- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1924
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 28, 2025
Priscilla Pointer
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.
Filmography
movieBlue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011 · Mrs. Beaumont
movieNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Self
movieSweet Nothing in My Ear
2008 · Sally (voice)
tvCold Case
2003 · Lillian Vine (2006)
movieActing 'Carrie'
2001 · Self
movieInferno
1999 · Mrs. Henry Howard
tvJudging Amy
1999 · Margaret Palmer
movieAlone
1997 · Susan Hight
movieCarried Away
1996 · Lily Henson
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Elizabeth Carpenter
tvER
1994 · Mrs. Abernathy
movieThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
moviePainted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994 · Barbara
movieThe Magic Bubble
1993 · Grandma
movieRunaway Father
1991 · Mary Bennett
movieDisturbed
1990 · Sr. Francine
movieThe Flash
1990 · Nora Allen
tvThe Flash
1990 · Nora Allen
movieA Show of Force
1990 · Alice Ryan
movieA Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989 · Tracey's Mother
movieC.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989 · Dr. Berlin
movieRumpelstiltskin
1987 · Queen Grizelda
movieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Dr. Elizabeth Simms
movieFrom the Hip
1987 · Mrs. Martha Williams
movieBlue Velvet
1986 · Mrs. Beaumont
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Dorothy Pehlman
tvAmazing Stories
1985 · Charlie, woman on train (cameo)
movieGeneration
1985 · Ellen Breed
movieThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Mrs. Lee
movieMicki & Maude
1984 · Diana Hutchison
tvCall to Glory
1984 · Lillie
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Miss Cox
tvThe A-Team
1983 · Tracy Richter's Mother
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Marie Halloran
tvNewhart
1982 · Clara Whitscomber
movieGood-bye Cruel World
1982 · Myra
movieMysterious Two
1982 · She
movieThe Gift of Life
1982 · Rosalee Boyer
movieMommie Dearest
1981 · Mrs. Chadwick
movieThe Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981 · Hawk Lady
movieThe Competition
1980 · Mrs. Donellan
movieHoneysuckle Rose
1980 · Rosella
tvStone
1980
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Beatrice Handleman
movieThe Onion Field
1979 · Chrissie Campbell
tvMrs. Columbo
1979 · Mrs. Prior
tvDallas
1978 · Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
tvWhat Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
movieLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · Mrs. Dunn
movieMary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977 · Laura Atherton
movieA Killing Affair
1977 · Judge Cudahy
tvLou Grant
1977 · Elizabeth Driscoll
movieThe 3,000 Mile Chase
1977 · Emma Dvorak
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Missy LeHand
movieNickelodeon
1976 · Mabel
movieCarrie
1976 · Mrs. Snell
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976 · Nurse Kathy Benson, Mrs. Neilson
movieThe Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976 · Miss Harris
movieThe Keegans
1976 · Helen Hunter McVey
tvCity of Angels
1976 · Mrs. Macklin
movieCollision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976 · Jean MacArthur
tvKate McShane
1975 · Mrs. Inerson
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Helen Morris
tvPolice Woman
1974 · Adele French
tvHarry O
1974 · Constance Faraday
tvKojak
1973 · Regina
tvBarnaby Jones
1973 · Nancy Moore
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Ruth Meredith
movieThe Failing of Raymond
1971 · History Teacher
movieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971 · Marion Chapman
tvCannon
1971 · Dr. Janet Cochran, Edith Cunningham
tvMcCloud
1970 · Shirley
tvAdam-12
1968 · Jacqueline Carey
tvThe Name of the Game
1968 · Miss Dalton
tvThe High Chaparral
1967 · Mrs.Colton
tvChina Smith
1952 · Iris Clark, Carla Tilson