Priscilla Pointer
Acting
Born: 1924-05-18 in New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
The Flash
Nora Allen
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
Amazing Stories
Charlie
Amazing Stories
woman on train (cameo)
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
Kojak
Regina
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
The Rockford Files
Helen Morris
The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
Quincy, M.E.
Nurse Kathy Benson
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Neilson
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Dr. Berlin
St. Elsewhere
Marie Halloran
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
L.A. Law
Dorothy Pehlman
The Flash
Nora Allen
Micki & Maude
Diana Hutchison
Newhart
Clara Whitscomber
Nickelodeon
Mabel
McCloud
Shirley
Adam-12
Jacqueline Carey
From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
Knots Landing
Beatrice Handleman
Cannon
Dr. Janet Cochran
Cannon
Edith Cunningham
Police Woman
Adele French
Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella
Lou Grant
Elizabeth Driscoll