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Priscilla Pointer

Television Actress / Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 05/18/1924 (99) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Priscilla Marie Pointer (born May 18, 1924) is an American retired 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 in the early 1950s. Pointer is the mother of actress and singer Amy Irving, (whom she often appeared alongside as her mother or mother-in-law) therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr. ()

Priscilla Marie Pointer is an American stage, film, and television character actress. She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | TV Movies

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In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother at home. When ...

Carrie

R

1976 | 3.6/5 | 1h 38min
Horror, Thriller
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An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the TV series "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and featuring one original story "Time Out". ...

Twilight Zone: The Movie

PG

1983 | 3.2/5 | 1h 41min
Horror, Science Fiction
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During a hallucinatory incident, young Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends Kristen to a psychi ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

R

1987 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Horror, Thriller
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The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child. ...

Blue Velvet

R

1986 | 3.8/5 | 2h
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Movies with Priscilla Pointer as Actress(42)

as Mrs. Beaumont2011 Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as herself2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Sally (voice)2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as herself2001 Acting 'Carrie'
as Mrs. Henry Howard1999 Inferno
as Susan Hight1997 Alone
as Lily Henson1996 Carried Away
as Barbara1994 The Painted Desert
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Grandma1992 The Magic Bubble
as Mary Bennett1991 Runaway Father
as Sr. Francine1990 Disturbed
as Alice Ryan1990 A Show of Force
as Nora Allen1990 The Flash
as Dr. Berlin1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Tracey's Mother1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Mrs. Martha Williams1987 From the Hip
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Queen Grizelda1987 Rumpelstiltskin
as Mrs. Beaumont1986 Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Lee1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 Generation
as Diana Hutchison1984 Micki & Maude
as Myra1983 Good-bye Cruel World
as Miss Cox (segment "Kick the Can")1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Rosalee Boyer1982 The Gift of Life
as She1982 Mysterious Two
as Mrs. Chadwick1981 Mommie Dearest
as Hawk Lady1981 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Rosella1980 Honeysuckle Rose
as Mrs. Donellan1980 The Competition
as Chrissie Campbell1979 The Onion Field
as Emma Dvorak1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Judge Cudahy1977 A Killing Affair
as Missy LeHand1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Laura Atherton1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Mrs. Dunn1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mrs. Snell1976 Carrie
as Mabel1976 Nickelodeon
as Helen Hunter McVey1976 The Keegans
as History Teacher1971 The Failing of Raymond
as Marion Chapman1971 Death Takes a Holiday

TV Shows/Series with Priscilla Pointer as Actress(28)

as Lillian Vine (2006)2003 Cold Case
as Margaret Palmer1999 Judging Amy
as Mrs. Abernathy1994 ER
as Nora Allen1990 The Flash
as Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman1986 L.A. Law
as Charlie1985 Amazing Stories
as woman on train (cameo)1985 Amazing Stories
as Tracy Richter's Mother1983 The A-Team
1982 Newhart
1982 St. Elsewhere
1980 Stone
1979 Mrs. Columbo
1979 Knots Landing
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth1978 Dallas
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)1978 Dallas
1977 Lou Grant
1977 What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
1976 City of Angels
1976 Quincy, M.E.
1975 Joe Forrester
1974 Harry O
1974 Police Woman
as Regina1973 Kojak
as Ruth Meredith1972 ABC Afterschool Special
1971 Cannon
1970 McCloud
1969 Where the Heart Is
as Mrs.Colton1967 The High Chaparral

Full Name: Priscilla Pointer
Born: Sunday, 05/18 1924 (May) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 99 years + 344 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Robert Symonds, Jules Irving
Children: Amy Irving, Katie Irving, David Irving
Other names for Priscilla Pointer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Pricilla Pointer"
Priscilla Pointer frequently works together with these people:
Geoffrey Lewis (11x, Actor)
William Windom (11x, Actor)
Al Ruscio (11x, Actor)
Amy Irving (10x, Actress)
Jack Ging (10x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (10x, Actor)
Joan Van Ark (10x, Actress)
Barbara Tarbuck (10x, Actress)
Allan Miller (10x, Actor)
Richard Venture (9x, Actor)
Stephen J. Cannell (9x, Crew)
Walter Brooke (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:329200, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024