Priscilla Pointer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1924
- Died
- Apr 28, 2025 (aged 100)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 76
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
Carrie
1976Movie
Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet
1986Movie
Mrs. Beaumont
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987Movie
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
The A-Team
1983TV
Tracy Richter's Mother
ER
1994TV
Mrs. Abernathy
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983Movie
Miss Cox
Filmography
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011Movie
Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010Movie
Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008Movie
Sally (voice)
Cold Case
2003TV
Lillian Vine (2006)
Acting 'Carrie'
2001Movie
Self
Inferno
1999Movie
Mrs. Henry Howard
Judging Amy
1999TV
Margaret Palmer
Alone
1997Movie
Susan Hight
Carried Away
1996Movie
Lily Henson
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Elizabeth Carpenter
ER
1994TV
Mrs. Abernathy
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994Movie
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994Movie
Barbara
The Magic Bubble
1993Movie
Grandma
Runaway Father
1991Movie
Mary Bennett
Disturbed
1990Movie
Sr. Francine
The Flash
1990Movie
Nora Allen
The Flash
1990TV
Nora Allen
A Show of Force
1990Movie
Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989Movie
Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989Movie
Dr. Berlin
Rumpelstiltskin
1987Movie
Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987Movie
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip
1987Movie
Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
1986Movie
Mrs. Beaumont
L.A. Law
1986TV
Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Charlie, woman on train (cameo)
Generation
1985Movie
Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985Movie
Mrs. Lee
Micki & Maude
1984Movie
Diana Hutchison
Call to Glory
1984TV
Lillie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983Movie
Miss Cox
The A-Team
1983TV
Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Marie Halloran
Newhart
1982TV
Clara Whitscomber
Good-bye Cruel World
1982Movie
Myra
Mysterious Two
1982Movie
She
The Gift of Life
1982Movie
Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
1981Movie
Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981Movie
Hawk Lady
The Competition
1980Movie
Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
1980Movie
Rosella
Stone
1980TV
Knots Landing
1979TV
Beatrice Handleman
The Onion Field
1979Movie
Chrissie Campbell
Mrs. Columbo
1979TV
Mrs. Prior
Dallas
1978TV
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977TV
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977Movie
Mrs. Dunn
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977Movie
Laura Atherton
A Killing Affair
1977Movie
Judge Cudahy
Lou Grant
1977TV
Elizabeth Driscoll
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977Movie
Emma Dvorak
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977Movie
Missy LeHand
Nickelodeon
1976Movie
Mabel
Carrie
1976Movie
Mrs. Snell
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Nurse Kathy Benson, Mrs. Neilson
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976Movie
Miss Harris
The Keegans
1976Movie
Helen Hunter McVey
City of Angels
1976TV
Mrs. Macklin
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976Movie
Jean MacArthur
Kate McShane
1975TV
Mrs. Inerson
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Helen Morris
Police Woman
1974TV
Adele French
Harry O
1974TV
Constance Faraday
Kojak
1973TV
Regina
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Nancy Moore
ABC Afterschool Special
1972TV
Ruth Meredith
The Failing of Raymond
1971Movie
History Teacher
Death Takes a Holiday
1971Movie
Marion Chapman
Cannon
1971TV
Dr. Janet Cochran, Edith Cunningham
McCloud
1970TV
Shirley
Adam-12
1968TV
Jacqueline Carey
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Miss Dalton
The High Chaparral
1967TV
Mrs.Colton
China Smith
1952TV
Iris Clark, Carla Tilson