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Pricilla Pointer
پریسیلا پوینتر
Priscilla Pointer
Acting
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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Mrs. Beaumont
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
as Susan Hight
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
TV Shows
Cold Case
as Lillian Vine (2006) · 1 ep.
Judging Amy
as Margaret Palmer · 1 ep.
ER
as Mrs. Abernathy · 2 ep.
Touched by an Angel
as Elizabeth Carpenter · 1 ep.
The Flash
as Nora Allen · 3 ep.
L.A. Law
as Dorothy Pehlman · 4 ep.
Amazing Stories
as woman on train (cameo) · 1 ep.
Call to Glory
as Lillie · 5 ep.
The A-Team
as Tracy Richter's Mother · 1 ep.
St. Elsewhere
as Marie Halloran · 1 ep.