Priscilla Pointer
Biography
Priscilla Marie Pointer (May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025) was an American actress. She began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood and made appearances on television beginning in the early 1950s.
Pointer was the mother of actress and singer Amy Irving, making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-05-18 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting
2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Mrs. Beaumont2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear as Sally (voice)2003
Cold Case as Lillian Vine (2006)2001
Acting 'Carrie' as Self1999
Judging Amy as Margaret Palmer1999
Inferno as Mrs. Henry Howard1997
Alone as Susan Hight1996
Carried Away as Lily Henson1994
ER as Mrs. Abernathy1994
Touched by an Angel as Elizabeth Carpenter1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")1994
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition as Barbara1992
The Magic Bubble as Grandma1991
Runaway Father as Mary Bennett1990
The Flash as Nora Allen1990
The Flash as Nora Allen1990
A Show of Force as Alice Ryan1990
Disturbed as Sr. Francine1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Dr. Berlin1989
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story as Tracey's Mother1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dr. Elizabeth Simms1987
From the Hip as Mrs. Martha Williams1987
Rumpelstiltskin as Queen Grizelda1986
L.A. Law as Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman1986
Blue Velvet as Mrs. Beaumont1985
Amazing Stories as Charlie1985
Amazing Stories as woman on train (cameo)1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as Mrs. Lee1985
Generation as Ellen Breed1984
Micki & Maude as Diana Hutchison1983
The A-Team as Tracy Richter's Mother1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie as Miss Cox1983
Good-bye Cruel World as Myra1982
Newhart as Not available1982
St. Elsewhere as Not available1982
Mysterious Two as She1982
The Gift of Life as Rosalee Boyer1981
Mommie Dearest as Mrs. Chadwick1981
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire as Hawk Lady1980
Stone as Not available1980
The Competition as Mrs. Donellan1980
Honeysuckle Rose as Rosella1979
Knots Landing as Beatrice Handleman1979
Mrs. Columbo as Not available1979
The Onion Field as Chrissie Campbell1978
Dallas as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth1978
Dallas as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)1977
Lou Grant as Elizabeth Driscoll1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? as Not available1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mrs. Dunn1977
A Killing Affair as Judge Cudahy1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase as Emma Dvorak1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Laura Atherton1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Missy LeHand1976
Quincy, M.E. as Not available1976
Quincy, M.E. as Nurse Kathy Benson1976
City of Angels as Not available1976
Carrie as Mrs. Snell1976
Nickelodeon as Mabel1976
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Miss Harris1976
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Jean MacArthur1976
The Keegans as Helen Hunter McVey1975
Joe Forrester as Not available1975
Kate McShane as Mrs. Inerson1974
The Rockford Files as Helen Morris1974
Police Woman as Not available1974
Police Woman as Adele French1974
Harry O as Not available1973
Barnaby Jones as Nancy Moore1973
Kojak as Regina1972
ABC Afterschool Special as Ruth Meredith1971
Cannon as Not available1971
The Failing of Raymond as History Teacher1971
Death Takes a Holiday as Marion Chapman1970
McCloud as Not available1969
Where the Heart Is as Not available1968
Adam-12 as Jacqueline Carey1967
The High Chaparral as Mrs.Colton1952
China Smith as Not available