Born: May 18, 1924

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, Rovi

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