Pointer's career included dozens of film and TV roles, but her true passion was theater Priscilla Pointer has died at the age of 100. Pointer's death was announced on Instagram by her daughter, Amy Irving,

Priscilla Pointer, a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers, notably to her daughter Amy Irving in 'Carrie,' is dead.

Priscilla Pointer, a stage actor perhaps best known for roles in the movie "Carrie" and TV's "Dallas," died Monday, her family confirmed. The mother of Oscar-nominated actor Amy Irving, Pointer was 100 years old.