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Beatrice Straight

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Old Westbury, New York, USA, 1914-08-02

Died: 2001-04-07

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Phone Call from a Stranger	Claire Fortness	64
2	1953	King Lear	Goneril	80
3	1956	Patterns	Nancy Staples	72
4	1956	The Silken Affair	Theora	10
5	1959	The Nun's Story	Mother Christophe	72
6	1964	The Young Lovers	Mrs. Burns	20
7	1973	The Haunting of Rosalind	Mother	70
8	1973	The Garden Party	Mrs. Sheridan	70
9	1973	The Borrowers	Mrs. Crampfurl	60
10	1976	Network	Louise Schumacher	78
11	1977	The World of Darkness	Joanna Sanford	20
12	1977	Killer on Board	Beatrice Richmond	50
13	1979	The Promise	Marion Hillyard	60
14	1979	Bloodline	Kate Erling	49
15	1980	The Formula	Kay Neeley	55
16	1981	Endless Love	Rose	57
17	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
18	1982	Poltergeist	Dr. Lesh	72
19	1983	Two of a Kind	Ruth	59
20	1984	The Princess and the Pea	Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum	77
21	1985	Chiller	Marion Creighton	40
22	1986	Power	Claire Hastings	59
23	1986	Under Siege	Margaret Sloan	75
24	1988	Run Till You Fall	Margaret Channing	0
25	1990	People Like Us	Maisie Verdurin	43
26	1991	Deceived	Adrienne's Mother	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One		50
2	1948	Studio One	Pamela Baxter	50
3	1949	Suspense	Claire Trent	49
4	1949	Lights Out		53
5	1951	Love of Life		50
6	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Elizabeth	86
7	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Louisa May Alcott	86
8	1952	Omnibus	Goneril	60
9	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
10	1954	Inner Sanctum		70
11	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Cynthia Fortnam	77
12	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Ida Blythe	77
13	1958	Naked City	Ann Johns	55
14	1960	Route 66		63
15	1960	Route 66	Elena De Amundo	63
16	1961	The Defenders	Mrs. Campbell	62
17	1961	Dr. Kildare	Pamela Rainey	55
18	1961	Ben Casey		56
19	1966	Felony Squad		64
20	1966	Mission: Impossible	Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik	76
21	1975	Beacon Hill	Mrs. Hacker	50
22	1975	Wonder Woman	Hippolyta	70
23	1977	The Andros Targets	Mrs. Bendeson	50
24	1978	The Dain Curse	Alice Dain Leggett	62
25	1982	King's Crossing	Louisa Beauchamp	50
26	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum	81
27	1985	Robert Kennedy & His Times	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy	70