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.
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Filmography
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
as Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008
as Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
Inferno
1999
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
1997
as Susan Hight
Carried Away
1996
as Lily Henson
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
1994
as Barbara
The Magic Bubble
1993
as Grandma
Runaway Father
1991
as Mary Bennett
Disturbed
1990
as Sr. Francine
The Flash
1990
as Nora Allen
A Show of Force
1990
as Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989
as Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
as Dr. Berlin
Rumpelstiltskin
1987
as Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip
1987
as Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
1986
as Mrs. Beaumont
Generation
1985
as Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Mrs. Lee
Micki & Maude
1984
as Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Miss Cox