Priscilla Pointer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-05-18 (101 years old)

Deathday

2025-04-28

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Priscilla Pointer

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.

Acting

1986

Blue Velvet

as Mrs. Beaumont

1999

Inferno

as Mrs. Henry Howard

1977

A Killing Affair

as Judge Cudahy

1976

Carrie

as Mrs. Snell

2001

1979

The Onion Field

as Chrissie Campbell

1996

Carried Away

as Lily Henson

1977

1981

Mommie Dearest

as Mrs. Chadwick

1987

Rumpelstiltskin

as Queen Grizelda

1989

1990

Disturbed

as Sr. Francine

1976

Nickelodeon

as Mabel

1990

The Flash

as Nora Allen

1971

Death Takes a Holiday

as Marion Chapman

1971

The Failing of Raymond

as History Teacher

1976

The Keegans

as Helen Hunter McVey

1982

1990

A Show of Force

as Alice Ryan

2011

1993

1997

Alone

as Susan Hight

1982

The Gift of Life

as Rosalee Boyer

1985

Generation

as Ellen Breed

2008

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

as Sally (voice)

1991

Runaway Father

as Mary Bennett

1980

1987

From the Hip

as Mrs. Martha Williams

1994

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

1980

The Competition

as Mrs. Donellan

1984

Micki & Maude

as Diana Hutchison

1977

The 3,000 Mile Chase

as Emma Dvorak

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