Priscilla Pointer, the character actress who portrayed Amy Irving’s mother in the Brian De Palma horror classic Carrie, then appeared with her daughter in six other movies, has died. She was 100.

Priscilla Pointer, the accomplished stage and screen actress who was also the mother of Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving and writer-director David Irving, died Monday at an assisted living ...

"Priscilla Pointer, acclaimed stage television and film actress, and mother of David, Katie, and Amy Irving, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring ...

Priscilla Pointer, who played the mother of her real-life daughter Amy Irving in “Carrie” and also appeared on “Dallas,” died Monday in Ridgefield, Conn. She was 100.

Pointer’s daughter, the Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving, announced her death Tuesday on Instagram, writing that she had “died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off ...

Priscilla Pointer as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth in "Dallas."© Lorimar Film Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection Amy Irving died "peacefully" at age 100 on Monday, April 28.© Getty Images for TCM ...

Priscilla Pointer, the actress best known for playing formidable mothers in “Dallas” and “Carrie,” has died at age 100. Pointer’s daughter, the Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving ...