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.
Movie | Deceived | Adrienne's Mother | 1991-09-27 |
Movie | People Like Us | Maisie Verdurin | 1990-05-13 |
Movie | Run Till You Fall | Margaret Channing | 1988-09-09 |
Movie | Power | Claire Hastings | 1986-01-31 |
Movie | Under Siege | Margaret Sloan | 1986-02-09 |
Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy | 1985-01-27 |
Movie | Chiller | Marion Creighton | 1985-05-22 |
Movie | The Princess and the Pea | Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum | 1984-04-16 |
Movie | Two of a Kind | Ruth | 1983-12-13 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | King's Crossing | Louisa Beauchamp | 1982-01-16 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Poltergeist | Dr. Lesh | 1982-06-04 |
Movie | Endless Love | Rose | 1981-07-17 |
Movie | The Formula | Kay Neeley | 1980-12-19 |
Movie | The Promise | Marion Hillyard | 1979-03-08 |
Movie | Bloodline | Kate Erling | 1979-06-29 |
Series | The Dain Curse | Alice Dain Leggett | 1978-05-22 |
Series | The Andros Targets | Mrs. Bendeson | 1977-01-31 |
Movie | The World of Darkness | Joanna Sanford | 1977-04-17 |
Movie | Killer on Board | Beatrice Richmond | 1977-10-10 |
Movie | Network | Louise Schumacher | 1976-11-14 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Hippolyta | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Beacon Hill | Mrs. Hacker | 1975-08-25 |
Movie | The Haunting of Rosalind | Mother | 1973-04-10 |
Movie | The Borrowers | Mrs. Crampfurl | 1973-12-14 |
Movie | The Garden Party | Mrs. Sheridan | 1973-10-01 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Young Lovers | Mrs. Burns | 1964-11-12 |
Series | The Defenders | Mrs. Campbell | 1961-09-16 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Pamela Rainey | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Elena De Amundo | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | The Nun's Story | Mother Christophe | 1959-06-18 |
Series | Naked City | Ann Johns | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Patterns | Nancy Staples | 1956-03-27 |
Movie | The Silken Affair | Theora | 1956-10-02 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ida Blythe | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
Movie | King Lear | Goneril | 1953-10-18 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Phone Call from a Stranger | Claire Fortness | 1952-02-01 |
Series | Omnibus | Goneril | 1952-11-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Louisa May Alcott | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Love of Life | Unknown | 1951-09-24 |
Series | Suspense | Claire Trent | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | Studio One | Pamela Baxter | 1948-11-07 |