Retired American actress Priscilla Pointer is 100 years old and will soon celebrate her centenary. In her long life, she has been married twice, and both times she has lost her husbands to the cold hands of death. She married her first husband, Jules Irving, in 1947 and stayed with him until he died in 1979. She married her second husband, Robert Symonds, in 1980 and was with him until he passed away in 2007.
She had three children with her first husband, Jules Irving. They are Katie Irving, David Irving, and Amy Irving. David Irving is a film director and screenwriter, and Amy Irving is an actress.
Here are some of the fascinating details we have gathered about them.
Meet The Two Men Priscilla Pointer Married
Jules Irving
Jules Irving, an American actor, director, teacher, and producer was the first husband of Priscilla Pointer, a former American actress. They married in 1947 and were together for 32 years until his demise in 1979. According to sources, he died of a heart attack while on vacation in Reno at the age of 54.
He was born on April 13, 1925, in New York, to Jack Irving, a salesman, and Ida Irving. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 11 in a small part in The American Way.
Irving attended New York University, where he joined a theatrical group called ‘Green Room Players’. After that, he served in World War II as an infantryman and a Russian language interpreter. He obtained a master’s degree in drama from Stanford University.
He then taught drama for more than 10 years at the faculty of San Francisco State College. He co-founded the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop in 1952 with Herbert Blau, and together they staged many innovative and experimental productions, such as Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera.
Irving also served as an artistic director of the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Repertory Company from 1965 to 1972, where he directed plays by Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill, and Edward Albee. After that, he worked in Hollywood and produced a remake of Bette Davis’ movie Dark Victory, and also directed Loose Change.
Robert Symonds
Robert Symonds was an American actor and Priscilla Pointer’s second husband. They got married in 1980 and stayed married for 27 years until he died in August 2007. He passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 80, due to complications from prostate cancer.
Before marrying Pointer, he had been married to Elizabeth Janet Kaderli in 1952 and had three children with her: Victoria, Barry, and Katie. They divorced in 1969.
Robert Symonds was born on December 1, 1926, in Bristow, Oklahoma, to Nellie and Walter Stout Symonds. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied acting and began performing in theaters.
After that, he was invited to join the Actor’s Workshop in San Francisco, which was co-founded by Pointer’s first husband, as you already know. He also served as Lincoln Center’s associate director from 1967 to 1972.
Besides his stage credits in plays such as The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Twelfth Night, he also appeared in films such as The Exorcist (1973), Gray Lady Down (1978), and Catch Me If You Can (2002), and TV shows like The Adams Chronicles (1976) and The Blue and the Gray (1982).
Here Are Priscilla Pointer’s Three Children With Jules Irving
As mentioned Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving had three children, two daughters, Katie and Amy, and a son, David.
David Irving
David Kenneth Irving, born on September 25, 1949, is an American film director, screenwriter and author. He is the son of Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving, and the brother of Amy Irving and Katie Irving.
Irving grew up in San Francisco until his family moved to New York City, where he attended Riverdale School for Boys. He later earned a BFA from Denison University in Ohio and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.
He began his career as an assistant director and editor for various films and TV shows, such as The Exorcist (1973), The Adams Chronicles (1976), and The Blue and the Gray (1982). He made his directorial debut with the comedy film Rumpelstiltskin (1987), which he also wrote and produced.
He followed it with other films, such as Sleeping Beauty (1988) and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989). He also dircted and produced several short ducmentaries such as Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpting the Truth (1999), School’s Out: Self-taught Artists (2002) and I Can Fly: Kids and Creativity (2006).
Irving got married to Susan Burkhalter, an American actress, in 1974, and welcomed a daughter Austin Irving in 1984.
Katie Irving
Katie Irving, the eldest daughter of actors and directors Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving, leads a private life. As a result, there is not much information available about her. However, we know that she was born in September 1950.
Currently, there is no report indicating what her exact occupation is, but she chose a career path different from acting, unlike her siblings who followed in their parents’ footsteps.
Regarding her marital and relationship status, it is also unclear whether she is married or not.
Amy Irving
Amy Irving is an American actress and singer who has worked in film, stage, and television. She was born on September 10, 1953, in Palo Alto, California, to Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer. She has a brother, David Irving, and a sister, Katie Irving.
She started her career in theater at a young age and studied at the American Conservatory Theater and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She made her film debut in Carrie (1976), directed by Brian De Palma, and received an Oscar nomination for her role in Yentl (1983), directed by Barbra Streisand.
Amy also received two Golden Globe nominations for her roles in Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) and Crossing Delancey (1988). She has appeared in several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, such as The Road to Mecca (1988), Broken Glass (1994), The Three Sisters (1997), and The Coast of Utopia (2006-2007).
She has also starred in films such as Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Traffic (2000), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001), and Unsane (2018).
As a singer, she released Born In A Trunk, her 10-track debut album in April 2023.
Amy Ivring was married to Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989, with whom she has a son, Max Spielberg. She later married Bruno Barreto from 1996 to 2005, with whom she has another son, Gabriel Barreto. She is currently married to Kenneth Bowser since 2007.
