Cast & creator
Priscilla Pointer
Best known for ER, Knots Landing, Dallas
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.
Also known as: Pricilla Pointer, پریسیلا پوینتر, Priscilla Marie Pointer
44
film credits
37
television credits
81
1952–2011 · acting roles
6.4
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
ER
Mrs. Abernathy
1994
Knots Landing
Beatrice Handleman
1979
Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
1978Dallas
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (credit only)
1978
Cold Case
Lillian Vine (2006)
2003
Touched by an Angel
Elizabeth Carpenter
1994
L.A. Law
Dorothy Pehlman
1986
Adam-12
Jacqueline Carey
1968
Judging Amy
Margaret Palmer
1999
Quincy, M.E.
Nurse Kathy Benson
1976Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Neilson
1976
The A-Team
Tracy Richter's Mother
1983
The Rockford Files
Helen Morris
1974
St. Elsewhere
Marie Halloran
1982
Cannon
Dr. Janet Cochran
1971Cannon
Edith Cunningham
1971
Newhart
Clara Whitscomber
1982
The Name of the Game
Miss Dalton
1968
Barnaby Jones
Nancy Moore
1973
Police Woman
Adele French
1974
Lou Grant
Elizabeth Driscoll
1977
McCloud
Shirley
1970
ABC Afterschool Special
Ruth Meredith
1972
The High Chaparral
Mrs.Colton
1967
Kojak
Regina
1973
Amazing Stories
Charlie
1985Amazing Stories
woman on train (cameo)
1985
Harry O
Constance Faraday
1974
The Flash
Nora Allen
1990
Carrie
Mrs. Snell
1976
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
1986
Mrs. Columbo
Mrs. Prior
1979
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox
1983
Call to Glory
Lillie
1984
City of Angels
Mrs. Macklin
1976
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
China Smith
Iris Clark
1952China Smith
Carla Tilson
1952
Kate McShane
Mrs. Inerson
1975
Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
1981
Inferno
Mrs. Henry Howard
1999
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
1987
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
2010
Stone
1980
Rumpelstiltskin
Queen Grizelda
1987
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
1977
The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
1985
The Flash
Nora Allen
1990
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
1994
The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
1979
Nickelodeon
Mabel
1976
Carried Away
Lily Henson
1996
A Show of Force
Alice Ryan
1990
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Hawk Lady
1981
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Dr. Berlin
1989
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
2001
Micki & Maude
Diana Hutchison
1984
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Mrs. Beaumont
2011
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Miss Harris
1976
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sally (voice)
2008
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Tracey's Mother
1989
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Laura Atherton
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Missy LeHand
1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Emma Dvorak
1977
The Failing of Raymond
History Teacher
1971
A Killing Affair
Judge Cudahy
1977
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Barbara
1994
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Jean MacArthur
1976
The Magic Bubble
Grandma
1993
Death Takes a Holiday
Marion Chapman
1971
The Competition
Mrs. Donellan
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella
1980
Mysterious Two
She
1982
The Keegans
Helen Hunter McVey
1976
From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
1987
Good-bye Cruel World
Myra
1982
Alone
Susan Hight
1997
The Gift of Life
Rosalee Boyer
1982
Runaway Father
Mary Bennett
1991
Disturbed
Sr. Francine
1990
Generation
Ellen Breed
1985