
Beatrice Straight
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 …
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Filmography
Acting (50)
Movies (26)
Deceived
1991as Adrienne's Mother
People Like Us
1990as Maisie Verdurin
Run Till You Fall
1988as Margaret Channing
Power
1986as Claire Hastings
Under Siege
1986as Margaret Sloan
Chiller
1985as Marion Creighton
The Princess and the Pea
1984as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
Two of a Kind
1983as Ruth
Poltergeist
1982as Dr. Lesh
Night of 100 Stars
1982as Self
Endless Love
1981as Rose
The Formula
1980as Kay Neeley
Bloodline
1979as Kate Erling
The Promise
1979as Marion Hillyard
World of Darkness
1977as Joanna Sanford
Killer on Board
1977as Beatrice Richmond
Network
1976as Louise Schumacher
The Borrowers
1973as Mrs. Crampfurl
The Garden Party
1973as Mrs. Sheridan
The Haunting of Rosalind
1973as Mother
The Young Lovers
1964as Mrs. Burns
The Nun's Story
1959as Mother Christophe
Patterns
1956as Nancy Staples
The Silken Affair
1956as Theora
King Lear
1953as Goneril
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952as Claire Fortness
Television (24)
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
St. Elsewhere
1982as Marjorie Andrews
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
King's Crossing
1982as Louisa Beauchamp
The Dain Curse
1978as Alice Dain Leggett
The Andros Targets
1977as Mrs. Bendeson
Wonder Woman
1975as Hippolyta
Beacon Hill
1975as Mrs. Hacker
Mission: Impossible
1966as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
Felony Squad
1966
Dr. Kildare
1961as Pamela Rainey
The Defenders
1961as Mrs. Campbell
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
Naked City
1958as Ann Johns
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Cynthia Fortnam
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Oscars
1953as Self
Omnibus
1952as Goneril
Love of Life
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Elizabeth
Suspense
1949as Claire Trent
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
1948FlickList VIP
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