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Priscilla Pointer

1924 - 2025

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Priscilla Marie Pointer (May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025) was an American actress of theater, film and television. Pointer began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway, and later moved to Hollywood to pursue a television and film career beginning in the early 1950s. She was widely known for her recurring role as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth in the popular television series, Dallas. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Priscilla Pointer is the 1,488th most popular actor (up from 4,273rd in 2024), the 2,775th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,277th in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Priscilla Pointer ranks 1,488 out of 13,578. Before her are Elizabeth Peña, Claude Akins, Paul Sorvino, Walter Huston, Lionel Barrymore, and Elisha Cook Jr.. After her are Chris Noth, Billy Drago, Bruce Spence, Emilia Clarke, Vladimír Menšík, and Lina Cavalieri.

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Among people born in 1924, Priscilla Pointer ranks 123. Before her are Marina Berti, Neville Marriner, Paul Desmond, Raymond Barre, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Hidemaro Watanabe. After her are Motoo Kimura, Machiko Kyō, Luigi Musso, Paisios of Mount Athos, Roland Petit, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 2025, Priscilla Pointer ranks 152. Before her are Ahmed Faras, Margarita Xhepa, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Fatos Nano, Frits Bolkestein, and Jerry Butler. After her are Horst Mahler, John Gurdon, Eleonora Giorgi, Emerich Jenei, Lucian Mureșan, and Harry Bild.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Priscilla Pointer ranks 2,775 out of 20,380. Before her are Jerry Butler (1939), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), and Cab Calloway (1907). After her are Chris Noth (1954), Tim McGraw (1967), Shirley Jackson (1916), Billy Drago (1945), Caroline Kennedy (1957), and Ella Grasso (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Priscilla Pointer ranks 732. Before her are Virginia Cherrill (1908), Elizabeth Peña (1959), Claude Akins (1926), Paul Sorvino (1939), Lionel Barrymore (1878), and Elisha Cook Jr. (1903). After her are Chris Noth (1954), Billy Drago (1945), Brittany Murphy (1977), David Soul (1943), Lauren Hutton (1943), and Teri Garr (1944).

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