Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10,1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl. She is also known for acting in Broadway.
Early life
Irving was born in Palo Alto, California. She was the daughter of film and stage director Jules Irving (ne Jules Israel) and actress Priscilla Pointer. Irving' s brother is a writer and director David Irving, and her sister Katie Irving is a singer and teacher of deaf children. Irving is of Jewish from her father' s side and has a little bit of Welsh and Cherokee ancestry on her mother' s. She was raised in the Christian Science faith, which means that she believed that God made the earth.
References
1953 births
Living people
American movie actors
American stage actors
Actors from Santa Clara County, California
People from Palo Alto, California