Priscilla Pointer
Acting Born May 18, 1924 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Dallas (1978) as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
- Dallas (1978) as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
- The A-Team (1983) as Tracy Richter's Mother
- ER (1994) as Mrs. Abernathy
- Cold Case (2003) as Lillian Vine (2006)
- Adam-12 (1968) as Jacqueline Carey
- Knots Landing (1979) as Beatrice Handleman
- Judging Amy (1999) as Margaret Palmer
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Nurse Kathy Benson
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Mrs. Neilson
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Elizabeth Carpenter
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Helen Morris
- L.A. Law (1986) as Dorothy Pehlman
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Marie Halloran
- Newhart (1982) as Clara Whitscomber
- Lou Grant (1977) as Elizabeth Driscoll
- Cannon (1971) as Dr. Janet Cochran
- Cannon (1971) as Edith Cunningham
- Police Woman (1974) as Adele French
- The High Chaparral (1967) as Mrs.Colton
- Kojak (1973) as Regina
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Charlie
- Amazing Stories (1985) as woman on train (cameo)
- Barnaby Jones (1973) as Nancy Moore