Name
Priscilla Pointer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-05-18
Deathday
2025-04-28 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
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An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV seriesâ...
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A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens a...
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- 1986 Blue Velvet as Mrs. Beaumont
- 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
- 1999 Inferno as Mrs. Henry Howard
- 1977 A Killing Affair as Judge Cudahy
- 1976 Carrie as Mrs. Snell
- 2001 Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story as Tracey's Mother
- 1979 The Onion Field as Chrissie Campbell
- 1996 Carried Away as Lily Henson
- 1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mrs. Dunn
- 1981 Mommie Dearest as Mrs. Chadwick
- 1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Miss Harris
- 1987 Rumpelstiltskin as Queen Grizelda
- 1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Dr. Berlin
- 1990 Disturbed as Sr. Francine
- 1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Jean MacArthur
- 1976 Nickelodeon as Mabel
- 1990 The Flash as Nora Allen
- 1971 Death Takes a Holiday as Marion Chapman
- 1994 Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition as Barbara
- 1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Missy LeHand
- 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie as Miss Cox
- 1971 The Failing of Raymond as History Teacher
- 1976 The Keegans as Helen Hunter McVey
- 1982 Mysterious Two as She
- 1990 A Show of Force as Alice Ryan
- 2011 Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Mrs. Beaumont
- 1993 The Magic Bubble as Grandma
- 1997 Alone as Susan Hight
- 1982 Good-bye Cruel World as Myra
- 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman as Mrs. Lee
- 1982 The Gift of Life as Rosalee Boyer
- 1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Laura Atherton
- 1981 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire as Hawk Lady
- 1985 Generation as Ellen Breed
- 2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear as Sally (voice)
- 1991 Runaway Father as Mary Bennett
- 1980 Honeysuckle Rose as Rosella
- 1987 From the Hip as Mrs. Martha Williams
- 1994 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
- 1980 The Competition as Mrs. Donellan
- 1984 Micki & Maude as Diana Hutchison
- 1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase as Emma Dvorak
- 2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Marie Halloran
- 1990 The Flash ( 3 episodes ) as Nora Allen
- 1985 Amazing Stories ( 1 episode ) as Charlie
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 4 episodes ) as Dorothy Pehlman
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Tracy Richter's Mother
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Margaret Palmer
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Lillian Vine (2006)
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Beatrice Handleman
- 1982 Newhart ( 1 episode ) as Clara Whitscomber
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Regina
- 1978 Dallas ( 40 episodes ) as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
- 1978 Dallas ( 1 episode ) as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Janet Cochran
- 1994 ER ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Abernathy
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode ) as Constance Faraday
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Mrs.Colton
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode ) as Shirley
- 1976 City of Angels ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Macklin
- 1972 ABC Afterschool Special ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Meredith
- 1980 Stone ( 1 episode )
- 1977 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Amazing Stories ( 1 episode ) as woman on train (cameo)
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Helen Morris
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Jacqueline Carey
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Nurse Kathy Benson
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Carpenter
- 1974 Police Woman ( 2 episodes ) as Adele French
- 1975 Kate McShane ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Inerson
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Driscoll
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Moore
- 1979 Mrs. Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Prior
- 1984 Call to Glory ( 5 episodes ) as Lillie
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Neilson
- 1952 China Smith ( 1 episode ) as Iris Clark
- 1952 China Smith ( 1 episode ) as Carla Tilson
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode ) as Edith Cunningham
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Miss Dalton
