Prolific actress, of ‘Carrie’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ dead at 100

(NEXSTAR) – 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.

Pointer died Monday at an assisted living facility in Connecticut, her son told The Hollywood Reporter.

She “died peacefully in her sleep,” according to her daughter and fellow actress Amy Irving’s official Instagram page. “She will most definitely be missed,” Irving wrote.

1985: Priscilla Pointer appearing in the ABC TV series ‘Call to Glory’, episode ‘JFK’. (Photo by Chic Donchin /American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images)Actress Amy

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