
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-05-18
Deathday
2025-04-28
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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