Priscilla Pointer

Highest Rated: 94% Blue Velvet (1986)

Lowest Rated: 0% Desert Heat (1999)

Birthday: May 18, 1924

Birthplace: Not Available

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).

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
0%	Desert Heat	Mrs. Howard	—	1999
No Score Yet	Alone	Susan Hight	—	1998
64%	Carried Away	Lily Henson	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Magic Bubble	Grandma	—	1992
No Score Yet	Runaway Father	Mary Bennett	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Flash	Nora Allen	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Show of Force	Alice Ryan	—	1990
No Score Yet	Disturbed	Nurse Francine	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Tracey's Mother	—	1989
No Score Yet	C.H.U.D. II	Dr. Berllin	—	1989
72%	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Dr. Elizabeth Simms	—	1987
27%	From the Hip	Mrs. Martha Williams	—	1987
94%	Blue Velvet	Mrs. Beaumont	—	1986
No Score Yet	Cannon Movie Tales: Rumpelstiltskin	Queen Grizelda	—	1986
82%	The Falcon and the Snowman	Mrs. Lee	—	1985
70%	Micki + Maude	Diana Hutchison	—	1984
57%	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Miss Cox	—	1983
No Score Yet	Mysterious Two	Actor	—	1982
50%	Mommie Dearest	Mrs. Chadwick	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Archer	Actor	—	1981
75%	The Competition	Mrs. Donellan	—	1980
50%	Honeysuckle Rose	Rosella	—	1980
86%	The Onion Field	Chrissie Campbell	—	1979
No Score Yet	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Missy LeHand	—	1977
No Score Yet	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase	Miss Harris	—	1977
63%	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Mrs. Dunn	—	1977
8%	Nickelodeon	Mabel	—	1976
93%	Carrie	Mrs. Snell	—	1976
No Score Yet	Eleanor and Franklin	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	Death Takes a Holiday	Marion Chapman	—	1971

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Lillian	2006
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Margaret Palmer	2001
No Score Yet	Touched by an Angel 1994-2003	Elizabeth	1996
82%	Picket Fences 1992-1996	Dr. Smithie	1995
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Mrs. Abernathy	1994
No Score Yet	Newhart 1982-1990	Clara	1987
No Score Yet	Too Close for Comfort 1980-1987	Grandmother	1984
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Helen Richter	1983
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Nurse Kathy Benson Mrs. Neilsen	1983 1978
No Score Yet	Dallas 1978-1991	Rebecca Wentworth Rebecca	1982 1981
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Regina Meadows	1975
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Helen Morris	1974

Quotes from Priscilla Pointer's Characters

Phillip:	Can I interject something just to save us all some time?
Dr. Neil Goldman:	Sure, Phillip. Go ahead.
Phillip:	Well, according to our kind hosts, our dreams are a group psychosis; sort of a mellow mass hysteria. The fact that we all dreamt about this guy before we ever met doesn't impress anybody. So we go in circles making minimal progress with maximum effort.
Dr. Elizabeth Simms:	You won't make any progress until you recognize your dreams for what they are.
Nancy Thompson:	And what are they?
Dr. Elizabeth Simms:	The by-products of guilt; psychological scars stemming from moral conflicts and overt sexuality.
Kincaid:	Oh, great. Now it's my di*k that's killing me.

Dr. Elizabeth Simms:	I'm not going to take any more of this. How much longer are you going to go on blaming your dreams for your own weaknesses?
Kincaid:	Lady, how much longer you gonna keep blowing smoke up our ass?
Dr. Neil Goldman:	That's enough, Kincaid!
Dr. Elizabeth Simms:	There will be no repeat occurrences of last night's events. From now on your doors will be locked during sleeping hours. We'll start a policy of evening sedation for everybody.
Kincaid:	The fu*k you will! Anybody tries drugs on me gets his ass kicked!
Dr. Elizabeth Simms:	Well, you just bought yourself a night in the quite room, Mister. Now sit down!
Kincaid:	Fu*k you! You sit down!

Mrs. Snell:	Mrs. White, I'd like to contribute five...ten dollars.
Mrs. Snell:	Mrs. White, I'd like to contribute five, ten dollars.
Margaret White:	I see. I pray you find Jesus.

Margaret White:	These are godless times, Mrs. Snell.
Mrs. Snell:	I'll drink to that.

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Priscilla Pointer

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Quotes from Priscilla Pointer's Characters