Beatrice Straight


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Actress

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...

Place of Birth: Old Westbury, New York, USA

Date of Birth: Aug 2, 1914

Date of Death: Apr 7, 2001


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Actress (22 Known Credits)


Deceived

Adrienne's Mother

Power

Claire Hastings

Under Siege

Margaret Sloan

Chiller

Marion Creighton

Robert Kennedy & His Times

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

The Princess and the Pea

Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum

Poltergeist

Dr. Lesh

Endless Love

Rose Axelrod

The Formula

Kay Neeley

Bloodline

Kate Erling

The Promise

Marion Hillyard

The Dain Curse

Alice Dain Leggett

The World of Darkness

Joanna Sanford

Network

Louise Schumacher

The Borrowers

Mrs. Crampfurl

The Young Lovers

Mrs. Burns

The Nun's Story

Mother Christophe

Patterns

Nancy Staples

King Lear

Goneril

Omnibus

Goneril

Deceived (1991)
Adrienne's Mother
Power (1986)
Claire Hastings
Under Siege (1986)
Margaret Sloan
Chiller (1985)
Marion Creighton
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
Two of a Kind (1983)
Ruth
Poltergeist (1982)
Dr. Lesh
Endless Love (1981)
Rose Axelrod
The Formula (1980)
Kay Neeley
Bloodline (1979)
Kate Erling
The Promise (1979)
Marion Hillyard
Alice Dain Leggett
Joanna Sanford
Network (1976)
Louise Schumacher
The Borrowers (1973)
Mrs. Crampfurl
Mrs. Burns
Mother Christophe
Patterns (1956)
Nancy Staples
King Lear (1953)
Goneril
Omnibus (1952 - 1961)
Goneril
Claire Fortness

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