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Priscilla Pointer

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1924-05-18

Died: 2025-04-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	The Failing of Raymond	History Teacher	60
2	1971	Death Takes a Holiday	Marion Chapman	52
3	1976	Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur	Jean MacArthur	0
4	1976	The Keegans	Helen Hunter McVey	0
5	1976	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase	Miss Harris	50
6	1976	Carrie	Mrs. Snell	73
7	1976	Nickelodeon	Mabel	61
8	1977	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Missy LeHand	51
9	1977	The 3,000 Mile Chase	Emma Dvorak	0
10	1977	A Killing Affair	Judge Cudahy	52
11	1977	Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night	Laura Atherton	70
12	1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Mrs. Dunn	63
13	1979	The Onion Field	Chrissie Campbell	60
14	1980	Honeysuckle Rose	Rosella	54
15	1980	The Competition	Mrs. Donellan	62
16	1981	The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Hawk Lady	55
17	1981	Mommie Dearest	Mrs. Chadwick	64
18	1982	The Gift of Life	Rosalee Boyer	0
19	1982	Mysterious Two	She	58
20	1983	Good-bye Cruel World	Myra	28
21	1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Miss Cox	65
22	1984	Micki & Maude	Diana Hutchison	56
23	1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Mrs. Lee	65
24	1985	Generation	Ellen Breed	45
25	1986	Blue Velvet	Mrs. Beaumont	76
26	1987	From the Hip	Mrs. Martha Williams	59
27	1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Dr. Elizabeth Simms	67
28	1987	Rumpelstiltskin	Queen Grizelda	39
29	1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud	Dr. Berlin	44
30	1989	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Tracey's Mother	84
31	1990	A Show of Force	Alice Ryan	48
32	1990	The Flash	Nora Allen	65
33	1990	Disturbed	Sr. Francine	46
34	1991	Runaway Father	Mary Bennett	75
35	1993	The Magic Bubble	Grandma	24
36	1994	Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition	Barbara	50
37	1994	The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")	66
38	1996	Carried Away	Lily Henson	55
39	1997	Alone	Susan Hight	65
40	1999	Inferno	Mrs. Henry Howard	61
41	2001	Acting 'Carrie'	Self	70
42	2008	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Sally (voice)	63
43	2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self	78
44	2011	Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage	Mrs. Beaumont	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	China Smith		0
2	1967	The High Chaparral	Mrs.Colton	65
3	1968	Adam-12	Jacqueline Carey	70
4	1969	Where the Heart Is		30
5	1970	McCloud		71
6	1971	Cannon		65
7	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Ruth Meredith	64
8	1973	Barnaby Jones	Nancy Moore	69
9	1973	Kojak	Regina	70
10	1974	Harry O		46
11	1974	Police Woman		63
12	1974	The Rockford Files	Helen Morris	75
13	1974	Police Woman	Adele French	63
14	1975	Joe Forrester		70
15	1975	Kate McShane	Mrs. Inerson	50
16	1976	City of Angels		60
17	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
18	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Nurse Kathy Benson	75
19	1977	Lou Grant	Elizabeth Driscoll	73
20	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
21	1978	Dallas	Rebecca Barnes Wentworth	69
22	1978	Dallas	Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)	69
23	1979	Mrs. Columbo	Mrs. Prior	61
24	1979	Knots Landing	Beatrice Handleman	69
25	1980	Stone		60
26	1982	Newhart		71
27	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
28	1983	The A-Team	Tracy Richter's Mother	75
29	1985	Amazing Stories	Charlie	75
30	1985	Amazing Stories	woman on train (cameo)	75
31	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman	71
32	1990	The Flash	Nora Allen	74
33	1994	ER	Mrs. Abernathy	78
34	1994	Touched by an Angel	Elizabeth Carpenter	72
35	1999	Judging Amy	Margaret Palmer	75
36	2003	Cold Case	Lillian Vine (2006)	78