Priscilla Barnes is an American actress. Barnes portrays Magda on Jane the Virgin.
Career[]
She rose to fame as the replacement for Suzanne Somers on Three's Company and has been acting since 1975. She has modeled, acted, produced and wrote for several different projects. Barnes appeared as an Amazon in The New Original Wonder Woman alongside Lynda Carter as the title character, following which she got a one-line part in an episode of Columbo, which led to a series of bit parts in films like The Seniors (1978) and Delta Fox (1979). In 1978, Barnes starred in the TV series, The American Girls, which was canceled after seven weeks. Subsequent parts include the horror film Tintorera, and such television series as Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, The Rockford Files, The Love Boat, the 1978 TV version of The Time Machine and the 1979 television film A Vacation In Hell. In 1980, Barnes landed a supporting role in Sunday Lovers. In 1981, Barnes was cast as Terri Alden on Three's Company after Jenilee Harrison served as interim replacement to Suzanne Somers. Barnes was portrayed by actress Anne Ross in the 2003 television movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company.
In 1982, Barnes starred in Aaron Spelling's The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch. After Three's Company was cancelled by ABC in 1984, Barnes appeared in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill as Della Churchill, the underwater sci-fi/action thriller Lords of the Deep (1989), Traxx (1988) with Shadoe Stevens, and in NBC's Perry Mason and the Case of the Reckless Romeo (1993), with Raymond Burr as Perry Mason. Her 1990s feature film appearances include Stepfather III (1992), Mallrats(1995), The Crossing Guard (1995), and Mumford (1999).
Her 2000s work includes The Devil's Rejects (2005), Thr3e (2006), The Visitation (2006), and American Cowslip (2009). In 2012, she co-starred as "Vicey Hatfield" in Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood. In 2013, she appeared in Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs Tsunami. Barnes appeared in a Hallmark Channel original movie called Elevator Girl.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Tintorera | Girl From Bar | |
| 1977 | Beyond Reason | Leslie Valentine | |
| 1978 | Texas Detour | Claudia Hunter | |
| 1978 | The Seniors | Sylvia | |
| 1979 | Delta Fox | Karen | |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Helena Dryden | |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Donna | Segment: "Skippy" |
| 1988 | Traxx | Mayor Alexandra Cray | |
| 1989 | Lords of the Deep | Claire | |
| 1989 | License to Kill | Della Churchill Leiter | |
| 1992 | Body Trouble | Vera Vin Rouge | |
| 1992 | Talons of the Eagle | Cassandra | |
| 1994 | Erotique | Claire | Segment: "Taboo Parlor" |
| 1994 | May Jane | Sister Fong | |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | Verna | |
| 1995 | Mallrats | Ivannah | |
| 1995 | Witch Academy | Edith | |
| 1997 | Catherine's Grove | Sally Willows | |
| 1998 | The Killing Grounds | Della Desordo | Video |
| 1998 | Ava's Magical Adventure | Sarah | |
| 1998 | Divorce: A Contemporary Western | Chris | |
| 1999 | Implicated | Chloe | |
| 1999 | Hash Brown's | Lil Brown | |
| 2001 | Final Payback | Sharon Moreno | |
| 2001 | Alone with a Stranger | Claire Andrews | |
| 2002 | The Backlot Murders | Stephanie | Video |
| 2003 | Shrink Rap | Sheila | |
| 2004 | Unseen Evil 2 | Sheila | Video |
| 2005 | Sex Sells: The Making of Touché | Roxy Free | |
| 2005 | The Devil's Rejects | Gloria Sullivan | |
| 2005 | Heart of the Beholder | Miss Olivia | |
| 2005 | Sex Sells: The Making of Touché | Roxy Free | |
| 2006 | The Visitation | Dee Henchle | |
| 2006 | Thr3e | Balinda Parson | |
| 2007 | Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield | Vera 'Momma' Mason | Video |
| 2008 | Trailer Park of Terror | Jean | |
| 2008 | An American in China | Silvia Braddock | |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Samantha | |
| 2010 | Kid Racer | Buddy | Video |
| 2010 | First Dog | June Angell | |
| 2011 | The A Plate | Candice Stevens | |
| 2012 | Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood | Vicey Hatfield | |
| 2013 | 88 Miles to Moscow | Mom | Short film |
| 2013 | Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami | Vice President Taylor | |
| 2013 | Fat Planet | Jill Strong | |
| 2014 | Helen Alone | Mrs. Straub | |
| 2015 | Turkey | Sue | Short film |
| 2017 | Jonny's Sweet Revenge | 'Stonewall' Rosie Callahan |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Cannon | Linda | "Bloodlines" |
| 1977 | The Rockford Files | Lauren Ingeborg | "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls" |
| 1978 | The American Girls | Rebecca Tomkins | Main role (6 episodes) |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Lisa Kendrick | "Foxy Lady" |
| 1978 | Kojak | Sally Addison / Vicki Addison | "60 Miles to Hell" |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Jeanette Arnold | 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Time Machine | Weena | TV film |
| 1979 | A Vacation in Hell | Denise | TV film |
| 1980 | Taxi | Tawny | "Fantasy Borough: Part 2" |
| 1980 | Vega$ | Pam / Satin | "Love Affair" |
| 1981 | Scruples | Melanie | TV miniseries |
| 1981–1984 | Three's Company | Terri Alden | Regular role (72 episodes) |
| 1982 | The Love Boat | Britta Sorenson | "Getting to Know You: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1982 | The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch | Maggie McCulloch | TV film |
| 1984 | Hotel | Elayne Grayson | "Final Chapters" |
| 1985 | The Love Boat | Helga Bjorsson | "Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Vicky Gallegos | "Dead Heat" |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Maryanne Thompson | "The Revenge of the Esperanza" |
| 1987 | Hotel | Donna Shepherd | "Mixed Emotions" |
| 1988 | Perfect People | Amy | TV film |
| 1989 | Highway to Heaven | Mary Anders / Tawny Turner | "Summer Camp" |
| 1991 | The Letters from Moab | Lila | TV short |
| 1992 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo | Brenda Kingsley | TV film |
| 1992 | Stepfather III | Christine Davis | TV film |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Veronica Barclay | "Happy Valley" |
| 1994 | Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women | Crystal | TV film |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | Christy Winters | "Who Killed the Toy Maker?" |
| 1995 | Asian Connection: Old Flames | Frankie | TV film |
| 1997 | Total Security | Diane Richards | "One Wedding and a Funeral" |
| 1997 | Viper | Sheila Dunn | "Cold Warriors" |
| 1998 | The Cowboy and the Movie Star | Marlene Brighton | TV film |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Liz Morgan | "Liberty and Larceny" |
| 2002 | For the People | Patricia Franklin | "Pilot" |
| 2002 | She Spies | Warden Stoop | "Perilyzed" |
| 2010 | Elevator Girl | Elaine Schuster | TV film |
| 2012 | Low Lifes | Mary | TV film |
| 2014–2019 | Jane the Virgin | Magda | Recurring role (38 episodes) |
| 2015 | Break a Hip | Sabrina Klinefelter | "The Class" |
| 2015 | NCIS | Mrs. Skalbe | "Lockdown" |
| 2017 | The Minutes Collection | Ms. Marshall | "Cory Comes to Christmas" |