Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/2/1914
Place of Birth
Old Westbury, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Endless Love
as Rose
Bloodline
as Kate Erling
Power
as Claire Hastings
The Formula
as Kay Neeley
The Borrowers
as Mrs. Crampfurl
The Nun's Story
as Mother Christophe
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Patterns
as Nancy Staples
Poltergeist
as Dr. Lesh
Chiller
as Marion Creighton
Two of a Kind
as Ruth
King Lear
as Goneril
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Claire Fortness
Run Till You Fall
as Margaret Channing
Under Siege
as Margaret Sloan
The Young Lovers
as Mrs. Burns
Network
as Louise Schumacher
The Princess and the Pea
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
The Silken Affair
as Theora
The Garden Party
as Mrs. Sheridan