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