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.
Known For
All Movies (44)
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage2011 · as Mrs. Beaumont
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010 · as Self
- Sweet Nothing in My Ear2008 · as Sally (voice)
- Acting 'Carrie'2001 · as Self
- Inferno1999 · as Mrs. Henry Howard
- Alone1997 · as Susan Hight
- Carried Away1996 · as Lily Henson
- The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994 · as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
- Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition1994 · as Barbara
- The Magic Bubble1993 · as Grandma
- Runaway Father1991 · as Mary Bennett
- Disturbed1990 · as Sr. Francine
- The Flash1990 · as Nora Allen
- A Show of Force1990 · as Alice Ryan
- A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story1989 · as Tracey's Mother
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud1989 · as Dr. Berlin
- Rumpelstiltskin1987 · as Queen Grizelda
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987 · as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
- From the Hip1987 · as Mrs. Martha Williams
- Blue Velvet1986 · as Mrs. Beaumont
- Generation1985 · as Ellen Breed
- The Falcon and the Snowman1985 · as Mrs. Lee
- Micki & Maude1984 · as Diana Hutchison
- Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · as Miss Cox
- Good-bye Cruel World1982 · as Myra
- Mysterious Two1982 · as She
- The Gift of Life1982 · as Rosalee Boyer
- Mommie Dearest1981 · as Mrs. Chadwick
- The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire1981 · as Hawk Lady
- The Competition1980 · as Mrs. Donellan
- Honeysuckle Rose1980 · as Rosella
- The Onion Field1979 · as Chrissie Campbell
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar1977 · as Mrs. Dunn
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night1977 · as Laura Atherton
- A Killing Affair1977 · as Judge Cudahy
- The 3,000 Mile Chase1977 · as Emma Dvorak
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977 · as Missy LeHand
- Nickelodeon1976 · as Mabel
- Carrie1976 · as Mrs. Snell
- The Great Texas Dynamite Chase1976 · as Miss Harris
- The Keegans1976 · as Helen Hunter McVey
- Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur1976 · as Jean MacArthur
- The Failing of Raymond1971 · as History Teacher
- Death Takes a Holiday1971 · as Marion Chapman
All TV Shows (37)
- Cold Case2003 · as Lillian Vine (2006)
- Judging Amy1999 · as Margaret Palmer
- Touched by an Angel1994 · as Elizabeth Carpenter
- ER1994 · as Mrs. Abernathy
- The Flash1990 · as Nora Allen
- L.A. Law1986 · as Dorothy Pehlman
- Amazing Stories1985 · as Charlie
- Amazing Stories1985 · as woman on train (cameo)
- Call to Glory1984 · as Lillie
- The A-Team1983 · as Tracy Richter's Mother
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Marie Halloran
- Newhart1982 · as Clara Whitscomber
- Stone1980
- Knots Landing1979 · as Beatrice Handleman
- Mrs. Columbo1979 · as Mrs. Prior
- Dallas1978 · as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
- Dallas1978 · as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?1977
- Lou Grant1977 · as Elizabeth Driscoll
- Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Nurse Kathy Benson
- Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Mrs. Neilson
- City of Angels1976 · as Mrs. Macklin
- Kate McShane1975 · as Mrs. Inerson
- The Rockford Files1974 · as Helen Morris
- Police Woman1974 · as Adele French
- Harry O1974 · as Constance Faraday
- Kojak1973 · as Regina
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Nancy Moore
- ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Ruth Meredith
- Cannon1971 · as Dr. Janet Cochran
- Cannon1971 · as Edith Cunningham
- McCloud1970 · as Shirley
- Adam-121968 · as Jacqueline Carey
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Miss Dalton
- The High Chaparral1967 · as Mrs.Colton
- China Smith1952 · as Iris Clark
- China Smith1952 · as Carla Tilson