The family of Priscilla Pointer have confirmed the actress’ death aged 100.
Best known for playing the mother of her real-life daughter Amy Irving in the 1976 movie Carrie and for appearing in the 1980s soap Dallas, Pointer died in Ridgefield, Connecticut this week.
Posting a photo of her mum on Instagram confirming her death, Amy wrote that Pointer died ‘peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100’.
She added: ‘Hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs. She most definitely will be missed.’
Born in New York City in 1924 to parents who were artists, Pointer began her career in the late 1940s, first appearing in theatre productions including ones on Broadway like A Streetcar Named Desire.
She then moved to Hollywood where she started being cast in television shows from the early 1950s, the first being China Smith in 1954.
After taking a long hiatus from acting, she returned to the industry in the early 1970s.
Her first major role was on the TV soap opera Where the Heart Is as Adrienne Harris Rainey for a year from 1972.
She was also a guest star on Dallas playing Rebecca Barnes Wentworth from seasons 4-6.
Her first film role was portraying her real-life daughter Amy Irving’s mother in Carrie.
Other notable projects included The Onion Field, Mommie Dearest, Twilight Zone: The Movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Blue Velvet and Coyote Moon.
She also went on to again play her daughter Amy’s mother on screen in 1980’s Honeysuckle Rose and Carried Away in 1996.
They both featured in another five movies together including The Competition in 1980 and Micki & Maude in 1984 too.
Pointer also appeared in three films directed by her son – Rumpelstiltskin, Good-bye, Cruel World, and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
Her last TV appearance was on Cold Case in 2006 while her final film role was in The Rage: Carrie 2 in 1999.
Pointer was married to film and stage director Jules Irving from 1947 until his death from a heart attack aged 54 in 1979. They were parents to Amy, David and another daughter – singer Katie.
She then went on to marry actor Robert Symonds in 1980. He died aged 80 in 2007.
In a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times Amy recalled growing up in theatres.
‘Instead of using babysitters, Mama would put us in the front row where she could watch us from the stage,’ she said.
‘My father was an amazing artistic director, and the values of the Actor’s Workshop were special. It was about the work, not money or fame.’
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