Priscilla Pointer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-05-18

Day of death

2025-04-28 (100 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • ER

    ER

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • Carrie

    Carrie

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Inferno

    Inferno

  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

  • Honeysuckle Rose

    Honeysuckle Rose

  • Mommie Dearest

    Mommie Dearest

  • The Competition

    The Competition

  • Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

  • Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

  • Mysterious Two

    Mysterious Two

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  • Rumpelstiltskin

    Rumpelstiltskin

  • Alone

    Alone

  • Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

  • Call to Glory

    Call to Glory

  • What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

    What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

  • Disturbed

    Disturbed

  • The Falcon and the Snowman

    The Falcon and the Snowman

  • Runaway Father

    Runaway Father

  • The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

    The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

  • Mrs. Columbo

    Mrs. Columbo

  • City of Angels

    City of Angels

  • Joe Forrester

    Joe Forrester

  • Micki & Maude

    Micki & Maude

  • The 3,000 Mile Chase

    The 3,000 Mile Chase

  • C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

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

  • The Flash: The Ultimate Avenger

    The Flash: The Ultimate Avenger

  • Death Takes a Holiday

    Death Takes a Holiday

  • The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

  • Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

  • The Onion Field

    The Onion Field

  • Acting 'Carrie'

    Acting 'Carrie'

  • Kate McShane

    Kate McShane

  • A Killing Affair

    A Killing Affair

  • Sweet Nothing in My Ear

    Sweet Nothing in My Ear

  • The Magic Bubble

    The Magic Bubble

  • A Show of Force

    A Show of Force

  • From the Hip

    From the Hip

  • Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

    Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

  • China Smith

    China Smith

  • Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

    Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

  • Stone

    Stone

  • Nickelodeon

    Nickelodeon

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • The Gift of Life

    The Gift of Life

  • Good-bye Cruel World

    Good-bye Cruel World

  • The Failing of Raymond

    The Failing of Raymond

  • Carried Away

    Carried Away

  • The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

    The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

  • Generation

    Generation

  • Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

    Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

  • Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

    Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

  • The Keegans

    The Keegans

  • A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

    A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story