Dallas star Priscilla Pointer dead at 100: Hollywood actress was once Steven Spielberg's mother-in-law
Dallas star Priscilla Pointer, who played the mother of one of the two main feuding families on the 1980s soap opera, has died aged 100.
Her passing was announced this Tuesday by her actress daughter Amy Irving, who was married to Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989.
Amy broke the news on Instagram, writing that her mother had ' died peacefully in her sleep' on Monday, ' hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs. She most definitely will be missed.'
Priscilla's son David Irving shared that his mother ended her days at an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut, via The Hollywood Reporter.
She appeared on a string of beloved TV series ranging from The A-Team and The Flash to L.A. Law and Judging Amy to E.R.
In addition to her television work, Priscilla also featured in a number of classic movies, including Blue Velvet, Carrie and Mommie Dearest.
Priscilla acted on Dallas as Rebecca Wentworth, an oil tycoon's wife who turns out to be the long-lost mother of Cliff (Ken Kercheval) and Pam (Victoria Principal) Barnes.
The primetime soap began by highlighting the contrast between the wealthy Ewing family and the poorer Barnes family - a dynamic that gets dramatically upended by the revelation that Cliff and Pam had a rich mother all along.
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