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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Priscilla Pointer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Carrie

as Mrs. Snell

Blue Velvet

as Mrs. Beaumont

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

as Dr. Elizabeth Simms

The A-Team

as Tracy Richter's Mother

ER

as Mrs. Abernathy

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Miss Cox

The Flash

as Nora Allen

Cold Case

as Lillian Vine (2006)

Inferno

as Mrs. Henry Howard

Mommie Dearest

as Mrs. Chadwick