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Priscilla Marie Pointer[1] (born May 18, 1924) is an American 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.

Priscilla Pointer
Priscilla Pointer and Michael Dunn (c. 1968)
Born	Priscilla Marie Pointer (1924-05-18) May 18, 1924 (age 98) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1948–2010
Spouse(s)	Jules Irving ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1979)​ Robert Symonds ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 2007)​
Children	3; including David Irving and Amy Irving
Relatives	Austin Irving (granddaughter)

Personal life

Pointer was born in New York City. Her mother Augusta Leonora (née Davis) was an artist and an illustrator, and her father Kenneth Keith Pointer was an artist.[1][2] One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Jacob Barrett Cohen, was from a Jewish family that had lived in the United States since the 1700s.[1][3][4]

Pointer was married to film and stage director Jules Irving, former artistic director of Lincoln Center, from 1947 until his death in 1979; they are the parents of Katie Irving, director David Irving, and actress Amy Irving.[5] In 1980, she married actor/director/producer Robert Symonds, who had been Jules Irving's producing partner at Lincoln Center. She appeared several times in stage productions with Symonds, and they remained married until the latter's death in 2007.

Career

Pointer has appeared in many films, including Carrie (1976), in which she played the onscreen mother of Amy Irving's character; The Onion Field (1979); Mommie Dearest (1981); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); David Lynch's Blue Velvet; and Coyote Moon (1999). In addition to Carrie, she has played onscreen mother to Amy Irving in Honeysuckle Rose (1980) and Carried Away (1996). They were both in the films The Competition in 1980 and Micki & Maude in 1984.

Pointer appeared in three films that her son David Irving directed: Rumpelstiltskin (a 1987 musical version, which starred her daughter), Good-bye, Cruel World, and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.

Pointer's first starring television role was on Where the Heart Is as Adrienne Harris Rainey (1972–1973). She has made many guest appearances on television, including Adam-12, L.A. Law, The A-Team, Judging Amy, The Rockford Files, and Cold Case.

From 1981 to 1983, Pointer had a recurring role on the soap opera Dallas as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, the mother of Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), Pamela Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal), and Katherine Wentworth (Morgan Brittany).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1976	Carrie	Eleanor Snell
	Nickelodeon	Mabel
	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase	Miss Harris
1977	The 3,000 Mile Chase	Emma Dvorak
	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Mrs. Dunn
1979	The Onion Field	Chrissie Campbell
1980	Honeysuckle Rose	Rosella Ramsey
	The Competition	Mrs. Donellan
1981	Mommie Dearest	Mrs. Chadwick
1983	Good-bye, Cruel World	Myra
	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Miss Cox	Segment: "Kick the Can"
1984	Micki & Maude	Diana Hutchison
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Mrs. Lee
1986	Blue Velvet	Mrs. Beaumont
1987	Newhart	Clara Whitscomber
	Rumpelstiltskin	Queen Grizelda
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Dr. Elizabeth Simms
	From the Hip	Mrs. Martha Williams
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.	Doctor Berlin
1990	A Show of Force	Alice Ryan
	Disturbed	Nurse Francine
1992	Unbecoming Age	Grandma
1993	Painted Desert	Barbara
1996	Carried Away	Lily Henson
1999	Inferno	Mrs. Henry Howard

Partial Television Credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	N.Y.P.D.	Woman with child in park	Episode: "The Night Watch"
1970	The High Chaparral	Mrs. Colton	Episode: "A Matter of Vengeance"
1971	The Failing of Raymond	History Teacher	TV Movie
1973	Adam-12	Jacqueline Carey	Episode: "Van Nuys Division: Pete's Mustache "
1977	Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night	Laura Atherton	TV Movie
1981-1983	Dallas	Rebecca Barnes Wentworth	44 episodes
1984	The New Mike Hammer	Edna Grundy	Episode: "Seven Dead Eyes"
	Too Close for Comfort	Betty Farnsworth	Episode: "The Sound of Mother"
	St. Elsewhere	Marie Halloran	Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
1986-1988	L.A. Law	Judge Dorothy M. Pehlman	4 episodes
1987	Newhart	Clara Whitscomber	Episode: "Me and My Gayle"
	Rags to Riches	Ruby	Episode: "Vegas Rock"
1990-1991	The Flash	Nora Allen	3 episodes
1994	ER	Mrs. Abernathy	Episode: "The Gift"
1997	Alone	Susan Hight	TV Movie
2001	Judging Amy	Margaret Palmer	Episode: "The Unforgiven"
2006	Cold Case	Lillian Vine	Episode: "Debut"
2008	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	voice of Sally	TV Movie

References

External links

• Priscilla Pointer at IMDb
• Priscilla Pointer at the TCM Movie Database
• Priscilla Pointer at AllMovie

На других языках

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- [en] Priscilla Pointer

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[es] Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer (n. Nueva York, 18 de mayo de 1924) es una actriz de una larga trayectoria en cine y televisión estadounidense.

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[ru] Пойнтер, Присцилла

Присци́лла По́йнтер (англ. Priscilla Pointer; 18 мая 1924, Нью-Йорк, США) — американская актриса. Наиболее известна ролью Ребекки Барнс-Уэнтуорт из телесериала «Даллас», в котором она снялась в 44-х эпизодах в период 1981—1983 годов.

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