Priscilla Pointer

Born May 18, 1924· New York City, New York, USA

† Died April 28, 2025

42Roles★ 6.7Average rating

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 B… Read more

Known for

Carrie1976Blue Velvet1986A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987The A-Team1983

Filmography

YearRating

Series★ 7.7

Cold Case2003

Lillian Vine (2006)

★ 6.2

Inferno1999

Mrs. Henry Howard

Series★ 7.5

Judging Amy1999

Margaret Palmer

★ 5.8

Carried Away1996

Lily Henson

★ 6.8

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994

Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

Series★ 7.8

ER1994

Mrs. Abernathy

Series★ 7.2

Touched by an Angel1994

Elizabeth Carpenter

★ 6.5

The Flash1990

Nora Allen

Series★ 7.4

The Flash1990

Nora Allen

★ 8.3

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story1989

Tracey's Mother

★ 4.4

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud1989

Dr. Berlin

★ 6.7

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987

Dr. Elizabeth Simms

★ 5.9

From the Hip1987

Mrs. Martha Williams

★ 7.6

Blue Velvet1986

Mrs. Beaumont

Series★ 7

L.A. Law1986

Dorothy Pehlman

★ 6.4

The Falcon and the Snowman1985

Mrs. Lee

Series★ 7.5

Amazing Stories1985

Charlie

★ 5.7

Micki & Maude1984

Diana Hutchison

★ 6.5

Twilight Zone: The Movie1983

Miss Cox

Series★ 7.5

The A-Team1983

Tracy Richter's Mother

Series★ 5.7

St. Elsewhere1982

Marie Halloran

Series★ 7.2

Newhart1982

Clara Whitscomber

★ 6.4

Mommie Dearest1981

Mrs. Chadwick

★ 5.4

Honeysuckle Rose1980

Rosella

★ 6.1

The Competition1980

Mrs. Donellan

★ 6

The Onion Field1979

Chrissie Campbell

Series★ 7

Knots Landing1979

Beatrice Handleman

Series★ 6.9

Dallas1978

Rebecca Barnes Wentworth

★ 6.3

Looking for Mr. Goodbar1977

Mrs. Dunn

Series★ 7.4

Lou Grant1977

Elizabeth Driscoll

★ 7.3

Carrie1976

Mrs. Snell

★ 4.9

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase1976

Miss Harris

★ 6.1

Nickelodeon1976

Mabel

Series★ 7.5

Quincy, M.E.1976

Nurse Kathy Benson

Series★ 7.6

The Rockford Files1974

Helen Morris

Series★ 6.4

Police Woman1974

Adele French

Series★ 7.3

Kojak1973

Regina

Series★ 7.1

Barnaby Jones1973

Nancy Moore

Series★ 6.7

Cannon1971

Dr. Janet Cochran

Series★ 7.2

McCloud1970

Shirley

Series★ 7.1

Adam-121968

Jacqueline Carey

Series★ 6.8

The High Chaparral1967

Mrs.Colton