
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.
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Blue Velvet (1986)
as Mrs. Beaumont

Carrie (1976)
as Mrs. Snell

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
as Miss Cox

Inferno (1999)
as Mrs. Henry Howard

The Flash (1990)
as Nora Allen

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms

Mommie Dearest (1981)
as Mrs. Chadwick

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Mrs. Lee

The Onion Field (1979)
as Chrissie Campbell

Micki & Maude (1984)
as Diana Hutchison

Carried Away (1996)
as Lily Henson

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as Mrs. Dunn

The Competition (1980)
as Mrs. Donellan

From the Hip (1987)
as Mrs. Martha Williams

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
as Self

Nickelodeon (1976)
as Mabel

A Show of Force (1990)
as Alice Ryan

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
as Dr. Berlin

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

A Killing Affair (1977)
as Judge Cudahy

Alone (1997)
as Susan Hight
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
as Missy LeHand

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
as Hawk Lady

Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
as Rosella

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
as Laura Atherton

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
as Sally (voice)

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
as Miss Harris

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
as Tracey's Mother

The Magic Bubble (1993)
as Grandma

The Keegans (1976)
as Helen Hunter McVey

Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
as Queen Grizelda

Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
as Self

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
as Jean MacArthur

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition (1994)
as Barbara

The Gift of Life (1982)
as Rosalee Boyer

The Failing of Raymond (1971)
as History Teacher

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Mrs. Beaumont

Mysterious Two (1982)
as She

Runaway Father (1991)
as Mary Bennett

The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
as Emma Dvorak

Disturbed (1990)
as Sr. Francine

Generation (1985)
as Ellen Breed

Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
as Marion Chapman

Good-bye Cruel World (1982)
as Myra





