In the 1976 horror classic Carrie, Pointer played the mother of Sue Snell, a role that marked the film debut of her daughter Amy Irving. This was the first of several collaborations between mother and ...

Pointer also had a significant presence in television, most notably in the CBS soap opera Dallas, where she played the mother of Victoria Principal’s character. Her other television credits include ...

Actress Priscilla Pointer dies at 100 In a Hollywood career that spanned six decades, Pointer became best known for playing formidable mothers in the film “Carrie” and on the hit TV soap “Dallas.” ...