Priscilla Pointer

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.

Cast

Blue Velvet

(Mrs. Beaumont)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

(Dr. Elizabeth Simms)

Inferno

(Mrs. Henry Howard)

A Killing Affair

(Judge Cudahy)

Carrie

(Mrs. Snell)

Acting 'Carrie'

(Self)

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

(Tracey's Mother)

The Onion Field

(Chrissie Campbell)

Carried Away

(Lily Henson)

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

(Mrs. Dunn)

Mommie Dearest

(Mrs. Chadwick)

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

(Miss Harris)

Rumpelstiltskin

(Queen Grizelda)

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

(Dr. Berlin)

Disturbed

(Sr. Francine)

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

(Jean MacArthur)

Nickelodeon

(Mabel)

The Flash

(Nora Allen)

Death Takes a Holiday

(Marion Chapman)

Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

(Barbara)

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

(Missy LeHand)

Twilight Zone: The Movie

(Miss Cox)

The Failing of Raymond

(History Teacher)

The Keegans

(Helen Hunter McVey)

Mysterious Two

(She)

A Show of Force

(Alice Ryan)

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

(Mrs. Beaumont)

The Magic Bubble

(Grandma)

Alone

(Susan Hight)

Good-bye Cruel World

(Myra)

The Falcon and the Snowman

(Mrs. Lee)

The Gift of Life

(Rosalee Boyer)

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

(Laura Atherton)

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

(Hawk Lady)

Generation

(Ellen Breed)

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

(Sally (voice))

Runaway Father

(Mary Bennett)

Honeysuckle Rose

(Rosella)

From the Hip

(Mrs. Martha Williams)

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

(Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre"))

The Competition

(Mrs. Donellan)

Micki & Maude

(Diana Hutchison)

The 3,000 Mile Chase

(Emma Dvorak)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

(Self)

The Flash: The Ultimate Avenger

(Nora Allen)

St. Elsewhere

The Flash

(Nora Allen)

Amazing Stories

(Charlie)

L.A. Law

(Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman)

The A-Team

(Tracy Richter's Mother)

Judging Amy

(Margaret Palmer)

Cold Case

(Lillian Vine (2006))

Knots Landing

(Beatrice Handleman)

Newhart

Kojak

(Regina)

Dallas

(Rebecca Barnes Wentworth)

Dallas

(Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only))

Cannon

ER

(Mrs. Abernathy)

China Smith

Harry O

Police Woman

The High Chaparral

(Mrs.Colton)

Where the Heart Is

McCloud

City of Angels

ABC Afterschool Special

(Ruth Meredith)

Joe Forrester

Stone

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Amazing Stories

(woman on train (cameo))

The Rockford Files

(Helen Morris)

Adam-12

(Jacqueline Carey)

Quincy, M.E.

(Nurse Kathy Benson)

Touched by an Angel

(Elizabeth Carpenter)

Police Woman

(Adele French)

Kate McShane

(Mrs. Inerson)

Lou Grant

(Elizabeth Driscoll)

Barnaby Jones

(Nancy Moore)

Mrs. Columbo

(Mrs. Prior)

Call to Glory

(Lillie)

Quincy, M.E.

(Mrs. Neilson)