Acting
Priscilla Pointer
EN cinema · 44 credits
Born
18 May 1924
Died
28 April 2025 (aged 100)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Pricilla Pointer · پریسیلا پوینتر · Priscilla Marie Pointer
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
as Mrs. Beaumont
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
as Susan Hight
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
Runaway Father
as Mary Bennett
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
The Flash
as Nora Allen
A Show of Force
as Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
From the Hip
as Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
Generation
as Ellen Breed
Micki & Maude
as Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Miss Cox
The Gift of Life
as Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Hawk Lady
Honeysuckle Rose
as Rosella
The Competition
as Mrs. Donellan
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell
A Killing Affair
as Judge Cudahy
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mrs. Dunn
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Missy LeHand
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Laura Atherton
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Emma Dvorak
Carrie
as Mrs. Snell
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Miss Harris
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Jean MacArthur
Nickelodeon
as Mabel
The Keegans
as Helen Hunter McVey
Death Takes a Holiday
as Marion Chapman
The Failing of Raymond
as History Teacher