Priscilla Pointer

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Priscilla Pointer

Acting May 18, 1924

New York City, New York, USA

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, P…

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Carrie

Carrie

7.3 1976 Movie
Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

7.6 1986 Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

6.7 1987 Movie
The A-Team

The A-Team

7.5 1983 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.7 2003 TV Show
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
Knots Landing

Knots Landing

6.9 1979 TV Show
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

6.5 1983 Movie
Dallas

Dallas

6.9 1978 TV Show
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

7.5 1976 TV Show
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.0 1986 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

    Movie Mrs. Beaumont

  2. 2010
    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Movie Self

  3. 2008
    Sweet Nothing in My Ear

    Movie Sally (voice)

  4. 2003
    Cold Case

    TV show Lillian Vine (2006)

  5. 2001
    Acting 'Carrie'

    Movie Self

  6. 1999
    Inferno

    Movie Mrs. Henry Howard

  7. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Margaret Palmer

  8. 1997
    Alone

    Movie Susan Hight

  9. 1996
    Carried Away

    Movie Lily Henson

  10. 1994
    Touched by an Angel

    TV show Elizabeth Carpenter

  11. 1994
    ER

    TV show Mrs. Abernathy

  12. 1994
    The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    Movie Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

  13. 1994
    Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

    Movie Barbara

  14. 1993
    The Magic Bubble

    Movie Grandma

  15. 1991
    Runaway Father

    Movie Mary Bennett

  16. 1990
    Disturbed

    Movie Sr. Francine

More credits
  1. 1990
    The Flash

    Movie Nora Allen

  2. 1990
    The Flash

    TV show Nora Allen

  3. 1990
    A Show of Force

    Movie Alice Ryan

  4. 1989
    A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

    Movie Tracey's Mother

  5. 1989
    C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

    Movie Dr. Berlin

  6. 1987
    Rumpelstiltskin

    Movie Queen Grizelda

  7. 1987
    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    Movie Dr. Elizabeth Simms

  8. 1987
    From the Hip

    Movie Mrs. Martha Williams

  9. 1986
    Blue Velvet

    Movie Mrs. Beaumont

  10. 1986
    L.A. Law

    TV show Dorothy Pehlman

  11. 1985
    Amazing Stories

    TV show Charlie

  12. 1985
    Generation

    Movie Ellen Breed

  13. 1985
    The Falcon and the Snowman

    Movie Mrs. Lee

  14. 1984
    Micki & Maude

    Movie Diana Hutchison

  15. 1984
    Call to Glory

    TV show Lillie

  16. 1983
    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Movie Miss Cox

  17. 1983
    The A-Team

    TV show Tracy Richter's Mother

  18. 1982
    St. Elsewhere

    TV show Marie Halloran

  19. 1982
    Newhart

    TV show Clara Whitscomber

  20. 1982
    Good-bye Cruel World

    Movie Myra

  21. 1982
    Mysterious Two

    Movie She

  22. 1982
    The Gift of Life

    Movie Rosalee Boyer

  23. 1981
    Mommie Dearest

    Movie Mrs. Chadwick

  24. 1981
    The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

    Movie Hawk Lady