Priscilla Pointer
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-05-18
- Died:
- 2025-04-28
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Cold Case
Acting 'Carrie'
Inferno
Judging Amy
Alone
Carried Away
Touched by an Angel
ER
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
The Magic Bubble
Runaway Father
Disturbed
The Flash
The Flash
A Show of Force
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Rumpelstiltskin
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
From the Hip
Blue Velvet
L.A. Law
Amazing Stories
Generation
The Falcon and the Snowman
Micki & Maude
Call to Glory
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The A-Team
St. Elsewhere
Newhart
Good-bye Cruel World
Mysterious Two
The Gift of Life
Mommie Dearest
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
The Competition
Honeysuckle Rose
Stone
Knots Landing
The Onion Field
Mrs. Columbo
Dallas
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
A Killing Affair
Lou Grant
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Nickelodeon
Carrie
Quincy, M.E.
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
The Keegans
City of Angels
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Kate McShane
The Rockford Files
Police Woman
Harry O
Kojak
Barnaby Jones
ABC Afterschool Special
The Failing of Raymond
Death Takes a Holiday
Cannon
McCloud
Adam-12
The Name of the Game
The High Chaparral
China Smith