent, the nine years on
Dallas that made her a household face, and her cosmetic infomercial business. Former film costar Elliot Gould narrates and Dallas costars Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Steve Kanaly all make appearances. Principal talks about how her maturing at puberty put her at odds with the fairer sex. Could that explain the absence of female
Dallas denizens in this bio?
--Kimberly Heinrichs