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
Carrie (1976)
as Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet (1986)
as Mrs. Beaumont
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
as Miss Cox
Inferno (1999)
as Mrs. Henry Howard
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Mommie Dearest (1981)
as Mrs. Chadwick
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as Mrs. Dunn
Nickelodeon (1976)
as Mabel
The Flash (1990)
as Nora Allen
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")
The Onion Field (1979)
as Chrissie Campbell
Acting 'Carrie' (2001)
as Self
Carried Away (1996)
as Lily Henson
Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
as Queen Grizelda
The Competition (1980)
as Mrs. Donellan
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Mrs. Lee
A Show of Force (1990)
as Alice Ryan
Micki & Maude (1984)
as Diana Hutchison
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
as Hawk Lady
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
as Rosella
From the Hip (1987)
as Mrs. Martha Williams
Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
as Sally (voice)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
as Self
Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
as Marion Chapman
A Killing Affair (1977)
as Judge Cudahy
Disturbed (1990)
as Sr. Francine
The Failing of Raymond (1971)
as History Teacher
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
as Miss Harris
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
as Tracey's Mother
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Mrs. Beaumont
Good-bye Cruel World (1982)
as Myra
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
as Missy LeHand
The Magic Bubble (1993)
as Grandma
Alone (1997)
as Susan Hight
Runaway Father (1991)
as Mary Bennett
Mysterious Two (1982)
as She
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
as Laura Atherton
Generation (1985)
as Ellen Breed
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
as Emma Dvorak
The Keegans (1976)
as Helen Hunter McVey
The Gift of Life (1982)
as Rosalee Boyer
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
as Jean MacArthur
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition (1994)
as Barbara