Priscilla Pointer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 May 1924 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 28 April 2025
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
Acting 45
- 2011Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Mrs. Beaumont
- 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self
- 2008Sweet Nothing in My Ear as Sally (voice)
- 2001Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 1999Inferno as Mrs. Henry Howard
- 1997Alone as Susan Hight
- 1996Carried Away as Lily Henson
- 1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
- 1994Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition as Barbara
- 1993The Magic Bubble as Grandma
- 1991Runaway Father as Mary Bennett
- 1990Disturbed as Sr. Francine
- 1990The Flash as Nora Allen
- 1990The Flash as Nora Allen
- 1990A Show of Force as Alice Ryan
- 1989A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story as Tracey's Mother
- 1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Dr. Berlin
- 1987Rumpelstiltskin as Queen Grizelda
- 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
- 1987From the Hip as Mrs. Martha Williams
- 1986Blue Velvet as Mrs. Beaumont
- 1985Generation as Ellen Breed
- 1985The Falcon and the Snowman as Mrs. Lee
- 1984Micki & Maude as Diana Hutchison
- 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie as Miss Cox
- 1982Good-bye Cruel World as Myra
- 1982Mysterious Two as She
- 1982The Gift of Life as Rosalee Boyer
- 1981Mommie Dearest as Mrs. Chadwick
- 1981The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire as Hawk Lady
- 1980The Competition as Mrs. Donellan
- 1980Honeysuckle Rose as Rosella
- 1979The Onion Field as Chrissie Campbell
- 1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mrs. Dunn
- 1977Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Laura Atherton
- 1977A Killing Affair as Judge Cudahy
- 1977The 3,000 Mile Chase as Emma Dvorak
- 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Missy LeHand
- 1976Nickelodeon as Mabel
- 1976Carrie as Mrs. Snell
- 1976The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Miss Harris
- 1976The Keegans as Helen Hunter McVey
- 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Jean MacArthur
- 1971The Failing of Raymond as History Teacher
- 1971Death Takes a Holiday as Marion Chapman