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