Priscilla 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.
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Known for
The High Chaparral
Mrs.Colton
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
Where the Heart Is
Newhart
The Rockford Files
Helen Morris
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
Nurse Kathy Benson
Knots Landing
Beatrice Handleman
ABC Afterschool Special
Ruth Meredith
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
Lou Grant
Elizabeth Driscoll
Amazing Stories
Charlie
Amazing Stories
woman on train (cameo)
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
Barnaby Jones
Nancy Moore
Police Woman
Police Woman
Adele French
Cannon
St. Elsewhere
Adam-12
Jacqueline Carey
L.A. Law
Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
McCloud
Kojak
Regina
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
The Flash
Nora Allen
Harry O
Joe Forrester
China Smith
Mrs. Columbo
City of Angels
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
Stone
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
Kate McShane
Mrs. Inerson
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
The Flash
Nora Allen
A Show of Force
Alice Ryan
Nickelodeon
Mabel
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Dr. Berlin
Carried Away
Lily Henson
Alone
Susan Hight
Micki & Maude
Diana Hutchison
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Miss Harris
From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Hawk Lady
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Barbara
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sally (voice)
A Killing Affair
Judge Cudahy
Disturbed
Sr. Francine
The Competition
Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella
Rumpelstiltskin
Queen Grizelda
The Gift of Life
Rosalee Boyer
Generation
Ellen Breed
Mysterious Two
She
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Mrs. Beaumont
Death Takes a Holiday
Marion Chapman
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Emma Dvorak
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Laura Atherton
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Jean MacArthur
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Missy LeHand
The Failing of Raymond
History Teacher
Runaway Father
Mary Bennett
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
The Magic Bubble
Grandma
The Keegans
Helen Hunter McVey
Good-bye Cruel World
Myra