Priscilla Pointer

Personal Info

Birthday

May 18, 1924

Day of Death

2025-04-28

(100 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Pricilla Pointer

پریسیلا پوینتر

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Priscilla Pointer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Dallas

Cold Case

The A-Team

Quincy, M.E.

Knots Landing

The Rockford Files

Police Woman

Filmography

2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Mrs. Beaumont
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
2001
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
1999
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
1997
Alone
as Susan Hight
1996
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
1993
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
1991
Runaway Father
as Mary Bennett
1990
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
A Show of Force
as Alice Ryan
1989
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
1987
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip
as Mrs. Martha Williams
1986
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
1985
Generation
as Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
1984
Micki & Maude
as Diana Hutchison
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Miss Cox
Good-bye Cruel World
as Myra
1982
Mysterious Two
as She
The Gift of Life
as Rosalee Boyer
1981
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Hawk Lady
1980
The Competition
as Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
as Rosella
1979
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mrs. Dunn
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Laura Atherton
A Killing Affair
as Judge Cudahy
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Emma Dvorak
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Missy LeHand
1976
Nickelodeon
as Mabel
Carrie
as Mrs. Snell
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Miss Harris
The Keegans
as Helen Hunter McVey
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Jean MacArthur
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
as Marion Chapman
The Failing of Raymond
as History Teacher