Priscilla Pointer, the actress best known for playing formidable mothers in “Dallas” and “Carrie,” has died at age 100. Pointer’s daughter, the Oscar-nominated actress Amy Irving, announced her death Tuesday on Instagram,

Dallas star Priscilla Pointer died on Monday at the age of 100 from natural causes, said her son. The actress started out on Broadway, before landing roles in television and film. Most notably, Pointer starred as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on the long-running soap opera Dallas,

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.