Known For
Acting
Born
May 18, 1924
Died
Apr 28, 2025
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
76 titles
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
Filmography
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sally (voice)
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
Alone
Susan Hight
Carried Away
Lily Henson
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Barbara
The Magic Bubble
Grandma
Runaway Father
Mary Bennett
Disturbed
Sr. Francine
The Flash
Nora Allen
The Flash
Nora Allen
A Show of Force
Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Dr. Berlin
Rumpelstiltskin
Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
L.A. Law
Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories
Charlie
Generation
Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
Micki & Maude
Diana Hutchison
Call to Glory
Lillie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
Marie Halloran
Newhart
Clara Whitscomber
Good-bye Cruel World
Myra
Mysterious Two
She
The Gift of Life
Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Hawk Lady
The Competition
Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella
Stone
Knots Landing
Beatrice Handleman
The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
Mrs. Columbo
Mrs. Prior
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Laura Atherton