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.
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Acting History
2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Mrs. Beaumont
2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
2008Sweet Nothing in My Ear as Sally (voice)
2003Cold Case as Lillian Vine (2006)
2001Acting 'Carrie' as Self
1999Inferno as Mrs. Henry Howard
1999Judging Amy as Margaret Palmer
1997Alone as Susan Hight
1996Carried Away as Lily Henson
1994Touched 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
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
1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987From the Hip as Mrs. Martha Williams
1986Blue Velvet as Mrs. Beaumont
1986L.A. Law as Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
1985Amazing Stories as Charlie
1985Amazing Stories as woman on train (cameo)
1985Generation as Ellen Breed
1985The Falcon and the Snowman as Mrs. Lee
1984Micki & Maude as Diana Hutchison
1984Call to Glory as Lillie
1983Twilight Zone: The Movie as Miss Cox
1983The A-Team as Tracy Richter's Mother
1982St. Elsewhere as Marie Halloran
1982Newhart
1982Good-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
1980Stone
1979Knots Landing as Beatrice Handleman
1979The Onion Field as Chrissie Campbell
1979Mrs. Columbo as Mrs. Prior
1978Dallas as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
1978Dallas as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1977What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
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
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Missy LeHand
1976Nickelodeon as Mabel
1976Carrie as Mrs. Snell
1976Quincy, M.E. as Nurse Kathy Benson
1976Quincy, M.E. as Mrs. Neilson
1976The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Miss Harris
1976The Keegans as Helen Hunter McVey
1976City of Angels
1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Jean MacArthur
1975Kate McShane as Mrs. Inerson
1975Joe Forrester
1974The Rockford Files as Helen Morris
1974Police Woman
1974Police Woman as Adele French
1974Harry O
1973Kojak as Regina
1973Barnaby Jones as Nancy Moore
1972ABC Afterschool Special as Ruth Meredith
1971The Failing of Raymond as History Teacher
1971Death Takes a Holiday as Marion Chapman
1971Cannon
1970McCloud
1969Where the Heart Is
1968Adam-12 as Jacqueline Carey
1967The High Chaparral as Mrs.Colton
1952China Smith