Acting credits
77
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Priscilla Pointer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 44Series: 33
TMDB ID: 11793
IMDb ID: nm0688467
Known for: Acting
Born: May 18, 1924
Died: April 28, 2025
Age: 100
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 2011
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q271109
Also known as
Pricilla Pointer • پریسیلا پوینتر
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Priscilla Pointer.
6.9
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Mrs. Beaumont
2011 Movie
7.8
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2010 Movie
6.3
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
2008 Movie
7.0
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001 Movie
6.1
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
1999 Movie
6.5
Alone
as Susan Hight
1997 Movie
5.5
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
1996 Movie
6.6
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
1994 Movie
5.0
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
1994 Movie
2.2
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
1993 Movie
7.3
Runaway Father
as Mary Bennett
1991 Movie
4.3
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
1990 Movie
6.5
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990 Movie
The Flash
as Nora Allen
1990 Movie
4.8
A Show of Force
as Alice Ryan
1990 Movie
8.3
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
1989 Movie
4.4
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
1989 Movie
3.9
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
1987 Movie
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987 Movie
5.8
From the Hip
as Mrs. Martha Williams
1987 Movie
7.6
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
1986 Movie
4.5
Generation
as Ellen Breed
1985 Movie
6.4
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
1985 Movie
5.5
Micki & Maude
as Diana Hutchison
1984 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Priscilla Pointer.
7.8
Cold Case
as Lillian Vine (2006) • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Margaret Palmer • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Elizabeth Carpenter • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.8
ER
as Mrs. Abernathy • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.4
The Flash
as Nora Allen • 3 eps
1990 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Dorothy Pehlman • 4 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Amazing Stories
as Charlie • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.5
Call to Glory
as Lillie • 5 eps
1984 Series
7.5
The A-Team
as Tracy Richter's Mother • 1 eps
1983 Series
5.6
St. Elsewhere
as Marie Halloran • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.1
Newhart
1 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Stone
1 eps
1980 Series
6.8
Knots Landing
as Beatrice Handleman • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.1
Mrs. Columbo
as Mrs. Prior • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.8
Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth • 40 eps
1978 Series
4.5
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1 eps
1977 Series
7.3
Lou Grant
as Elizabeth Driscoll • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Nurse Kathy Benson • 2 eps
1976 Series
5.2
City of Angels
1 eps
1976 Series
5.0
Kate McShane
as Mrs. Inerson • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Joe Forrester
1 eps
1975 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Helen Morris • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.2
Police Woman
1 eps
1974 Series
4.6
Harry O
1 eps
1974 Series