Movies starring Priscilla Pointer
Biography: Though character actress Priscilla Pointer may be better known as the mother of Amy Irving, she has enjoyed a major stage, film and TV career herself for over four decades. The New York-born performer was trained on the stage and appeared in several tours and Broadway shows, including "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Country Wife" and "The Condemned of Altona". Many of these were under the directi ... show all Though character actress Priscilla Pointer may be better known as the mother of Amy Irving, she has enjoyed a major stage, film and TV career herself for over four decades. The New York-born performer was trained on the stage and appeared in several tours and Broadway shows, including "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Country Wife" and "The Condemned of Altona". Many of these were under the direction of husband Jules Irving, a former actor, whom she married in 1947. Together, they co-founded the San Francisco Actor's Workshop along with Herbert Blau and Beatrice Manley. Forsaking her career for a time to raise her children, Pointer returned full time and, at the age of 40+, decided to set her sights on film and TV. She seemed to be everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s as somebody's mom, both brittle and resilient. She also proved to be dependable as a stern, no-nonsense teacher, doctor or judge. She played the mother of daughter Amy Irving in the cult shocker "The Carrie (1976)", Diane Keaton in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)", Sean Penn in "Falcon and the Snowman (1985)" and Kyle MacLachlan in "Blue Velvet (1986)". On the nighttime soap hit "Dallas" (1978)", she played mom to Victoria Principal's character. In 1979, her husband Jules passed away and, two years later, she married actor Robert Symonds. They have appeared together quite frequently on stage, including the plays "Voices" and "The Road to Mecca". hide |
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The real history of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a quite American young man whose work as a guard for sensitive documents breaks his faith in his country and comic leads him to sometimes, sometimes glacial touch line as a spy for the Soviets helped by his slovenly partner, Daulton (Penn); this cannot last, nevertheless, and the consequences are enormous for Boyce and his family.
La historia verdadera de Christopher Boyce (Hutton), un hombre todo-americano joven cuyo trabajo como una guardia para documentos sensibles rompe su fe en su país y le conduce a un a veces cómico, línea de banda a veces glacial como un espía para el Soviets, ayudado por su compañero desaliñado, Daulton (Penn); esto no puede durar, sin embargo, y las consecuencias son enormes para Boyce y su familia.
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Categories: 1985, Drama, Thriller, USA
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A man returns to his hometown, being away, and discovers a separate human ear in a field. Not contently with the step of the police explain he and the daughter of the police detective her own investigation. The object of his investigation turns out to be nice and mysterious woman enclosed with a forcible and perversely bad man.
Ein Mann kehrt zu seiner Heimatstadt zurück, weg seiend, und entdeckt ein getrenntes menschliches Ohr in einem Feld. Nicht zufrieden mit dem Schritt der Polizei führen er und die Tochter des Polizeidetektivs ihre eigene Untersuchung aus. Der Gegenstand seiner Untersuchung stellt sich heraus, eine schöne und mysteriöse mit einem gewaltsamen und pervers schlechten Mann eingeschlossene Frau zu sein.
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Categories: 1986, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, USA
