Joan Pringle
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Joan Pringle | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1963–2007 |
Spouse(s) | Teddy Wilson
(m. 1980; died 1991)Vernon L. Bolling
(m. 1998) |
Children | 2 |
Joan Pringle (born June 2, 1945) is an American former actress. Pringle is perhaps known for her roles on General Hospital (1963), The White Shadow (1978), and Original Sin (2001). One of Pringle's best known roles was portraying vice principal Sybil Buchanan in the TV series The White Shadow. During the third and final season her character was promoted to principal.
Career[]
Pringle also appeared in many TV shows, including The Waltons, Sanford and Son (1974), That's My Mama (1974), The Bionic Woman (1977), and Kojak. In That's My Mama, Pringle replaced Lynne Moody as Tracy Curtis Taylor for Season 2 in 1975. Pringle also appeared in a Barnaby Jones episode titled, “The Deadly Valentine” (03/31/1977). Pringle starred as Ruth Marshall in the daytime drama Generations from 1989-1991 for NBC. Recent guest roles from film and television include Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls and on Girlfriends as Carol Hart, the mother of Tracee Ellis Ross's character Joan Clayton. Pringle also guest-appeared in a Season 1 episode of Friends as Dr. Oberman in "" She also was a star in the movie (1976) along with Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett, Jr. Pringle also had a recurring role as Flex's mother on the sitcom One on One.
Personal[]
Pringle has been married twice and has 2 children. Her first marriage was to actor Theodore "Teddy" Wilson from 1980 until his death in 1991.[1] Together, Pringle and Wilson had 2 children -- twins Robert and Nicole (b. 1980). Pringle later married Vernon L. Bolling in 1998.
References[]
Demetria Fulton added Pringle’s appearance in a Barnaby Jones episode titled “The Deadly Valentine” (03/31/1977).
External links[]
- 1945 births
- African-American actresses
- American television actresses
- Actresses from New York City
- American film actresses
- Living people
- American soap opera actresses
- American stage actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American screen actor, 1940s birth stubs