Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1924-05-18
- Day of Death2025-04-28 (100 years)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsPricilla Pointerپریسیلا پوینتر
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
As: Mrs. Beaumont
- 2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
As: Sally (voice)
- 2003
Cold Case
As: Lillian Vine (2006)
- 1999
Inferno
As: Mrs. Henry Howard
- 1999
Judging Amy
As: Margaret Palmer
- 1997
Alone
As: Susan Hight
- 1996
Carried Away
As: Lily Henson
- 1994
Touched by an Angel
As: Elizabeth Carpenter
1994ER
As: Mrs. Abernathy
1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
As: Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
As: Barbara
1993The Magic Bubble
As: Grandma
1991Runaway Father
As: Mary Bennett
1990Disturbed
As: Sr. Francine
1990The Flash
As: Nora Allen
1990The Flash
As: Nora Allen
1990A Show of Force
As: Alice Ryan
1989A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
As: Tracey's Mother
1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
As: Dr. Berlin
1987Rumpelstiltskin
As: Queen Grizelda
- 1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
As: Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987From the Hip
As: Mrs. Martha Williams
- 1986
Blue Velvet
As: Mrs. Beaumont
1986L.A. Law
As: Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
1985Amazing Stories
As: Charlie
- 1985
Amazing Stories
As: woman on train (cameo)
1985Generation
As: Ellen Breed
1985The Falcon and the Snowman
As: Mrs. Lee
1984Micki & Maude
As: Diana Hutchison
- 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
As: Miss Cox
1983The A-Team
As: Tracy Richter's Mother
1983Good-bye Cruel World
As: Myra
1982Mysterious Two
As: She
1982The Gift of Life
As: Rosalee Boyer
1981Mommie Dearest
As: Mrs. Chadwick
1981The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
As: Hawk Lady
1980The Competition
As: Mrs. Donellan
1980Honeysuckle Rose
As: Rosella
1979Knots Landing
As: Beatrice Handleman
1979The Onion Field
As: Chrissie Campbell
1979Mrs. Columbo
As: Mrs. Prior
1978Dallas
As: Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
- 1978
Dallas
As: Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar
As: Mrs. Dunn
1977Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
As: Laura Atherton
1977A Killing Affair
As: Judge Cudahy
1977Lou Grant
As: Elizabeth Driscoll
1977The 3,000 Mile Chase
As: Emma Dvorak
1976Nickelodeon
As: Mabel
- 1976
Carrie
As: Mrs. Snell
1976Quincy, M.E.
As: Nurse Kathy Benson
1976The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
As: Miss Harris
1976The Keegans
As: Helen Hunter McVey
1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
As: Jean MacArthur
1975Kate McShane
As: Mrs. Inerson
1974The Rockford Files
As: Helen Morris
1974Police Woman
As: Adele French
1973Kojak
As: Regina
1973Barnaby Jones
As: Nancy Moore
1972ABC Afterschool Special
As: Ruth Meredith
1971Death Takes a Holiday
As: Marion Chapman
1971The Failing of Raymond
As: History Teacher
1968Adam-12
As: Jacqueline Carey
1967The High Chaparral
As: Mrs.Colton