Joan Pringle was born on June 2,1945 and is an American actress known for her role as vice principal Sybil Buchanan in the CBS drama series, The White Shadow, for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
18 Facts About Joan Pringle
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Joan Pringle later starred in the soap opera, Generations from 1989 to 1991 and had the recurring roles in One on One and Girlfriends.
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Joan Pringle received her education at an Episcopalian private school, being the only black student in her class.
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Joan Pringle continued her education at Hunter College for a master's degree in drama, but decided to drop out and begin her acting career.
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Joan Pringle studied acting under Uta Hagen, and moved to California in 1972.
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Joan Pringle debuted on Broadway as Rosita in a 1970 production of Camino Real.
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That same year, Joan Pringle portrayed Edith in the musical Operation Sidewinder by Sam Shepard.
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Joan Pringle was under contract as a Universal Studios player in 1973.
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Joan Pringle had a recurring role as Diana, the lawyer wife of Mark Sanger on crime drama Ironside.
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Joan Pringle portrayed Esther, a friend of Erin Walton who is turned down for a job because of her race, in The Waltons.
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Joan Pringle continued playing Sybil until the series ended in 1981.
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Joan Pringle stated she struggled finding substantive roles after The White Shadow ended.
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Joan Pringle starred as Ruth Marshall in the daytime drama Generations from 1989 to 1991 for NBC.
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Joan Pringle appeared as Gwen Singleton, the boss of Barbara Eden's character, in Visions of Murder and its sequel Eyes of Terror.
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In film, Joan Pringle portrayed housekeeper Sara in Original Sin and a judge in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls.
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Joan Pringle portrayed Flex Alexander's mother, Eunice, on the sitcom One on One.
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Joan Pringle was married to actor Theodore "Teddy" Wilson from 1980 until his death in 1991.
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Joan Pringle had been a chain smoker for years before quitting the habit by 1979.