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