Priscilla Pointer
Acting
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.
Born: May 18, 1924
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the police department for failing to protect her.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Cold Case
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
Blue Velvet
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 psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
The Rockford Files
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Quincy, M.E.
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Quincy, M.E.
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Judging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
The A-Team
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
Filmography
as Mrs. Beaumont
as Sally (voice)
as Lillian Vine (2006)
as Self
as Mrs. Henry Howard
as Margaret Palmer
as Susan Hight
as Lily Henson
as Elizabeth Carpenter
as Mrs. Abernathy
as Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
as Barbara
as Grandma
as Mary Bennett
as Sr. Francine
as Nora Allen
as Nora Allen
as Nora Allen
as Alice Ryan
as Tracey's Mother
as Dr. Berlin
as Queen Grizelda
as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
as Mrs. Martha Williams
as Mrs. Beaumont
as Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
as Charlie
as woman on train (cameo)
as Ellen Breed
as Mrs. Lee
as Diana Hutchison
as Lillie
as Miss Cox
as Tracy Richter's Mother
as Marie Halloran
as Myra
as She
as Rosalee Boyer
as Mrs. Chadwick
as Hawk Lady
as Mrs. Donellan
as Rosella
as Beatrice Handleman
as Chrissie Campbell
as Mrs. Prior
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
as Mrs. Dunn
as Laura Atherton
as Judge Cudahy
as Elizabeth Driscoll
as Emma Dvorak
as Mabel
as Mrs. Snell
as Nurse Kathy Benson
as Mrs. Neilson
as Miss Harris
as Helen Hunter McVey
as Jean MacArthur
as Mrs. Inerson
as Helen Morris
as Adele French
as Regina
as Nancy Moore
as Ruth Meredith
as History Teacher
as Marion Chapman
as Jacqueline Carey
as Mrs.Colton