Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

Birthday: 1924-05-18

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related ...

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental...

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Inferno
Inferno

Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny....

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A Killing Affair
A Killing Affair

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committi...

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Carrie
Carrie

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fana...

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Acting 'Carrie'
Acting 'Carrie'

In this documentary, director Brian De Palma and the stars from his film "Carrie" (such as Sissy Spa...

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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
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 r...

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The Onion Field
The Onion Field

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loophole...

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Carried Away
Carried Away

Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his...

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug...

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Mommie Dearest
Mommie Dearest

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her...

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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

Candy and Ellie Jo are a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into small-town banks with a ...

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Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin

A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievou...

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C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies ...

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Disturbed
Disturbed

10 years ago the perverse Dr. Russell couldn't resist the beauty of a young patient in his mental cl...

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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

U.S. President Harry S Truman and his commander in the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur, disagr...

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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an ille...

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The Flash
The Flash

A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which h...

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Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling...

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Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paral...

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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House....

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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the ...

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The Failing of Raymond
The Failing of Raymond

On the day before she retires, a teacher discovers that a student she had flunked ten years previous...

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The Keegans
The Keegans

A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother,...

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Mysterious Two
Mysterious Two

Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them....

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A Show of Force
A Show of Force

In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Pu...

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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

Fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch....

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The Magic Bubble
The Magic Bubble

A middle-aged woman frees herself from the spirit-crushing influence of her husband by refusing to r...

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Alone
Alone

John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rare...

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Good-bye Cruel World
Good-bye Cruel World

The story involves newscaster Rodney Pointsetter who is so depressed between his job and his family ...

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The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend ...

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The Gift of Life
The Gift of Life

A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as...

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Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her tod...

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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

A rugged warrior is on a quest to avenge his father's brutal slaying and in search of a legendary so...

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Generation
Generation

Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie "Rolle...

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Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their dea...

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Runaway Father
Runaway Father

A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get...

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Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy I...

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From the Hip
From the Hip

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexam...

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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories...

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The Competition
The Competition

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chanc...

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Micki & Maude
Micki & Maude

TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for mother...

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The 3,000 Mile Chase
The 3,000 Mile Chase

Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from S...

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring ...

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The Flash
The Flash

First Superman. Then Batman. Now thrill to The Flash, the swiftest superhero ever to streak across t...

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