{"id":1969,"date":"2025-07-03T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfeed99.com\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:59:19","slug":"dallas-actress-mother-to-well-known-actress-passed-away-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfeed99.com\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dallas\u2019 Actress &#038; Mother To Well-Known Actress Passed Away At 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Priscilla Pointer, a celebrated actress with a career spanning more than 80 years, has died peacefully<\/p>\n<p>at the age of 100. Known for her powerful maternal roles in film and television, she often acted alongside her daughter, actress Amy Irving.<\/p>\n<p>Her notable performances include *Carrie*, *Blue Velvet*, *The Onion Field*,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>*The Falcon and the Snowman*, *Looking for Mr. Goodbar*, and the TV series *Dallas*, where she played Rebecca Barnes Wentworth from 1981 to 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Born on May 18, 1924, in New York City to artist parents Augusta Leonora Davis and Kenneth Keith Pointer,<\/p>\n<p>she began her stage career in the late 1940s with acclaimed Broadway productions such as *A Streetcar Named Desire* and *The Country Wife*.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>In the 1950s, she appeared on television shows like *China Smith*, but stepped away from acting to focus on family.<\/p>\n<p>Returning in the 1970s, she gained recognition with her role on the soap opera *Where the Heart Is*.<\/p>\n<p>Pointer\u2019s film work often reflected her real-life relationships, portraying Amy Irving\u2019s mother in<\/p>\n<p>*Carrie* (1976) and collaborating with her children in various projects\u2014most notably under the direction<\/p>\n<p>of her son, David Irving, in *Rumpelstiltskin* (1987). She also co-founded the San Francisco Actor\u2019s Workshop<\/p>\n<p>with her first husband, Jules Irving, and later married actor Robert Symonds. Her final film appearance was in<\/p>\n<p>*The Rage: Carrie 2* (1999), and her last TV role was in *Cold Case* (2006). Priscilla Pointer passed away in Ridgefield,<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut, and is survived by her children David, Katie, and Amy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priscilla Pointer, a celebrated actress with a career spanning more than 80 years, has died peacefully at the age of 100. 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