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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
1999
A Killing Affair
as Judge Cudahy
1977
Carrie
as Mrs. Snell
1976
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
1989
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell
1979
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
1996
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mrs. Dunn
1977
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
1981
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Miss Harris
1976
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
1987
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
1989
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
1990
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Jean MacArthur
1976
Nickelodeon
as Mabel
1976
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990
Death Takes a Holiday
as Marion Chapman
1971
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
1994
TV Appearances
St. Elsewhere
as Marie Halloran
1982
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990
Amazing Stories
as Charlie
1985
L.A. Law
as Dorothy Pehlman
1986
The A-Team
as Tracy Richter's Mother
1983
Judging Amy
as Margaret Palmer
1999
Cold Case
as Lillian Vine (2006)
2003
Knots Landing
as Beatrice Handleman
1979
Newhart
as Clara Whitscomber
1982
Kojak
as Regina
1973
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
1978
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1978