Priscilla Pointer
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
Top 40 Movies
Blue Velvet
1986
The Flash
1990
Carrie
1976
Generation
1985
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Nickelodeon
1976
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
The Keegans
1976
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976
Mommie Dearest
1981
Inferno
1999
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989
A Killing Affair
1977
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
The Failing of Raymond
1971
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976
Carried Away
1996
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
Honeysuckle Rose
1980
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
The Gift of Life
1982
Rumpelstiltskin
1987
Good-bye Cruel World
1982
The Competition
1980
The Onion Field
1979
From the Hip
1987
Micki & Maude
1984
A Show of Force
1990
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
Alone
1997
The Magic Bubble
1993
Disturbed
1990
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
Acting 'Carrie'
2001