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    Home - Entertainment - Carrie and Dallas actress Priscilla Pointer dies aged 100
    Entertainment Updated:April 30, 2025

    Carrie and Dallas actress Priscilla Pointer dies aged 100

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    Cliff Notes – Carrie and Dallas actress Priscilla Pointer dies aged 100

    • Priscilla Pointer, renowned for her role as Amy Irving’s mother in Carrie, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, confirmed by her daughter on Instagram.
    • The actress had a prolific career spanning several decades, including notable appearances in the soap Dallas and films such as Mommie Dearest and Blue Velvet.

    Carrie and Dallas actress Priscilla Pointer dies aged 100

    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 as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth from seasons 4-6.

    Her first film role was playing 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.

    She is survived by her three children.

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    Savanah is the Fashion news correspondent for WTX News. She has over 15 years experience in journalism and communications on a range of organisations, with roles that range from Reporting and Editorial to Brand Account Manager and production roles. She regularly writes features in Middle eastern Fashion and the latest trends coming through the world of fashion.

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