Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born May 18, 1924
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.
MovieBlue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
as Mrs. Beaumont
MovieNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
MovieSweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
as Sally (voice)
TVCold Case
2003
as Lillian Vine (2006)
MovieActing 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
MovieInferno
1999
as Mrs. Henry Howard
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Margaret Palmer
MovieAlone
1997
as Susan Hight
MovieCarried Away
1996
as Lily Henson
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Elizabeth Carpenter
TVER
1994
as Mrs. Abernathy
MovieThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
MoviePainted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994
as Barbara
MovieThe Magic Bubble
1993
as Grandma
MovieRunaway Father
1991
as Mary Bennett
MovieDisturbed
1990
as Sr. Francine
MovieThe Flash
1990
as Nora Allen
TVThe Flash
1990
as Nora Allen
MovieA Show of Force
1990
as Alice Ryan
MovieA Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989
as Tracey's Mother
MovieC.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
as Dr. Berlin
MovieRumpelstiltskin
1987
as Queen Grizelda
MovieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
MovieFrom the Hip
1987
as Mrs. Martha Williams
MovieBlue Velvet
1986
as Mrs. Beaumont
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Dorothy Pehlman
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Charlie
MovieGeneration
1985
as Ellen Breed
MovieThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Mrs. Lee
MovieMicki & Maude
1984
as Diana Hutchison
TVCall to Glory
1984
as Lillie
MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Miss Cox
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Tracy Richter's Mother
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Marie Halloran
TVNewhart
1982
as Clara Whitscomber
MovieGood-bye Cruel World
1982
as Myra
MovieMysterious Two
1982
as She
MovieThe Gift of Life
1982
as Rosalee Boyer
MovieMommie Dearest
1981
as Mrs. Chadwick
MovieThe Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981
as Hawk Lady
MovieThe Competition
1980
as Mrs. Donellan
MovieHoneysuckle Rose
1980
as Rosella
TVStone
1980
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Beatrice Handleman
MovieThe Onion Field
1979
as Chrissie Campbell
TVMrs. Columbo
1979
as Mrs. Prior
TVDallas
1978
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
TVWhat Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
MovieLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Mrs. Dunn
MovieMary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
as Laura Atherton
MovieA Killing Affair
1977
as Judge Cudahy
TVLou Grant
1977
as Elizabeth Driscoll
MovieThe 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
as Emma Dvorak
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Missy LeHand
MovieNickelodeon
1976
as Mabel
MovieCarrie
1976
as Mrs. Snell
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Nurse Kathy Benson
MovieThe Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976
as Miss Harris
MovieThe Keegans
1976
as Helen Hunter McVey
TVCity of Angels
1976
as Mrs. Macklin
MovieCollision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
as Jean MacArthur
TVKate McShane
1975
as Mrs. Inerson
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Helen Morris
TVPolice Woman
1974
as Adele French
TVHarry O
1974
as Constance Faraday
TVKojak
1973
as Regina
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Nancy Moore
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Ruth Meredith
MovieThe Failing of Raymond
1971
as History Teacher
MovieDeath Takes a Holiday
1971
as Marion Chapman
TVCannon
1971
as Dr. Janet Cochran
TVMcCloud
1970
as Shirley
TVAdam-12
1968
as Jacqueline Carey
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Miss Dalton
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Mrs.Colton
TVChina Smith
1952
as Iris Clark
