ACTOR

Priscilla Pointer

1924 - Today

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Priscilla Marie Pointer (born May 18, 1924) is a retired American actress. She began her career in the theater in the late 1940s, including productions on Broadway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Priscilla Pointer has received more than 840,588 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Priscilla Pointer is the 4,274th most popular actor (up from 4,666th in 2019), the 6,278th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,966th in 2019) and the 1,913th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Priscilla Pointer ranks 4,274 out of 13,578. Before her are May Whitty, Arturo de Córdova, Andrei Smirnov, László Szabó, Harrison Young, and Rand Brooks. After her are Momoe Yamaguchi, Michael Wilding, Justin Chambers, Sanjay Dutt, Kim Nam-gil, and Jason Connery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Priscilla Pointer ranks 314. Before her are Attilio Giovannini, János Starker, Rafael Iglesias, Billy Barty, Alberto Uria, and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal. After her are Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Freddie Bartholomew, David Cox, Jane Greer, Rod Serling, and Russell M. Nelson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Priscilla Pointer ranks 6,278 out of 20,380. Before her are Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Ben Hogan (1912), Harrison Young (1930), Lindsey Vonn (1984), Benjamin Morrell (1795), and Rand Brooks (1918). After her are Jackson Showalter (1860), Terry Melcher (1942), Ted DiBiase (1954), Justin Chambers (1970), Nicholas Meyer (1945), and Harry Beaumont (1888).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Priscilla Pointer ranks 1,913. Before her are Constance Bennett (1904), Wayne Rogers (1933), Robert John Burke (1960), Billy Barty (1924), Harrison Young (1930), and Rand Brooks (1918). After her are Justin Chambers (1970), David Doyle (1929), Leif Erickson (1911), Bert Roach (1891), Scott Eastwood (1986), and David Wayne (1914).

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Television and Movie Roles

Carrie
Mrs. Snell
Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers.
Nov 3o 19767.315 / 10
Blue Velvet
Mrs. Beaumont
Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
Sep 19o 19867.6 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dr. Elizabeth Simms
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
Feb 27o 19876.7 / 10