Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

Acting

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.

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Filmography

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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage ★ 7.0 Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage 2011 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy ★ 7.8 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010 Sweet Nothing in My Ear ★ 6.3 Sweet Nothing in My Ear 2008 Cold Case ★ 7.8 Cold Case 2003 Acting 'Carrie' ★ 7.5 Acting 'Carrie' 2001 Inferno ★ 6.2 Inferno 1999 Judging Amy ★ 7.5 Judging Amy 1999 Alone ★ 6.7 Alone 1997 Carried Away ★ 5.7 Carried Away 1996 Touched by an Angel ★ 7.2 Touched by an Angel 1994 ER ★ 7.8 ER 1994 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics ★ 6.8 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics 1994 Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition ★ 6.3 Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition 1994 The Magic Bubble ★ 3.1 The Magic Bubble 1993 Runaway Father ★ 7.4 Runaway Father 1991 Disturbed ★ 4.8 Disturbed 1990 The Flash ★ 6.5 The Flash 1990 The Flash ★ 7.4 The Flash 1990 A Show of Force ★ 5.3 A Show of Force 1990 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story ★ 8.2 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story 1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud ★ 4.4 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989 Rumpelstiltskin ★ 4.3 Rumpelstiltskin 1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ★ 6.7 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987 From the Hip ★ 5.9 From the Hip 1987 Blue Velvet ★ 7.6 Blue Velvet 1986 L.A. Law ★ 7.1 L.A. Law 1986 Amazing Stories ★ 7.5 Amazing Stories 1985 Generation ★ 5.3 Generation 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman ★ 6.4 The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 Micki & Maude ★ 5.6 Micki & Maude 1984 Call to Glory ★ 7.3 Call to Glory 1984 Twilight Zone: The Movie ★ 6.5 Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 The A-Team ★ 7.5 The A-Team 1983 St. Elsewhere ★ 5.7 St. Elsewhere 1982 Newhart ★ 7.1 Newhart 1982 Good-bye Cruel World ★ 3.3 Good-bye Cruel World 1982 Mysterious Two ★ 6.1 Mysterious Two 1982 The Gift of Life The Gift of Life 1982 Mommie Dearest ★ 6.4 Mommie Dearest 1981 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire ★ 6.0 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire 1981 The Competition ★ 6.1 The Competition 1980 Honeysuckle Rose ★ 5.3 Honeysuckle Rose 1980 Stone ★ 7.5 Stone 1980 Knots Landing ★ 6.9 Knots Landing 1979 The Onion Field ★ 6.0 The Onion Field 1979 Mrs. Columbo ★ 6.5 Mrs. Columbo 1979 Dallas ★ 6.8 Dallas 1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? ★ 6.0 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? 1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar ★ 6.4 Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night ★ 7.5 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night 1977 A Killing Affair ★ 4.8 A Killing Affair 1977 Lou Grant ★ 7.3 Lou Grant 1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase ★ 7.0 The 3,000 Mile Chase 1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years ★ 4.9 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 1977 Nickelodeon ★ 6.1 Nickelodeon 1976 Carrie ★ 7.3 Carrie 1976 Quincy, M.E. ★ 7.5 Quincy, M.E. 1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase ★ 4.8 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase 1976 The Keegans ★ 8.0 The Keegans 1976 City of Angels ★ 5.6 City of Angels 1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur ★ 4.0 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur 1976 Kate McShane ★ 6.0 Kate McShane 1975 The Rockford Files ★ 7.6 The Rockford Files 1974 Police Woman ★ 6.4 Police Woman 1974 Harry O ★ 5.2 Harry O 1974 Kojak ★ 7.2 Kojak 1973 Barnaby Jones ★ 7.0 Barnaby Jones 1973 ABC Afterschool Special ★ 6.5 ABC Afterschool Special 1972 The Failing of Raymond ★ 6.2 The Failing of Raymond 1971 Death Takes a Holiday ★ 4.9 Death Takes a Holiday 1971 Cannon ★ 6.7 Cannon 1971 McCloud ★ 7.2 McCloud 1970 Adam-12 ★ 7.1 Adam-12 1968 The Name of the Game ★ 7.0 The Name of the Game 1968 The High Chaparral ★ 6.8 The High Chaparral 1967 China Smith China Smith 1952