Victoria Principal pays tribute Dallas Costa Rican Priscilla Pointer’s birthday milestone!
The actress, 74, wished Pointer – who played her mother Rebecca Wentworth in the long-running TV series – a happy 100th birthday on Instagram by sharing a special message Pointer gave her.
“This is a photo and note that Priscilla Pointer gave me when she left Dallas,” Principal wrote. “My mom from Dallas turns 100 today. Happy birthday dear Priscilla! Love, Victoria ❤️”
The post featured a black-and-white photo of her as her character Pamela Barnes and Pointer as Rebecca during one of their mother-daughter scenes in Dallas. A handwritten note from Pointer could be seen just below the photo.
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It read: “Dear Victoria, thank you for the beautiful flowers and the lovely message. We will not lose touch — you are very special to me. Priscilla.”
Pointer played Rebecca in 44 episodes Dallas — which followed the Ewing family as they managed the inner workings of their vast oil empire — in the early 1980s.
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As for the Headmistress, she starred on the show from its first season in 1978 to 1987. She previously told PEOPLE during the show’s 40th anniversary that she was drawn to the character of Pamela from the first time she read for the character.
Priscilla Pointer and Victoria Principal seen in ‘Dallas’.
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“My feeling from the moment I read it was that it was incredibly special and I really, really wanted to be a part of it. I couldn’t imagine not being Pam,” she said at the time.
However, she said she eventually noticed “there was a definite decline” in the writing as the show progressed and decided to leave the series after nine years.
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“I was very honest about my concerns and disappointment; that we had such good writing and so many wonderful plots, and that when it came time to renegotiate the contracts with the writers, I felt that a lot of the writers left because they didn’t get real work,” she said.
Despite the departure, the director said that she is delighted that new generations are experiencing the legendary drama.
“I’m happy, based on all the emails I’ve gotten, that people are introducing their kids or grandkids Dallas,” she said. “I’m so excited that people still remember Dallas.”
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