Born in Palo Alto, California, Irving is the daughter of stage director Jules Irving and actress Priscilla Pointer. She trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Onstage in New York, she has starred in the Broadway productions of "Amadeus," "Heartbreak House," "Broken Glass," and "Three Sisters"; and won an Obie Award for "The Road to Mecca."
Irving made her feature film debut in Brian De Palmas "Carrie." Her other film credits include Brian De Palmas "The Fury," Robert Markowitz "Voices," Jerry Schatzbergs "Honeysuckle Rose," Joel Olianskys "The Competition," Barbra Streisands "Yentl" (for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress), Joan Micklin Silvers "Crossing Delancey," Herb Gardners "Im Not Rappaport," Woody Allens "Deconstructing Harry," and David Hugh Jones "The Confession." In addition, she lent her vocal talents to the songs sung by Jessica Rabbit in Robert Zemeckis "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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- 10th September 1953 - Birth