‘Carrie’ star Priscilla Pointer dies at 100
Retired American actress Priscilla Pointer, most notable for her efficiency in Carrie and Dallas, has handed away on the age of 100.
The previous actress, who performed the position of mom of her real-life daughter Amy Irving within the 1974 horror thriller starring John Travolta, handed away on Monday, April 28.
Her son David Okay. Irving confirmed the passing of his mom, saying she died of pure causes at an assisted dwelling facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Pointer’s illustrious profession spanned theater, tv, and movie. Together with her husband, she co-founded the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop within the early Nineteen Fifties and had a big presence on Broadway.
In tv, she is greatest remembered for her position as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on the long-running cleaning soap opera Dallas.
Along with enjoying the mom of her actual daughter, the century-old actress additionally portrayed different well-known moms in movies resembling In search of Mr. Goodbar, The Falcon and the Snowman, and Blue Velvet.
Furthermore, she additionally appeared in three movies directed by her son, together with the 1987 musical adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin, Goodbye, Merciless World, and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
Pointer, who shared the display together with her youngest daughter in six different motion pictures than Carrie, is survived by her three kids—Katie, David, and Amy, 71.
