Amy Irving

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AKA: Amy Davis Irving
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/10/1953
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States

biography

A dark-haired beauty with striking eyes and an intelligent air, Amy Irving seemingly came by her talent genetically: Her father Jules was an accomplished stage director and her mother Priscilla Pointer is a fine character actress. (Pointer has often been teamed onscreen with her offspring, playing either the mother or a motherly figure to characters essayed by Irving.) Although she actually began her career as a guest performer in episodic television and on stage, Irving shot to attention as Sue Snell, the sole teen survivor of Brian De Palma's splashy "Carrie" (1976). Irving lent her Continued

Credits

Rebecca Buchwald
2009
(TV Show)
2002-2005
Emily Sloane
2005
Emily Sloane
2003
Emily Sloane
2003
Emily Sloane
2002
Emily Sloane
2002
Emily Sloane
2002
+(1 More)
Alison Callaway
2005
Mother Foster
2002
Barbara Wakefield
2000
Mary Ann
2000
Sue Snell
1999
Clara
1996
Executive Producer
1996
Rosealee Henson
1996
Isabelle Grossman
1988
Hadass
1983
Gillian
1978
Sue Snell
1976
Heidi Joan Schoonover
Rosemarie Lemon
Maude Guillory
Actor
Kate Ryan DeMelendez

milestones

Year
Milestone
1954 
Made stage debut in "Rumpelstiltskin" at the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco
1975 
Made Off-Broadway debut at age seventeen, in a production of "And Chocolate on Her Chin"
1976 
Appeared in first TV-movie, "Panache," an ABC pilot based on "The Three Musketeers"
1976 
Made an unforgettable film debut as Sue Snell in Brian DePalma's "Carrie"
1976 
Played a lead role in the miniseries epic "Once an Eagle" (NBC), opposite Sam Elliott and Glenn Ford
Continued

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