Priscilla Pointer
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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
Credits
Carrie (1976)
as Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet (1986)
as Mrs. Beaumont
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
as Miss Cox
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Inferno (1999)
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
as Queen Grizelda
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as Mrs. Dunn
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
as Self
The Onion Field (1979)
as Chrissie Campbell
Nickelodeon (1976)
as Mabel
Mommie Dearest (1981)
as Mrs. Chadwick
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Mrs. Beaumont
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Mrs. Lee
The Flash (1990)
as Nora Allen
Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
as Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
as Dr. Berlin
A Show of Force (1990)
as Alice Ryan
Micki & Maude (1984)
as Diana Hutchison
Carried Away (1996)
as Lily Henson
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
as Rosella
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
as Hawk Lady
The Competition (1980)
as Mrs. Donellan
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
as Miss Harris
From the Hip (1987)
as Mrs. Martha Williams
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
as Jean MacArthur
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
as Tracey's Mother
Alone (1997)
as Susan Hight
The Failing of Raymond (1971)
as History Teacher
Runaway Father (1991)
as Mary Bennett
Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
as Marion Chapman
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
as Emma Dvorak
Disturbed (1990)
as Sr. Francine
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
as Laura Atherton
Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
as Sally (voice)
A Killing Affair (1977)
as Judge Cudahy
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition (1994)
as Barbara
The Magic Bubble (1993)
as Grandma
The Gift of Life (1982)
as Rosalee Boyer
Generation (1985)
as Ellen Breed
Good-bye Cruel World (1982)
as Myra
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
as Missy LeHand
The Keegans (1976)
as Helen Hunter McVey
Mysterious Two (1982)
as She