Priscilla Pointer is celebrating a major milestone as May 18th marks her 100th birthday! In celebration of the momentous occasion, her Dallas co-star, Victoria Principal, has taken to social media to share a very special note Pointer herself gave her, a memory that has stayed with Principal all this time.
From 1981 to 1983, across 44 episodes, Pointer played Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, the mother of -year-old Principal’s character, Pamela Barnes Ewing, a role she retained for 251 episodes as a series regular from 1978 to 1987. In her time with Principal, Pointer left a strong impression on her TV daughter that Principal is celebrating on Pointer’s 100th birthday.
Victoria Principal is celebrating her ‘Dallas’ TV mom Priscilla Pointer on her 100th birthday
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On May 18, Principal took to Instagram to celebrate Priscilla Pointer on her landmark 100th birthday. She shared a black and white photo of the two of them from their Dallas days. On the bottom, viewers can see a handwritten note penned by Pointer herself.
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“This is the photo and note that Priscilla Pointer gifted to me when she left the Dallas series,” shared Principal in the captions. “My Dallas mama turns 100 today. Happy Birthday dear Priscilla! Love, Victoria.”
The note reads, “Dear Victoria, thanks for the lovely flowers and dear note. We won’t lose touch — you are very special to me. Priscilla.”
A long, remarkable life and an equally stunning career
Priscilla Pointer was born on May 18, 1924, and gradually moved from her New York City roots to the limelight of Hollywood. Her career started in the 1940s, and she landed her first major role in the soap opera Where the Heart Is. She continued to work until 2014 when she retired.
Pointer has a complicated history with Dallas and her character. She’s been vocal about sharing how drawn she was to Pamela but was also always prepared to call out any shortcomings she perceived with the show’s writing.
“I was very candid about my concern and my disappointment,” admitted Pointer, “that we had had such good writing and so many wonderful plots, and that when the time came to renegotiate the writers’ contracts, I felt that a number of writers had left because they had not gotten the right deal.” But she is glad Dallas had, has, and continues to attract fans from across generations.
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