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Priscilla Pointer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1924-05-18

Day of Death

2025-04-28

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (44)

⭐ 6.9 Role: Mrs. Beaumont

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

2011
⭐ 7.8 Role: Self

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010
⭐ 6.3 Role: Sally (voice)

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

2008
⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Acting 'Carrie'

2001
⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. Henry Howard

Inferno

1999
⭐ 6.7 Role: Susan Hight

Alone

1997
⭐ 5.7 Role: Lily Henson

Carried Away

1996
⭐ 6.8 Role: Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994
⭐ 6.3 Role: Barbara

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

1994
⭐ 3.1 Role: Grandma

The Magic Bubble

1993
⭐ 7.4 Role: Mary Bennett

Runaway Father

1991
⭐ 4.8 Role: Sr. Francine

Disturbed

1990
⭐ 6.5 Role: Nora Allen

The Flash

1990
⭐ 5.3 Role: Alice Ryan

A Show of Force

1990
⭐ 8.2 Role: Tracey's Mother

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

1989