Priscilla Pointer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1924
- Died
- April 28, 2025 (aged 100)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Movie · as Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie · as Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Movie · as Sally (voice)
Cold Case
TV · as Lillian Vine (2006) · 1 ep
Acting 'Carrie'
Movie · as Self
Inferno
Movie · as Mrs. Henry Howard
Judging Amy
TV · as Margaret Palmer · 1 ep
Alone
Movie · as Susan Hight
Carried Away
Movie · as Lily Henson
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Movie · as Barbara
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie · as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
ER
TV · as Mrs. Abernathy · 2 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Elizabeth Carpenter · 1 ep
The Magic Bubble
Movie · as Grandma
Runaway Father
Movie · as Mary Bennett
Disturbed
Movie · as Sr. Francine
The Flash
Movie · as Nora Allen
A Show of Force
Movie · as Alice Ryan
The Flash
TV · as Nora Allen · 3 eps
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Movie · as Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Movie · as Dr. Berlin
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie · as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Rumpelstiltskin
Movie · as Queen Grizelda
From the Hip
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
Movie · as Mrs. Beaumont
L.A. Law
TV · as Dorothy Pehlman · 4 eps
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie · as Mrs. Lee
Generation
Movie · as Ellen Breed
Amazing Stories
TV · as Charlie, woman on train (cameo) · 1 ep
Micki & Maude
Movie · as Diana Hutchison
Call to Glory
TV · as Lillie · 5 eps
Mike Hammer
TV · as Edna Grundy · 1 ep
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie · as Miss Cox
The A-Team
TV · as Tracy Richter's Mother · 1 ep
Mysterious Two
Movie · as She
Good-bye Cruel World
Movie · as Myra
The Gift of Life
Movie · as Rosalee Boyer
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Marie Halloran · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Clara Whitscomber · 1 ep
Mommie Dearest
Movie · as Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Movie · as Hawk Lady
Honeysuckle Rose
Movie · as Rosella
The Competition
Movie · as Mrs. Donellan
Stone
TV · 1 ep
The Onion Field
Movie · as Chrissie Campbell
Knots Landing
TV · as Beatrice Handleman · 1 ep
Mrs. Columbo
TV · as Mrs. Prior · 1 ep
Dallas
TV · as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only) · 40 eps
A Killing Affair
Movie · as Judge Cudahy
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Movie · as Mrs. Dunn
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Movie · as Missy LeHand
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Movie · as Laura Atherton
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Movie · as Emma Dvorak
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV · 1 ep
Lou Grant
TV · as Elizabeth Driscoll · 1 ep
Carrie
Movie · as Mrs. Snell
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Movie · as Miss Harris
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Movie · as Jean MacArthur
Nickelodeon
Movie · as Mabel
The Keegans
Movie · as Helen Hunter McVey
City of Angels
TV · as Mrs. Macklin · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Nurse Kathy Benson, Mrs. Neilson · 2 eps
Kate McShane
TV · as Mrs. Inerson · 1 ep
Harry O
TV · as Constance Faraday · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Helen Morris · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · as Adele French · 2 eps
Kojak
TV · as Regina · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Nancy Moore · 1 ep
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Ruth Meredith · 1 ep
Death Takes a Holiday
Movie · as Marion Chapman
The Failing of Raymond
Movie · as History Teacher
Cannon
TV · as Dr. Janet Cochran, Edith Cunningham · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · as Shirley · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Jacqueline Carey · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Miss Dalton · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · as Mrs.Colton · 1 ep
China Smith
TV · as Iris Clark, Carla Tilson · 1 ep