Where the Heart Is (1969-1973)

[dc11786]

This past weekend, I caught Priscilla Pointer in "A Nightmare on Elm Street-- Part 3." It hadn't dawned on me who Priscilla Pointer was. It would have been interesting to see her in the role of Adrienne. I hadn't realized Pointer was married to Robert Symonds, who played Will Watts on "Where the Heart Is." I find it a little amusing that Pointer played a psychiatrist while Symonds played a psychiatric patient.

[DRW50]

I always associate Pointer with her role on Knots Landing as the woman who stalked Ginger because Ginger had aborted her son's child.

[edgeofnight]

What a beautifully written synopsis, CarlD2. It made for a delightful read while I am recuperating from my latest surgery. Where would we all be without your insight?

Edited May 2, 2012 by edgeofnight

[DRW50]

I'm glad you are feeling better. You may be referring to another thread but I appreciate your kind words, as always.

[Paul Raven]

I associate Priscilla Pointer with Dallas where she played Rebecca Wentworth,Pam & Katherine's mother.She is also the mother of actress Amy Irving,ho was married to Steven Spielberg.

[DRW50]

February 1972 Daytime TV

Caroline Coates is back as Mrs. Harrison

[Paul Raven]

Variety July 19th 1972

While the character she played on "Where the Heart Is" goes to Rochester to visit a sick aunt, Bibl Osterwald will be in Hollywood to play the male lead's mother in "Bridget Loves Bernie," a CBS-TV primetime newcomer in the fall

[Khan]

Who you callin' a ho?!

[danfling]

I was going to add that Pricilla Pointer was the mother of Amy Irving, but someone did it before I did. I will add, though, that Amy was the first wife of producer Steven Speilberg, whose second wife is Kate Capshaw (Jinx Mallory #1 on The Edge of Night).

[DRW50]

Priscilla was a very good actress. If you haven't seen it, watch the Knots Landing episode where she played the unbalanced mother of Ginger's first love.

[DRW50]

Laurinda Barrett (Rita Church) and Camille Yarborough (Miss Butterfield) began the end of September.

[danfling]

It was asked how old Margaret DePriest is.

I am not certain of her age, but she was an actress on The Edge of Night in 1964 - nearly forty years ago. She did not seem to be a spring chicken then.

[edgeofnight]

I always enjoyed seeing Tracy Brooks Swope on 'Where the Heart Is.'

[DRW50]

What did you enjoy about her?

[teplin]

I remember Tracy Brooks Swope as a love interest for Jaimie Frame on AW in the early 80s. I had first seen her in episodes of Starsky & Hutch and Baretta, and I was somewhat jazzed that a "prime-time actress" was doing a soap. Unfortunately, her character was a crashing bore and didn't last long. Honestly, she didn't impress me much -- but the show was in such a funk at that point that it may not have been her fault.