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
Cold Case
2003TV
Lillian Vine (2006)
Judging Amy
1999TV
Margaret Palmer
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Elizabeth Carpenter
ER
1994TV
Mrs. Abernathy
The Flash
1990TV
Nora Allen
L.A. Law
1986TV
Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Charlie, woman on train (cameo)
Call to Glory
1984TV
Lillie
The A-Team
1983TV
Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Marie Halloran
Newhart
1982TV
Clara Whitscomber
Stone
1980TV
Knots Landing
1979TV
Beatrice Handleman
Mrs. Columbo
1979TV
Mrs. Prior
Dallas
1978TV
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977TV
Lou Grant
1977TV
Elizabeth Driscoll
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Nurse Kathy Benson, Mrs. Neilson
City of Angels
1976TV
Mrs. Macklin
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
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