Beatrice Straight
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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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Dr. Kildare
Pamela Rainey
The Defenders
Mrs. Campbell
Mission: Impossible
Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
St. Elsewhere
Marjorie Andrews
Studio One
Studio One
Pamela Baxter
Ben Casey
The Oscars
Self
Naked City
Ann Johns
Route 66
Route 66
Elena De Amundo
Faerie Tale Theatre
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
Felony Squad
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cynthia Fortnam
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ida Blythe
Suspense
Claire Trent
Love of Life
Wonder Woman
Hippolyta
Inner Sanctum
Lights Out
Poltergeist
Dr. Lesh
Killer on Board
Beatrice Richmond
Network
Louise Schumacher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Louisa May Alcott
The Andros Targets
Mrs. Bendeson
Endless Love
Rose
Beacon Hill
Mrs. Hacker
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Dain Curse
Alice Dain Leggett
Deceived
Adrienne's Mother
Power
Claire Hastings
The Nun's Story
Mother Christophe
The Formula
Kay Neeley
Two of a Kind
Ruth
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Bloodline
Kate Erling
King's Crossing
Louisa Beauchamp
Chiller
Marion Creighton
The Promise
Marion Hillyard
People Like Us
Maisie Verdurin
Patterns
Nancy Staples
The Silken Affair
Theora
Phone Call from a Stranger
Claire Fortness
The Haunting of Rosalind
Mother
The Young Lovers
Mrs. Burns
Under Siege
Margaret Sloan
The Garden Party
Mrs. Sheridan
Run Till You Fall
Margaret Channing
World of Darkness
Joanna Sanford
The Borrowers
Mrs. Crampfurl
The Princess and the Pea
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
King Lear
Goneril
Omnibus
Goneril