Priscilla Marie Pointer (born May , ) is an American stage, film and
television character 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.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. One of her
maternal great-grandfathers, Jacob Barrett Cohen, was from a Jewish
family that had lived in the United States since the s.Pointer was
married to film and stage director Jules Irving, former artistic
director of Lincoln Center, from until his death in ; they are the
parents of Katie Irving, director David Irving and actress Amy Irving.
In , 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 .Pointer has appeared in many
films, including Carrie (), in which she played the onscreen mother of
Amy Irving's character; The Onion Field (); Mommie Dearest ();
Twilight Zone: The Movie (); A Nightmare on Elm Street : Dream
Warriors (); David Lynch's Blue Velvet; and Coyote Moon (). In
addition to Carrie, she has played onscreen mother to Amy Irving in
Honeysuckle Rose () and Carried Away (). They were both in the films
The Competition in and Micki & Maude in .
television character 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.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. One of her
maternal great-grandfathers, Jacob Barrett Cohen, was from a Jewish
family that had lived in the United States since the s.Pointer was
married to film and stage director Jules Irving, former artistic
director of Lincoln Center, from until his death in ; they are the
parents of Katie Irving, director David Irving and actress Amy Irving.
In , 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 .Pointer has appeared in many
films, including Carrie (), in which she played the onscreen mother of
Amy Irving's character; The Onion Field (); Mommie Dearest ();
Twilight Zone: The Movie (); A Nightmare on Elm Street : Dream
Warriors (); David Lynch's Blue Velvet; and Coyote Moon (). In
addition to Carrie, she has played onscreen mother to Amy Irving in
Honeysuckle Rose () and Carried Away (). They were both in the films
The Competition in and Micki & Maude in .
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