Priscilla Pointer
Acting
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.
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Movies (44)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage2011Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear2008Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'2001Self
Inferno1999Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone1997Susan Hight
Carried Away1996Lily Henson
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition1994Barbara
The Magic Bubble1993Grandma
Runaway Father1991Mary Bennett
Disturbed1990Sr. Francine
The Flash1990Nora Allen
A Show of Force1990Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story1989Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud1989Dr. Berlin
Rumpelstiltskin1987Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip1987Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet1986Mrs. Beaumont
Generation1985Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman1985Mrs. Lee
Micki & Maude1984Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983Miss Cox
Good-bye Cruel World1982Myra
Mysterious Two1982She
The Gift of Life1982Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest1981Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire1981Hawk Lady
The Competition1980Mrs. Donellan
Shows (32)
Cold Case2003Lillian Vine (2006)
Judging Amy1999Margaret Palmer
Touched by an Angel1994Elizabeth Carpenter
ER1994Mrs. Abernathy
The Flash1990Nora Allen
L.A. Law1986Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories1985Charlie
Call to Glory1984Lillie
The A-Team1983Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere1982Marie Halloran
Newhart1982Clara Whitscomber
Stone1980
Knots Landing1979Beatrice Handleman
Mrs. Columbo1979Mrs. Prior
Dallas1978Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?1977
Lou Grant1977Elizabeth Driscoll
Quincy, M.E.1976Nurse Kathy Benson
City of Angels1976Mrs. Macklin
Kate McShane1975Mrs. Inerson
The Rockford Files1974Helen Morris
Police Woman1974Adele French
Harry O1974Constance Faraday
Kojak1973Regina
Barnaby Jones1973Nancy Moore
ABC Afterschool Special1972Ruth Meredith
Cannon1971Dr. Janet Cochran
McCloud1970Shirley
Adam-121968Jacqueline Carey
The Name of the Game1968Miss Dalton