Priscilla Pointer
Department: 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.
Known For
Blue Velvet
1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
Inferno
1999
A Killing Affair
1977
Carrie
1976
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989
The Onion Field
1979
Carried Away
1996
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Mommie Dearest
1981
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976
Rumpelstiltskin
1987
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Disturbed
1990
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
Nickelodeon
1976
The Flash
1990
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
The Failing of Raymond
1971
The Keegans
1976
Mysterious Two
1982
A Show of Force
1990
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
The Magic Bubble
1993
Alone
1997
Good-bye Cruel World
1982
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
The Gift of Life
1982
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981
Generation
1985
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
Runaway Father
1991
Honeysuckle Rose
1980
From the Hip
1987
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
The Competition
1980
Micki & Maude
1984
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Flash
1990
Amazing Stories
1985
L.A. Law
1986
The A-Team
1983
Judging Amy
1999
Cold Case
2003
Knots Landing
1979
Newhart
1982
Kojak
1973
Dallas
1978
Dallas
1978
Cannon
1971
ER
1994
Harry O
1974
The High Chaparral
1967
McCloud
1970
City of Angels
1976
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Stone
1980
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Amazing Stories
1985
The Rockford Files
1974
Adam-12
1968
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Touched by an Angel
1994
Police Woman
1974
Kate McShane
1975
Lou Grant
1977
Barnaby Jones
1973
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Call to Glory
1984
Quincy, M.E.
1976
China Smith
1952
China Smith
1952
Cannon
1971
The Name of the Game
1968