Priscilla Pointer
Born in New York City, New York, USA — May 18 1924• Died Apr 28 2025
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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.
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Knots Landing
Beatrice Handleman
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
Quincy, M.E.
Nurse Kathy Benson
Adam-12
Jacqueline Carey
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
L.A. Law
Dorothy Pehlman
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
St. Elsewhere
Marie Halloran
The Rockford Files
Helen Morris
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
Newhart
Clara Whitscomber
Cannon
Dr. Janet Cochran
Police Woman
Adele French
ABC Afterschool Special
Ruth Meredith
Kojak
Regina
McCloud
Shirley
The High Chaparral
Mrs.Colton
Lou Grant
Elizabeth Driscoll
Barnaby Jones
Nancy Moore
The Name of the Game
Miss Dalton
Amazing Stories
Charlie
Harry O
Constance Faraday
The Flash
Nora Allen
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
Mrs. Columbo
Mrs. Prior
Call to Glory
Lillie
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
China Smith
Iris Clark
City of Angels
Mrs. Macklin
Stone
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
Kate McShane
Mrs. Inerson
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
The Flash
Nora Allen
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
Alone
Susan Hight
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
A Killing Affair
Judge Cudahy
A Show of Force
Alice Ryan
Nickelodeon
Mabel
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Dr. Berlin
Micki & Maude
Diana Hutchison
Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Barbara
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Jean MacArthur
The Keegans
Helen Hunter McVey
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
Disturbed
Sr. Francine
From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Missy LeHand
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Carried Away
Lily Henson
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Tracey's Mother
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sally (voice)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Mrs. Beaumont
Generation
Ellen Breed
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Hawk Lady
Runaway Father
Mary Bennett
The Failing of Raymond
History Teacher
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Emma Dvorak
Mysterious Two
She
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Miss Harris
Rumpelstiltskin
Queen Grizelda
The Gift of Life
Rosalee Boyer
Good-bye Cruel World
Myra
The Competition
Mrs. Donellan
Death Takes a Holiday
Marion Chapman
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Laura Atherton
The Magic Bubble
Grandma