`Carley'' actress, Amy Irving's mother 100 years old

Priscilla Pointer, character actress, portrays Amy Irving's mother in Brian de Palma horror classic Carrieand then appeared in six other movies with her daughter, and died. She is 100 years old.

Pointer died Monday in an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut Hollywood Reporter.

The pointer also depicts Diane Keaton's mother Looking for gentlemen. Good Bar (1977), Sean Penn's Falcon and Snowman (1985) and Kyle McClarkland's exist Blue velvet (1986), on TV, she is the mother of the Victorian principal role Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (Rebecca Barnes Wentworth) Dallas In the early stage 1980s.

Pointer also appears with Irving Honeysuckle rose (1980), compete (1980), Blake Edwards Micki +Mode (1984), rumpelstiltskin (1987) - Directed by her son - Strength display (1990) and take away (1996).

exist The 1960s and 70sPointer works under the guidance of her first husband, the late Jules Irving and Herbert, at the Lincoln Center Company's repertoire theater. Blau. They Blau's Wife, actress Beatrice Manley divisor Street in 1952.

"Mom doesn't have to use a nanny, but puts us in the front row where she can watch us from the stage," Irving recalled in an interview with Stage in 1994. Los Angeles Times. "My dad was an amazing artistic director and the values ​​of the actors' workshops were special. It was about work, not money or fame. Things were very fantasy when I entered the real world."

Jules Irving married Robert after he died in 1979 from a 54-year-old heart attack Symondstwo years later, the actor and Jules' production partner. She and Symonds Already started working together in the actors' workshops 20s And often with each other on stage and movies Micki +Mode and hell (1999). (Symonds died in 2007.)

Pointer's tenure Dallas At the end of the sixth season of the show in 1983, her character died after riding on the Wentworth Jet, who ran into another plane in the air.

During the actors' seminar, pointers did it from answering the phone to appearing in Arthur Miller's drama Crucible and Harold Pinter's Birthday party. She then made her Broadway debut in 1965 in 1965 Denton's die.

Movies here recover include Nickelodeon (1976), Onion Farm (1979), Mother Honey (1981), her son's Goodbye the cruel world (1983), From the hips (1987) and Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).

On TV, she appears on shows like this High Hall,,,,, The name of the game,,,,, Rockford Documents,,,,, Police woman,,,,, Barnaby Jones,,,,, family Moreover, as a repeated role of a judge, law.

Steven Spielberg's first wife, Amy Irving Streisand's YENTL (1983). Her appearance Carrie (1976) marked her big screen debut.

On Instagram, Amy wrote that her mom "died peacefully from sleep at the age of 100, hoping to run away with her 2 adorable husbands and many dogs. She will definitely miss it."

Survivors also include daughter Katie Irving, who Carrie;Amy's husband, Documentary Kenneth Bowser; and eight grandchildren.