Priscilla Pointer
Priscilla Pointer
American character actress Priscilla Pointer was the wife of famed theatrical director Jules Irving, and the mother of actress Amy Irving and writer/director David Irving. After extensive theatrical experience, Pointer attained her first major TV job in the daytime drama Where the Heart Is (1969-73). She went on to play Mrs. Austin in From Here to Eternity (1980). Rebecca Barnes Wentworth in Dallas (1981-83) and Lillie in Call to Glory (1984-85). One of her more memorable film assignments was the 1976 chiller Carrie, in which she played the mother of the character played by her daughter Amy. Perhaps as a by-product of Carrie, Priscilla Pointer was engaged to play important roles in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and the made-for-TVTwilight Zone: The Lost Classics (1994). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Priscilla Pointer:
- Rumpelstiltskin with Amy Irving , Billy Barty , Clive Revill
- Carrie with Sissy Spacek , Piper Laurie , Amy Irving , William Katt , Nancy Allen , John Travolta , Betty Buckley , Sidney Lassick , Stefan Gierasch , Edie McClurg , P.J. Soles
- Twilight Zone: The Movie with Dan Aykroyd , Patricia Barry , Peter Brocco , Albert Brooks , Nancy Cartwright , Scatman Crothers , Eduard Franz , John Lithgow , Murray Matheson , Kevin McCarthy , Vic Morrow , Bill Mumy , Kathleen Quinlan , William Schallert , Donna Dixon , John Larroquette , Dick Miller , Burgess Meredith , Rod Serling
- Carried Away with Dennis Hopper , Amy Irving , Amy Locane , Julie Harris , Gary Busey , Hal Holbrook
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