Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 18, 1924
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Pricilla Pointer
- پریسیلا پوینتر
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.
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Known For - Movies
Carrie
as Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Miss Cox
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
The Flash
as Nora Allen
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell
Nickelodeon
as Mabel
Known For - TV Shows
Knots Landing
as Beatrice Handleman
ER
as Mrs. Abernathy
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
The A-Team
as Tracy Richter's Mother
Cold Case
as Lillian Vine (2006)
St. Elsewhere
as Marie Halloran
Judging Amy
as Margaret Palmer
Quincy, M.E.
as Nurse Kathy Benson
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Neilson