Beatrice Straight
Birthday
1914/08/02
Day of death
2001/04/07 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Old Westbury, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film, and television actress. Hers remains the shortest acting performance in a film to win an Oscar. In her winning role in the 1976 film Network, she was on screen for five minutes and forty seconds. She also received an Emmy nomination for her role in The Dain Curse. Straight can also be recognized as Dr. Lesh in Poltergeist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beatrice Straight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1982) Poltergeist
as Dr. Lesh
(1979) Bloodline
as Kate Erling
(1976) Network
as Louise Schumacher
(1980) The Formula
as Kay Neeley
(1959) The Nun's Story
as Mother Christophe
(1973) The Garden Party
as Mrs. Sheridan
(1986) Power
as Claire Hastings
(1981) Endless Love
as Rose
(1952) Phone Call from a Stranger
as Claire Fortness
(1985) Chiller
as Marion Creighton
(1956) Patterns
as Nancy Staples
(1979) The Promise
as Marion Hillyard
(1953) King Lear
as Goneril
(1964) The Young Lovers
as Mrs. Burns
(1991) Deceived
as Adrienne's Mother
(1988) Run Till You Fall
as Margaret Channing
(1986) Under Siege
as Margaret Sloan
(1983) Two of a Kind
as Ruth
(1973) The Borrowers
as Mrs. Crampfurl
(1984) The Princess and the Pea
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
(1977) The World of Darkness
as Joanna Sanford
(1977) Killer on Board
as Beatrice Richmond
(1956) The Silken Affair
as Theora
(1990) People Like Us
as Maisie Verdurin
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1973) The Haunting of Rosalind
as Mother
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1952) Omnibus
as Goneril
(1958) Naked City
as Ann Johns
(1951) Love of Life
as ---
(1982) King's Crossing
as Louisa Beauchamp
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Hippolyta
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elizabeth
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Cynthia Fortnam
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Claire Trent
(1975) Beacon Hill
as Mrs. Hacker
(1954) Inner Sanctum
as ---
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Pamela Rainey
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1961) The Defenders
as Mrs. Campbell
(1977) The Andros Targets
as Mrs. Bendeson
(1985) Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
(1978) The Dain Curse
as Alice Dain Leggett
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ida Blythe
(1948) Studio One
as Pamela Baxter
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Louisa May Alcott
(1960) Route 66
as Elena De Amundo