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

★7.3

Carrie

1976

★7.6

Blue Velvet

1986

★6.7

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

★7.5

The A-Team

1983

★7.8

ER

1994

★6.5

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

★7.4

The Flash

1990

★7.7

Cold Case

2003

★6.2

Inferno

1999

★6.9

Dallas

1978

★6.4

Mommie Dearest

1981

★7.5

Amazing Stories

1985

★7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994

★6.4

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

★7.3

Kojak

1973

★6.3

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

★7.6

The Rockford Files

1974

★6.0

The Onion Field

1979

★7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1976

★4.4

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

1989

★5.7

St. Elsewhere

1982

★7.5

Judging Amy

1999

★7.0

L.A. Law

1986

★6.5

The Flash

1990