Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

May 18, 1924 · 102 years old

Priscilla Marie Pointer (May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025) was an American actress. She began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood and made appearances on television beginning in the early 1950s. Pointer was the mother of act…

Known For

16 titles
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Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

1986 · 2h 0m · Movie

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

7.7
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Carrie

Carrie

1976 · 1h 38m · Movie

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

7.4
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987 · 1h 36m · Movie

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

6.7
4
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · 1h 41m · Movie

Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.

6.4
5
Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981 · 2h 9m · Movie

The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

6.7
6
The Falcon and the Snowman

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985 · 2h 11m · Movie

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

6.8
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Inferno

Inferno

1999 · 1h 35m · Movie

A man (JCVD) drives out in the desert where some men steal his motorcycle and leave him for dead. He survives and no longer thinks of suicide as he now has a purpose in life: revenge and getting his bike back.

5.2
8
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 · 2h 16m · Movie

Dedicated schoolteacher Theresa Dunn spends her nights cruising bars, looking for males with whom she can engage in progressively dangerous extreme sexual encounters.

6.7
9
The Onion Field

The Onion Field

1979 · 2h 6m · Movie

LA cop Ian Campbell is killed in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. But legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers Greg Powell and Jimmy Smith from receiving justice, and his partner Karl Hettinger is haunted by survivor's gu...

6.8
10
Micki + Maude

Micki + Maude

1984 · 1h 58m · Movie

A bigamist must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when both become pregnant.

6.0
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The Competition

The Competition

1980 · 2h 3m · Movie

Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to...

6.6
12
From the Hip

From the Hip

1987 · 1h 51m · Movie

Robin, one year out of law school with one trial, gets set up with an unwinnable murder case for having forced his law firm to make him partner with unethical behavior, tarnishing the firm.

6.1
13
Carried Away

Carried Away

1996 · 1h 49m · Movie

Joseph Svenden is a middle-aged school-teacher who lives on a farm with his dying mother. In his simple life there are no excitements, even in long-time relationship with a widow. However, when seventeen-year-old beauty enrolls in...

6.3
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A Show of Force

A Show of Force

1990 · 1h 35m · Movie

An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.

5.3
15
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

1976 · 1h 30m · Movie

Explosive drama and action when two sexy girls go on a bank robbing binge.

5.9
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Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

2008 · 2h 0m · Movie

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.

6.6