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Beatrice Straight
Actor
Died April 7, 2001 (86 years)
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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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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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Filmography
| 1991 | Deceived · as Adrienne's Mother |
| 1990 | People Like Us · as Maisie Verdurin |
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall · as Margaret Channing |
| 1986 | Jack and Mike (TV Series) · as Mike's Mother |
| 1986 | Under Siege · as Margaret Sloan |
| 1986 | Power · as Claire Hastings |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy and His Times (TV Series) · as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind · as Ruth |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Marjorie Andrews |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Queen Veronica / Woman In Museum |
| 1982 | Poltergeist · as Dr. Lesh |
| 1981 | Endless Love · as Rose |
| 1980 | The Formula · as Kay Neeley |
| 1979 | The Promise · as Marion Hillyard |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Kate Erling |
| 1978 | The Dain Curse (TV Series) · as Alice Dain Leggett |
| 1977 | Killer on Board · as Beatrice Richmond |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bendeson |
| 1976 | Network · as Louise Schumacher |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Hippolyta |
| 1975 | Beacon Hill (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Borrowers · as Mrs. Crampfurl |
| 1973 | The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Young Lovers · as Mrs. Burns |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Veronica Filmore |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Ruth Martin |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Pamela Rainey |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Mrs. Campbell |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Diagnosis: Unknown (TV Series) · as Rhoda Clarence |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Mlle. Ghislaine De St. Euverte |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story · as Mother Christophe |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Ann Johns |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Grace |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair · as Theora |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Ida Blythe |
| 1954 | The Inner Sanctum (TV Series) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Daisy Jackson |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Anne Boleyn |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Goneril |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger · as Claire Fortness |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Elizabeth |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Claire Trent |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Pamela Baxter |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |