
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-…
Known For
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
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Filmography
Acting (79)
Movies (45)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011as Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010as Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008as Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'
2001as Self
Inferno
1999as Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
1997as Susan Hight
Carried Away
1996as Lily Henson
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994as Barbara
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Magic Bubble
1993as Grandma
Runaway Father
1991as Mary Bennett
The Flash
1990as Nora Allen
Disturbed
1990as Sr. Francine
A Show of Force
1990as Alice Ryan
The Flash
1990as Nora Allen
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989as Dr. Berlin
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989as Tracey's Mother
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Rumpelstiltskin
1987as Queen Grizelda
From the Hip
1987as Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
1986as Mrs. Beaumont
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985as Mrs. Lee
Generation
1985as Ellen Breed
Micki & Maude
1984as Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983as Miss Cox
Good-bye Cruel World
1982as Myra
Mysterious Two
1982as She
The Gift of Life
1982as Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
1981as Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981as Hawk Lady
The Competition
1980as Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
1980as Rosella
The Onion Field
1979as Chrissie Campbell
A Killing Affair
1977as Judge Cudahy
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977as Laura Atherton
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977as Mrs. Dunn
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977as Emma Dvorak
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977as Missy LeHand
Carrie
1976as Mrs. Snell
Nickelodeon
1976as Mabel
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976as Miss Harris
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976as Jean MacArthur
The Keegans
1976as Helen Hunter McVey
Death Takes a Holiday
1971as Marion Chapman
The Failing of Raymond
1971as History Teacher
Television (34)
Cold Case
2003as Lillian Vine (2006)
Judging Amy
1999as Margaret Palmer
ER
1994as Mrs. Abernathy
Touched by an Angel
1994as Elizabeth Carpenter
The Flash
1990as Nora Allen
L.A. Law
1986as Dorothy Pehlman
Amazing Stories
1985as woman on train (cameo)
Call to Glory
1984as Lillie
The A-Team
1983as Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
1982as Marie Halloran
Newhart
1982
Stone
1980
Knots Landing
1979as Beatrice Handleman
Mrs. Columbo
1979as Mrs. Prior
Dallas
1978as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Lou Grant
1977as Elizabeth Driscoll
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976as Mrs. Neilson
City of Angels
1976as Mrs. Macklin
Joe Forrester
1975
Kate McShane
1975as Mrs. Inerson
Police Woman
1974
The Rockford Files
1974as Helen Morris
Harry O
1974
Kojak
1973as Regina
Barnaby Jones
1973as Nancy Moore
ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Ruth Meredith
Cannon
1971as Dr. Janet Cochran
McCloud
1970
Where the Heart Is
1969
Adam-12
1968as Jacqueline Carey
The Name of the Game
1968as Miss Dalton
The High Chaparral
1967as Mrs.Colton
China Smith
1952as Iris Clark
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