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