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