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Priscilla Pointer Dies: ‘Dallas’ Actress, San Francisco Actor’s Workshop Co-Founder & Mother To Frequent Co-Star Amy Irving Was 100
Priscilla Pointer, a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers, notably to her daughter Amy Irving in 'Carrie,' is dead.
It was also the first professional theater on the West Coast to premiere modern American classics such as Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, as well as the works of Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter. Her career entered a new stage in the 1970s, when she became a familiar face on television, guesting on crime dramas such as McCloud, Adam-12, The Rockford Files, Kojak, Cannon, Police Woman, Barnaby Jones and Mrs. Columbo. She is survived by daughters Amy and Katie, the latter of whom contributed songs to Carrie; son David; her son-in-law, documentarian Kenneth Bowser; and eight grandchildren, including actor Gabriel Barreto, who posted his own tribute on X.
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