Portrait of Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

Acting

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.

Born: May 18, 1924

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2011
2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear

as Sally (voice)

2003
Cold Case

as Lillian Vine (2006)

2001
1999
Inferno

as Mrs. Henry Howard

1999
Judging Amy

as Margaret Palmer

1997
Alone

as Susan Hight

1996
Carried Away

as Lily Henson

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Elizabeth Carpenter

1994
ER

as Mrs. Abernathy

1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

1993
1991
Runaway Father

as Mary Bennett

1990
Disturbed

as Sr. Francine

1990
The Flash

as Nora Allen

1990
The Flash

as Nora Allen

1990
A Show of Force

as Alice Ryan

1989
1987
Rumpelstiltskin

as Queen Grizelda

1987
From the Hip

as Mrs. Martha Williams

1986
Blue Velvet

as Mrs. Beaumont

1986
L.A. Law

as Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman

1985
Amazing Stories

as Charlie

1985
Amazing Stories

as woman on train (cameo)

1985
Generation

as Ellen Breed

1984
Micki & Maude

as Diana Hutchison

1984
Call to Glory

as Lillie

1983
The A-Team

as Tracy Richter's Mother

1982
1982
The Gift of Life

as Rosalee Boyer

1981
Mommie Dearest

as Mrs. Chadwick

1980
The Competition

as Mrs. Donellan

1980
1980
1979
Knots Landing

as Beatrice Handleman

1979
The Onion Field

as Chrissie Campbell

1979
Mrs. Columbo

as Mrs. Prior

1978
Dallas

as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth

1978
Dallas

as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)

1977
1977
A Killing Affair

as Judge Cudahy

1977
Lou Grant

as Elizabeth Driscoll

1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase

as Emma Dvorak

1976
Nickelodeon

as Mabel

1976
Carrie

as Mrs. Snell

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Nurse Kathy Benson

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Mrs. Neilson

1976
The Keegans

as Helen Hunter McVey

1975
Kate McShane

as Mrs. Inerson

1974
The Rockford Files

as Helen Morris

1974
Police Woman

as Adele French

1973
Kojak

as Regina

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Nancy Moore

1972
ABC Afterschool Special

as Ruth Meredith

1971
The Failing of Raymond

as History Teacher

1971
Death Takes a Holiday

as Marion Chapman

1971
1968
Adam-12

as Jacqueline Carey

1967
The High Chaparral

as Mrs.Colton