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 prolific actress with dozens of credits in a career that spanned more than half a century, has died, her family said. She was 100 years old.