Acting

Priscilla Pointer

Born 1924-05-18 · New York City, New York, USA

Died 2025-04-28

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.

Credits

Newest first

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Mrs. Beaumont
2011
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2010
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
2008
Cold Case
as Lillian Vine (2006)
2003
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
1999
Judging Amy
as Margaret Palmer
1999
Alone
as Susan Hight
1997
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
1996
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")
1994
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
1994
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
1993
Runaway Father
as Mary Bennett
1991
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
1990
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990
A Show of Force
as Alice Ryan
1990
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
1989
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987
From the Hip
as Mrs. Martha Williams
1987
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
1986
L.A. Law
as Dorothy Pehlman
1986
Amazing Stories
as Charlie
1985
Amazing Stories
as woman on train (cameo)
1985
Generation
as Ellen Breed
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
1985
Micki & Maude
as Diana Hutchison
1984
Call to Glory
as Lillie
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Miss Cox
1983
The A-Team
as Tracy Richter's Mother
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Marie Halloran
1982
Newhart
as Clara Whitscomber
1982
Good-bye Cruel World
as Myra
1982
Mysterious Two
as She
1982
The Gift of Life
as Rosalee Boyer
1982
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
1981
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Hawk Lady
1981
The Competition
as Mrs. Donellan
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
as Rosella
1980
Stone
1980
Knots Landing
as Beatrice Handleman
1979
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell
1979
Mrs. Columbo
as Mrs. Prior
1979
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
1978
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mrs. Dunn
1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Laura Atherton
1977
A Killing Affair
as Judge Cudahy
1977
Lou Grant
as Elizabeth Driscoll
1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Emma Dvorak
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Missy LeHand
1977
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 Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Miss Harris
1976
The Keegans
as Helen Hunter McVey
1976
City of Angels
as Mrs. Macklin
1976
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Jean MacArthur
1976
Kate McShane
as Mrs. Inerson
1975
The Rockford Files
as Helen Morris
1974
Police Woman
as Adele French
1974
Harry O
as Constance Faraday
1974
Kojak
as Regina
1973
Barnaby Jones
as Nancy Moore
1973
ABC Afterschool Special
as Ruth Meredith
1972
The Failing of Raymond
as History Teacher
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
as Marion Chapman
1971
Cannon
as Dr. Janet Cochran
1971
Cannon
as Edith Cunningham
1971
McCloud
as Shirley
1970
Adam-12
as Jacqueline Carey
1968
The Name of the Game
as Miss Dalton
1968
The High Chaparral
as Mrs.Colton
1967
China Smith
as Iris Clark
1952