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Also known as Priscilla Marie Pointer

amerikansk skådespelare (1924–2025)

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • New Music Horizons
  • Ten little fingers
  • How to draw children

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Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

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

  • Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage — Mrs. Beaumont2011
  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy — Self2010
  • Sweet Nothing in My Ear — Sally (voice)2008
  • Cold Case — Lillian Vine (2006)2003
  • Acting 'Carrie' — Self2001
  • Inferno — Mrs. Henry Howard1999
  • Judging Amy — Margaret Palmer1999
  • Alone — Susan Hight1997
  • Carried Away — Lily Henson1996
  • Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition — Barbara1994

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
US
Active from
1969

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Priscilla
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Ridgefield
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
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date of birth
1924-05-18
start of work period
1948-00-00
writing language
English language
name in native language
Priscilla Pointer
subject has role
centenarian
date of death
2025-04-28
end of work period
2014-00-00
Commons category
Priscilla Pointer
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Article · Svenska

Priscilla Marie Pointer, född 18 maj 1924 i New York, är en amerikansk skådespelerska. Pointer började sin karriär på Broadway. Hon flyttade senare till Hollywood där hon bland annat synts i filmer som Carrie, Honeysuckle Rose, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Terror på Elm Street 3, och Blue Velvet. Under 1980-talet hade hon också en återkommande roll i såpoperan Dallas där hon spelade mor till några av huvudrollsinnehavarna. Pointer gifte sig med regissören 1947 och de fick tre barn, däribland skådespelerskan Amy Irving och regissören . Äktenskapet varade till makens död 1979. 1981 gifte hon om sig med Robert Symonds, ett äktenskap som varade till Symonds död 2007. Pointer har spelat mot sin dotter Amy Irving i flera filmer, och även medverkat i flera filmer regisserade av sonen David.

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