Beatrice Straight
Acting • Born 1914-08-02 – Died 2001-04-07
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.
Filmography
54 credits
Poltergeist
Movie • 1982
Dr. Lesh
Bloodline
Movie • 1979
Kate Erling
Network
Movie • 1976
Louise Schumacher
The Formula
Movie • 1980
Kay Neeley
The Nun's Story
Movie • 1959
Mother Christophe
The Garden Party
Movie • 1973
Mrs. Sheridan
Power
Movie • 1986
Claire Hastings
Endless Love
Movie • 1981
Rose
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie • 1952
Claire Fortness
Chiller
Movie • 1985
Marion Creighton
Patterns
Movie • 1956
Nancy Staples
The Promise
Movie • 1979
Marion Hillyard
King Lear
Movie • 1953
Goneril
The Young Lovers
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Burns
Deceived
Movie • 1991
Adrienne's Mother
Run Till You Fall
Movie • 1988
Margaret Channing
Under Siege
Movie • 1986
Margaret Sloan
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1983
Ruth
The Borrowers
Movie • 1973
Mrs. Crampfurl
The Princess and the Pea
Movie • 1984
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
World of Darkness
Movie • 1977
Joanna Sanford
Killer on Board
Movie • 1977
Beatrice Richmond
The Silken Affair
Movie • 1956
Theora
People Like Us
Movie • 1990
Maisie Verdurin
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
The Haunting of Rosalind
Movie • 1973
Mother
Route 66
TV • 1960
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Goneril
Naked City
TV • 1958
Ann Johns
Love of Life
TV • 1951
King's Crossing
TV • 1982
Louisa Beauchamp
Studio One
TV • 1948
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Hippolyta
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Elizabeth
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Cynthia Fortnam
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Suspense
TV • 1949
Claire Trent
Beacon Hill
TV • 1975
Mrs. Hacker
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Pamela Rainey
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Mrs. Campbell
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Andros Targets
TV • 1977
Mrs. Bendeson
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TV • 1985
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
The Dain Curse
TV • 1978
Alice Dain Leggett
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Ida Blythe
Studio One
TV • 1948
Pamela Baxter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Louisa May Alcott
Route 66
TV • 1960
Elena De Amundo
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Marjorie Andrews