Priscilla Pointer, the actress best known for playing formidable mothers in “Dallas” and “Carrie,” has died at age 100.

Priscilla Pointer, a stage actor perhaps best known for roles in the movie "Carrie" and TV's "Dallas," died Monday, her family confirmed. The mother of Oscar-nominated actor Amy Irving, Pointer was 100 years old.

Priscilla Pointer, a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers, notably to her daughter Amy Irving in 'Carrie,' is dead.