Acting
Priscilla Pointer
May 18, 1924 (died Apr 28, 2025, aged 100) New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
7.3
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
7.8
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
7.5
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
7.6
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
7.7
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
6.9
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
7.2
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
7.4
The Flash
Nora Allen
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
7.6
The Rockford Files
Helen Morris
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
Nurse Kathy Benson
7.5
Amazing Stories
Charlie
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
5.7
St. Elsewhere
Marie Halloran
7.5
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
Filmography
7.0
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011 · Mrs. Beaumont
7.8
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Self
6.3
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008 · Sally (voice)
7.7
Cold Case
2003 · Lillian Vine (2006)
7.5
Acting 'Carrie'
2001 · Self
7.5
Judging Amy
1999 · Margaret Palmer
6.2
Inferno
1999 · Mrs. Henry Howard
6.7
Alone
1997 · Susan Hight
5.8
Carried Away
1996 · Lily Henson
7.8
ER
1994 · Mrs. Abernathy
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Elizabeth Carpenter
6.8
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
6.3
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994 · Barbara
3.1
The Magic Bubble
1993 · Grandma
7.4
Runaway Father
1991 · Mary Bennett
7.4
The Flash
1990 · Nora Allen
6.5
The Flash
1990 · Nora Allen
5.3
A Show of Force
1990 · Alice Ryan
4.5
Disturbed
1990 · Sr. Francine
4.3
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989 · Dr. Berlin
8.3
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989 · Tracey's Mother
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Dr. Elizabeth Simms
5.9
From the Hip
1987 · Mrs. Martha Williams
4.3
Rumpelstiltskin
1987 · Queen Grizelda
7.6
Blue Velvet
1986 · Mrs. Beaumont
7.0
L.A. Law
1986 · Dorothy Pehlman
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985 · Charlie
6.4
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Mrs. Lee
5.3
Generation
1985 · Ellen Breed
5.7
Micki & Maude
1984 · Diana Hutchison