An acclaimed stage, television and film actress whose career spanned four decades died in New England roughly two weeks before her 101st birthday.
Priscilla Pointer “died peacefully in her sleep” on Monday, April 28, her daughter, actress Amy Irving, wrote on Instagram Tuesday.
She was living at an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut at the time of her death, Pointer’s son told The Hollywood Reporter.
“She most definitely will be missed,” Irving’s Instagram post read.
Pointer was born in New York City, New York on May 18, 1924, her IMDb biography states. She started her career in theater in the late 1940s and appeared in several tours and Broadway shows, including “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “The Country Wife” and “The Condemned of Altona.”
Pointer paused her career in 1953 when her daughter was born. At 40, Pointer returned to acting but ventured into television and film. She played her real life daughter’s mother in the 1976 cult shocker “Carrie” as well as Victoria Principal character’s mother on the nighttime soap opera “Dallas” from 1981 to 1983.
Pointer’s other major acting credits include parts in “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” “The Falcon and the Snowman,” and “Blue Velvet.” Her last credit was a voiceover performance in the 2008 TV movie “Sweet Nothing in My Ear.”