Joan Pringle


Joan Pringle is an American former actress. Pringle is perhaps known for her roles on General Hospital, The White Shadow, and Original Sin. 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, That's My Mama, The Bionic Woman, and Kojak. In That's My Mama Pringle replaced Lynne Moody as Tracy Curtis Taylor for Season 2 in 1975. Pringle also appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled, “The Deadly Valentine”. 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' character Joan Clayton. She also guest appeared in an episode of season one of Friends as Dr. Oberman in "The One with the Sonogram at the End". She also was a star in the movie J.D.'s Revenge 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 two children. Her first marriage was to actor Theodore "Teddy" Wilson from 1980 until his death in 1991. Together, Pringle and Wilson had two children; Robert and Nicole. Pringle later married Vernon L. Bolling in 1998.