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
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