Beatrice Straight
Born: 1914-08-02 in Old Westbury, New York, USA
Died: 2001-04-07
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beatrice Straight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1991
- Deceived as Adrienne's Mother
1990
- People Like Us as Maisie Verdurin
1988
- Run Till You Fall as Margaret Channing
1986
- Power as Claire Hastings
- Under Siege as Margaret Sloan
1985
- Chiller as Marion Creighton
- Robert Kennedy & His Times as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
1984
- The Princess and the Pea as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
1983
- Two of a Kind as Ruth
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Marjorie Andrews
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
- Poltergeist as Dr. Lesh
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- King's Crossing as Louisa Beauchamp
1981
- Endless Love as Rose
1980
- The Formula as Kay Neeley
1979
- Bloodline as Kate Erling
- The Promise as Marion Hillyard
1978
- The Dain Curse as Alice Dain Leggett
1977
- The Andros Targets as Mrs. Bendeson
- Killer on Board as Beatrice Richmond
- World of Darkness as Joanna Sanford
1976
- Network as Louise Schumacher
1975
- Wonder Woman as Hippolyta
- Beacon Hill as Mrs. Hacker
1973
- The Borrowers as Mrs. Crampfurl
- The Garden Party as Mrs. Sheridan
- The Haunting of Rosalind as Mother
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
- Felony Squad
1964
- The Young Lovers as Mrs. Burns
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Pamela Rainey
- Ben Casey
- The Defenders as Mrs. Campbell
1960
1959
- The Nun's Story as Mother Christophe
1958
- Naked City as Ann Johns
1956
- Patterns as Nancy Staples
- The Silken Affair as Theora
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Cynthia Fortnam
1954
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- King Lear as Goneril
1952
- Omnibus as Goneril
- Phone Call from a Stranger as Claire Fortness
1951
- Love of Life
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Elizabeth
1949
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Claire Trent