“Dallas” Actress Priscilla Pointer Dies At 100
on May 01, 2025
The beloved Dallas actress has died “peacefully in her sleep,” a month shy of her 101st birthday.
Priscilla Pointer is the mother of fellow actress Amy Irving, who was once married to Steven Spielberg. The two even acted together in the Brian De Palma horror classic Carrie.
However, most people will recognize Pointer from her time on Dallas. A 1980s soap opera where she portrayed the wealthy Rebecca Barnes Wentworth. The show ran from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.
The actress was born in May 1924 to artists Augusta and Kenneth Pointer. According to her son, writer-director David Irving, she died April 28th at an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut. David shared the sad news of her passing with The Hollywood Reporter. The actress was only one month shy of her 101st birthday.
On Instagram, Amy shared a post in honor of her mother and said she died “peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs. She most definitely will be missed.”
See the post below.
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Priscilla Pointer’s Illustrious Career
Besides her time on Dallas, Priscilla Pointer starred in Nickelodeon (1976), The Onion Field (1979), Mommie Dearest (1981), her son’s Good-bye Cruel World (1983), From the Hip (1987), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
Pointer started on Broadway, having acted in Danton’s Death, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Country Wife, and The Condemned of Altona.
Amy Irving recalled her mothers acting with fondness, sharing in a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times.
“Instead of using babysitters, Mama would put us in the front row where she could watch us from the stage. 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. Things were very disillusioning when I got out into the real world.”
