Priscilla Pointer
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...
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...
Known For
Carrie
as Mrs. Snell
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Cast Credits
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Mrs. Beaumont
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
as Sally (voice)
Inferno
as Mrs. Henry Howard
Alone
as Susan Hight
Carried Away
as Lily Henson
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
as Barbara
The Magic Bubble
as Grandma
Runaway Father
as Mary Bennett
Disturbed
as Sr. Francine
The Flash
as Nora Allen
A Show of Force
as Alice Ryan
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracey's Mother
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Dr. Berlin
Rumpelstiltskin
as Queen Grizelda
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
From the Hip
as Mrs. Martha Williams
Blue Velvet
as Mrs. Beaumont
Generation
as Ellen Breed
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mrs. Lee
Micki & Maude
as Diana Hutchison
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Miss Cox
Good-bye Cruel World
as Myra
Mysterious Two
as She
The Gift of Life
as Rosalee Boyer
Mommie Dearest
as Mrs. Chadwick
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Hawk Lady
The Competition
as Mrs. Donellan
Honeysuckle Rose
as Rosella
The Onion Field
as Chrissie Campbell