Beatrice Straight
Acting·August 2, 1914·† April 7, 2001 — 86 years old·Old Westbury, New York, USA
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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.
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1991DeceivedAdrienne's Mother1990People Like UsMaisie Verdurin1988Run Till You FallMargaret Channing1986Under SiegeMargaret Sloan1986PowerClaire Hastings1985ChillerMarion Creighton1985Robert Kennedy & His TimesTVRose Fitzgerald Kennedy1984The Princess and the PeaQueen Veronica / Woman in Museum1983Two of a KindRuth1982St. ElsewhereTVMarjorie Andrews1982Faerie Tale TheatreTVQueen Veronica / Woman in Museum1982PoltergeistDr. Lesh1982Night of 100 StarsSelf1982King's CrossingTVLouisa Beauchamp1981Endless LoveRose1980The FormulaKay Neeley1979BloodlineKate Erling1979The PromiseMarion Hillyard1978The Dain CurseTVAlice Dain Leggett1977Killer on BoardBeatrice Richmond1977World of DarknessJoanna Sanford1977The Andros TargetsTVMrs. Bendeson1976NetworkLouise Schumacher1975Wonder WomanTVHippolyta1975Beacon HillTVMrs. Hacker1973The BorrowersMrs. Crampfurl1973The Garden PartyMrs. Sheridan1973The Haunting of RosalindMother1966Mission: ImpossibleTVDr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik1966Felony SquadTV1964The Young LoversMrs. Burns1961Ben CaseyTV1961Dr. KildareTVPamela Rainey1961The DefendersTVMrs. Campbell1960Route 66TVElena De Amundo1959The Nun's StoryMother Christophe1958Naked CityTVAnn Johns1956The Silken AffairTheora1956PatternsNancy Staples1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTVCynthia Fortnam · Ida Blythe1954Inner SanctumTV1953King LearGoneril1953The OscarsTVSelf1952OmnibusTVGoneril1952Phone Call from a StrangerClaire Fortness1951Hallmark Hall of FameTVElizabeth · Louisa May Alcott1951Love of LifeTV1949Lights OutTV1949SuspenseTVClaire Trent1948Studio OneTVPamela Baxter