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Priscilla Pointer

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Though character actress Priscilla Pointer may be better known as the mother of Amy Irving, she has enjoyed a major stage, film and TV career herself for over four decades. The New York-born performer was trained on the stage and appeared in several tours and Broadway shows, including "A Streetcar Named Desire"... See full bio »

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2008 Sweet Nothing in My Ear (TV movie)
Sally (voice)
 
2007 Union Station (short)
 
2006 Cold Case (TV series)
Lillian Vine - 2006
– Debut (2006) … Lillian Vine - 2006
 
2001 Judging Amy (TV series)
Margaret Palmer
– The Unforgiven (2001) … Margaret Palmer
 
1999/II Desert Heat
Mrs. Henry Howard
 
1997 Alone (TV movie)
Susan Hight
 
1996 Carried Away
Lily Henson
 
1996 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Elizabeth Carpenter
– Til We Meet Again (1996) … Elizabeth Carpenter
 
1995 Picket Fences (TV series)
Dr. Ellen Smithie
– Without Mercy (1995) … Dr. Ellen Smithie
 
1994 ER (TV series)
Mrs. Abernathy
– The Gift (1994) … Mrs. Abernathy
 
1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV movie)
(segment "The Theater")
 
1993 Traveler's Rest (TV short)
Annie
 
1993 Painted Desert
Barbara
 
1992 Unbecoming Age
Grandma
 
1991 Runaway Father (TV movie)
Mary Bennett
 
1991 My Life and Times (TV series)
Phyllis
– Our Wedding (1991) … Phyllis
 
1990-1991 The Flash (TV series)
Nora Allen
– Be My Baby (1991) … Nora Allen
– Sins of the Father (1990) … Nora Allen
– Pilot (1990) … Nora Allen
 
1990 Disturbed
Nurse Francine
 
1990 A Show of Force
Alice Ryan
 
1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (TV movie)
Tracey's Mother
 
1989 C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud
Dr. Berllin
 
1988 Hemingway (TV mini-series)
Grace Hemingway
 
1986-1988 L.A. Law (TV series)
Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
– The Bald Ones (1988) … Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
– Sparky Brackman R.I.P. ????-1987 (1987) … Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
– Raiders of the Lost Bark (1986) … Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
– Slum Enchanted Evening (1986) … Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman
 
1988 Still Frame (short)
 
1987 Newhart (TV series)
– Me and My Gayle (1987)
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
Ruby
– Vegas Rock (1987) … Ruby
 
1987 Rumpelstiltskin
Queen Grizelda
 
1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
 
1987 From the Hip
Mrs. Martha Williams
 
1987 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Older Charlie
– Lane Change (1987) … Older Charlie
 
1986 Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
 
1985 Call to Glory (TV series)
Lillie
– JFK: Part 1 (1985) … Lillie
– JFK: Part 2 (1985) … Lillie
 
1985 Generation (TV movie)
Ellen Breed
 
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
Mrs. Lee
 
1984 Micki + Maude
Diana Hutchison
 
1984 Too Close for Comfort (TV series)
Betty Farnsworth
– The Sound of Mother (1984) … Betty Farnsworth
 
1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
Edna Grundy
– Seven Dead Eyes (1984) … Edna Grundy
 
1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Marie Halloran
– In Sickness and in Health (1984) … Marie Halloran
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
Miss Cox (Segment #2)
 
1983 The A-Team (TV series)
Tracy Richter's Mother
– The Out-of-Towners (1983) … Tracy Richter's Mother
 
1978-1983 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Nurse Kathy Benson / Mrs. Neilson
– Quincy's Wedding: Part 2 (1983) … Nurse Kathy Benson
– Quincy's Wedding: Part 1 (1983) … Nurse Kathy Benson
– Dead and Alive (1978) … Mrs. Neilson
 
1981-1983 Dallas (TV series)
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
– Requiem (1983) … Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
– Crash of '83 (1983) … Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
– A Ewing Is a Ewing (1983) … Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
– The Reckoning (1983) … Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
– The Ewing Blues (1983) … Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
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1983 Good-bye Cruel World
Myra
 
