Priscilla Pointer died on April 28, 2025, at age 100, her family confirmed. The actor was Amy Irving’s mother, and the two played mother and daughter in the 1976 film Carrie.
When did Priscilla Pointer die, and how old was she?
Pointer died peacefully in her sleep on April 28, 2025, aged 100, according to her family. She was born May 18, 1924, in New York City, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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How were Priscilla Pointer and Amy Irving connected?
Pointer was actress Amy Irving’s mother. Their family relationship also became an onscreen one in Brian De Palma’s 1976 film Carrie: Pointer played Mrs. Snell, the mother of Irving’s character, Sue Snell. The Television Academy biography also identifies Pointer’s connection to the film.
What did Pointer play on Dallas?
Pointer played Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on Dallas. TVLine reported that she appeared in 44 episodes; that figure is TVLine’s reported count, not an independently verified tally of every episode credit. TVLine’s 2025 obituary gives the count.
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What was her theater career?
Pointer began her stage career in New York in the 1940s. After World War II, she met director Jules Irving in Europe while he was involved in an Army production of Brother Rat, according to a family account quoted by the Los Angeles Times. They returned to the United States and helped establish the Actors’ Workshop in San Francisco. Playbill reports that Pointer and Jules Irving co-founded the San Francisco Actors’ Workshop with Herbert Blau and Beatrice Manley.
The family account also says the company eventually took over New York’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. That detail comes from the family’s account rather than an independently checked theater-history record.
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How did Amy Irving remember her mother?
In a statement reproduced by the Los Angeles Times, Irving said her mother “died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs.” The newspaper identified Irving as the speaker and reported that she shared the words on social media.
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Pointer’s career spanned theater, film, and television. These highlights capture the documented connections and roles without implying a complete filmography or stage-credit list.
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- Carrie (1976): Mrs. Snell, mother of Amy Irving’s Sue Snell.
- Dallas: Rebecca Barnes Wentworth; TVLine reported 44 episodes.
- Theater: Began performing on stage in New York in the 1940s and co-founded the San Francisco Actors’ Workshop with Jules Irving, Herbert Blau, and Beatrice Manley.
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