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Priscilla Marie Pointer is an American stage, film and television character actress. She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.
Born
Sunday, 18 May 1924
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self - 'Dr. Elizabeth Simms' / Self | 2010 |
| Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Sally (voice) / Sally | 2008 |
| Cold Case | Lillian Vine - 2006 | 2003 |
| Judging Amy | Margaret Palmer | 1999 |
| Inferno | Mrs. Henry Howard | 1999 |
| The Rage: Carrie 2 | Mrs. Snell | 1999 |
| Alone | Susan Hight | 1997 |
| Carried Away | Lily Henson | 1996 |
| Touched by an Angel | Elizabeth Carpenter | 1994 |
| ER | Mrs. Abernathy | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self - 'Dr. Elizabeth Simms' / Self | 2010 |
| Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Sally (voice) / Sally | 2008 |
| Cold Case | Lillian Vine - 2006 | 2003 |
| Judging Amy | Margaret Palmer | 1999 |
| Inferno | Mrs. Henry Howard | 1999 |
| The Rage: Carrie 2 | Mrs. Snell | 1999 |
| Alone | Susan Hight | 1997 |
| Carried Away | Lily Henson | 1996 |
| Touched by an Angel | Elizabeth Carpenter | 1994 |
| ER | Mrs. Abernathy | 1994 |
| Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre") | 1994 |
| Picket Fences | Dr. Ellen Smithie | 1992 |
| Unbecoming Age | Grandma | 1992 |
| My Life and Times | Phyllis Eastman | 1991 |
| Runaway Father | Mary Bennett | 1991 |
| Disturbed | Nurse Francine / Sr. Francine | 1990 |
| The Flash | Nora Allen | 1990 |
| A Show of Force | Alice Ryan | 1990 |
| A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story | Tracey's Mother | 1989 |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Doctor Berlin / Dr. Berlin | 1989 |
| Hemingway | Grace Hemingway | 1988 |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Queen Grizelda | 1987 |
| Rags to Riches | Ruby | 1987 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Dr. Elizabeth Simms | 1987 |
| From the Hip | Mrs. Martha Williams | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman | 1986 |
| Blue Velvet | Mrs. Beaumont | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | Lady on Train / Older Charlie | 1985 |
| Generation | Ellen Breed | 1985 |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Mrs. Lee | 1985 |
| Micki + Maude | Diana Hutchison | 1984 |
| Call to Glory | Lillie | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Edna Grundy | 1984 |
| Twilight Zone: The Movie | Miss Cox (segment "Kick the Can") | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Tracy Richter's Mother | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Marie Halloran | 1982 |
| Newhart | Clara Whitscomber | 1982 |
| Good-bye Cruel World | Myra | 1982 |
| Mysterious Two | She | 1982 |
| The Gift of Life | Rosalee Boyer | 1982 |
| Mommie Dearest | Mrs. Chadwick | 1981 |
| The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire | Hawk Lady | 1981 |
| The Competition | Mrs. Donellan | 1980 |
| Too Close for Comfort | Betty Farnsworth | 1980 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Rosella Ramsey / Rosella | 1980 |
| From Here to Eternity | Mrs. Amelia Austin | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Beatrice Handleman | 1979 |
| The Onion Field | Chrissie Campbell | 1979 |
| Stone | Mary Poulton | 1979 |
| Mrs. Columbo | Mrs. Prior | 1979 |
| Dallas | Rebecca Barnes Wentworth | 1978 |
| What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | Dr. Maurice | 1977 |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Mrs. Dunn | 1977 |
| Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night | Laura Atherton | 1977 |
| A Killing Affair | Judge Cudahy | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Elizabeth Driscoll | 1977 |
| The 3, 000 Mile Chase | Emma Dvorak | 1977 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Missy LeHand | 1977 |
| Nickelodeon | Mabel | 1976 |
| Carrie | Mrs. Snell | 1976 |
| Quincy M.E. | Nurse Kathy Benson / Mrs. Neilson | 1976 |
| The Great Texas Dynamite Chase | Miss Harris | 1976 |
| Family | Joan Schiller / Pat Wills | 1976 |
| Bert D'Angelo/Superstar | Helen | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Mrs. Macklin | 1976 |
| Phyllis | Lucille | 1975 |
| Doc | Marge Pike | 1975 |
| McCoy | Lucy Meredith | 1975 |
| Police Woman | Adele French | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Helen Morris | 1974 |
| Sons and Daughters | Janet Coburn | 1974 |
| Kojak | Regina | 1973 |
| Harry O | Constance Faraday | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Mrs. Cunningham / Nancy Moore / Sandra Lorenzo | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Ruth Meredith | 1972 |
| Death Takes a Holiday | Marion Chapman | 1971 |
| The Failing of Raymond | History Teacher | 1971 |
| Cannon | Dr. Janet Cochran / Edith Cunningham | 1971 |
| McCloud | Shirley | 1970 |
| Where the Heart Is | Adrienne Rainey | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | Jacqueline Carey | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Miss Dalton | 1968 |
| The High Chaparral | Mrs.Colton | 1967 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Woman with child in park | 1967 |
