Victoria Principal decided to pursue an acting career after being seriously injured by a drunk driver, and she got her first role only 9 months after she moved to Hollywood. She landed the role of Pamela Ewing on Dallas several years later, and she played the character for 10 years. On the show, Pamela is often defined solely by her love for Bobby, but in real life the actress has a line of natural skincare, owns a production company, and is a best-selling author! Clearly she knows how to take care of her skin, because she still looks amazing!
Although best known for her comedic talent, Melinda Dillon proved herself to be an extremely versatile actress over the course of her four and a half decade long acting career. She got her start in improv comedy and stage acting, and is perhaps best known for being nominated for a Tony Award for her debut in the original 1962 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway. Melinda appeared in many different films as well, and she earned herself Academy Award nominations for her appearances in both Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice. Melinda gave up acting in 2007, but she is still well remembered for her roles in films like A Christmas Story, Harry and the Hendersons, and Magnolia. Her last-ever appearance was in the 2007 film Reign Over Me!
In the late 1970s and 1980s, long-legged pin-up girl Catherine Bach stole hearts all over the world as Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. Her legs were insured for a million dollars while she was on the show, but now she’s hung up the cut-off denim shorts. They helped propel her to fame and were even named after her, but she doesn’t seem to need them; her acting career is still going strong. You might know her as Anita from The Young and the Restless!
Maureen McCormick, also known as Marcia Brady, was one of the more recognizable faces of the 1970s thanks to her starring role on The Brady Bunch. Her acting career began at age 6 when she won the Baby Miss San Fernando Valley contest, and by the age of 7 she was widely recognizable thanks to multiple roles in TV commercials and various sitcoms. She spent most of her teen years as one of the most popular role models for children in America, and she appeared in dozens of films and TV shows throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. However, the fame and fortune weren’t always a blessing! In fact, the Brady Bunch star has divulged to the press that her fame lead to a considerable amount of drug use and depression. Happily, she’s doing much better today, and lives with her husband in Los Angeles!
Born in 1940, Raquel Welch first gained attention for her role in the 1966 film Fantastic VoyageOne Million Years B.C.. She only had three lines in the film, but she wore a doe-skin bikini that made her into an iconic celebrity sex symbol. She went on to appear in a large number of films and TV shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and won a Golden Globe in 1974 for appearing in The Three Musketeers. More recently, Raquel starred in the 2001 film Legally Blonde. Today she is a successful businesswoman who has launched a signature line of wigs as well as a jewelry and skincare line. Raquel has been divorced four times, but today she’s a happy single mother of two adult children.
