Priscilla Pointer
Acting
Born: 1924-05-18 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2025-04-28
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-
🎬 Movies (30)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
Self
Inferno
1999
Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
1997
Susan Hight
Carried Away
1996
Lily Henson
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994
Barbara
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Magic Bubble
1993
Grandma
Runaway Father
1991
Mary Bennett
Disturbed
1990
Sr. Francine
The Flash
1990
Nora Allen
A Show of Force
1990
Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989
Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Dr. Berlin
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Rumpelstiltskin
1987
Queen Grizelda
From the Hip
1987
Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
1986
Mrs. Beaumont
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
Mrs. Lee
Generation
1985
Ellen Breed
Micki & Maude
1984
Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Miss Cox
Mysterious Two
1982
She
Good-bye Cruel World
1982
Myra
The Gift of Life
1982
Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
1981
Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981
Hawk Lady
Honeysuckle Rose
1980
Rosella
📺 TV Shows (30)
Cold Case
2003
Lillian Vine (2006)
Judging Amy
1999
Margaret Palmer
ER
1994
Mrs. Abernathy
Touched by an Angel
1994
Elizabeth Carpenter
The Flash
1990
Nora Allen
L.A. Law
1986
Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories
1985
woman on train (cameo)
Call to Glory
1984
Lillie
The A-Team
1983
Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
1982
Marie Halloran
Newhart
1982
Clara Whitscomber
Stone
1980
Knots Landing
1979
Beatrice Handleman
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Mrs. Prior
Dallas
1978
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Elizabeth Driscoll
City of Angels
1976
Mrs. Macklin
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Mrs. Neilson
Kate McShane
1975
Mrs. Inerson
Harry O
1974
Constance Faraday
The Rockford Files
1974
Helen Morris
Police Woman
1974
Adele French
Kojak
1973
Regina
Barnaby Jones
1973
Nancy Moore
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Ruth Meredith
Cannon
1971
Edith Cunningham
McCloud
1970
Shirley
Adam-12
1968
Jacqueline Carey
The Name of the Game
1968
Miss Dalton