1982 Mysterious Two (TV movie)
She
 
1982 The Gift of Life (TV movie)
Rosalee Boyer
 
1981 Mommie Dearest
Mrs. Chadwick
 
1981 Lou Grant (TV series)
Elizabeth Driscoll
– Depression (1981) … Elizabeth Driscoll
 
1981 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (TV movie)
 
1980 The Competition
Mrs. Donellan
 
1980 Honeysuckle Rose
Rosella Ramsey
 
1980 From Here to Eternity (TV series)
Mrs. Amelia Austin
 
1980 Knots Landing (TV series)
Mrs. Handleman
– The Constant Companion (1980) … Mrs. Handleman
 
1980 Stone (TV series)
Mary Poulton
– Deep Sleeper (1980) … Mary Poulton
 
1979 The Onion Field
Chrissie Campbell
 
1977-1979 Family (TV series)
Joan Schiller / Pat Wills
– An Apple for the Teacher (1979) … Pat Wills
– Acts of Love: Part 2 (1977) … Joan Schiller
 
1979 Mrs. Columbo (TV series)
Mrs. Prior
– Word Games (1979) … Mrs. Prior
 
1978 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Ruth Meredith
– Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me (1978) … Ruth Meredith
 
1977 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV series)
Dr. Maurice
– Everybody's Girl (1977) … Dr. Maurice
 
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mrs. Dunn
 
1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (TV movie)
Laura Atherton
 
1977 A Killing Affair (TV movie)
Judge Cudahy
 
1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase (TV movie)
Emma Dvorak
 
1974-1977 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Mrs. Cunningham / Nancy Moore / Sandra Lorenzo
– Anatomy of Fear (1977) … Mrs. Cunningham
– Deadly Reunion (1976) … Sandra Lorenzo
– The Challenge (1974) … Nancy Moore
 
1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (TV movie)
Missy LeHand
 
1976 Nickelodeon
Mabel
 
1976 Carrie
Mrs. Snell
 
1976 Phyllis (TV series)
Lucille
– Off the Bench (1976) … Lucille
 
1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Miss Harris
 
1976 The Keegans (TV movie)
Helen Hunter McVey
 
1976 City of Angels (TV series)
– The Losers (1976)
 
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV series)
Helen
– A Noise in the Streets (1976) … Helen
 
1976 Police Woman (TV series)
Adele French
– Task Force: Cop Killer: Part 2 (1976) … Adele French (as Pricilla Pointer)
– Task Force: Cop Killer: Part 1 (1976) … Adele French (as Pricilla Pointer)
 
1976 Harry O (TV series)
Constance Faraday
– Hostage (1976) … Constance Faraday
 
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (TV movie)
Jean MacArthur
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
Dr. Cochran / Edith Cunningham
– The Wrong Medicine (1975) … Edith Cunningham
– Search and Destroy (1975) … Dr. Cochran
 
1975 Kate McShane (TV series)
– The Best Possible Defense (1975)
 
1975 The Big Rip-Off (TV movie)
Lucy Meredith
 
1975 Kojak (TV series)
Regina
– Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard (1975) … Regina
 
1974 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Helen Morris
– Profit and Loss, Part 1: Profit (1974) … Helen Morris
 
1974 Sons and Daughters (TV series)
Janet Coburn
– The Reputation (1974) … Janet Coburn
 
1973 Adam-12 (TV series)
Jacqueline Carey
– Van Nuys Division: Pete's Mustache (1973) … Jacqueline Carey
 
1969 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Adrienne Harris Rainey (1972-1973)
 
1971 The Failing of Raymond (TV movie)
History Teacher
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
Shirley
– Somebody's Out to Get Jennie (1971) … Shirley
 
1971 Death Takes a Holiday (TV movie)
Marion Chapman
 
1970 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Mrs.Colton
– A Matter of Vengeance (1970) … Mrs.Colton
 
1970 Matt Lincoln (TV series)
– Lori (1970)
 
1954 The New Adventures of China Smith (TV series)
Carla Tilson / Iris Clark
– Plane to Tainan (1954) … Iris Clark
– The Sign of the Scorpion (1954) … Carla Tilson
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Herself
 
2002 School's Out: Self-taught Artists (documentary short)
Grandma Moses
 
2001 Acting 'Carrie' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Amy Irving (1999) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
1999 The Rage: Carrie 2
Mrs. Snell (uncredited)
 

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