Beatrice Straight
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1914, Old Westbury, New York, USA
- Died
- April 7, 2001
- Movies
- 26
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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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1991 | Deceived | Adrienne's Mother |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Maisie Verdurin |
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall | Margaret Channing |
| 1986 | Under Siege | Margaret Sloan |
| 1986 | Power | Claire Hastings |
| 1985 | Chiller | Marion Creighton |
| 1984 | The Princess and the Pea | Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Ruth |
| 1982 | Poltergeist | Dr. Lesh |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Rose |
| 1980 | The Formula | Kay Neeley |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Kate Erling |
| 1979 | The Promise | Marion Hillyard |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Beatrice Richmond |
| 1977 | World of Darkness | Joanna Sanford |
| 1976 | Network | Louise Schumacher |
| 1973 | The Borrowers | Mrs. Crampfurl |
| 1973 | The Garden Party | Mrs. Sheridan |
| 1973 | The Haunting of Rosalind | Mother |
| 1964 | The Young Lovers | Mrs. Burns |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Mother Christophe |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair | Theora |
| 1956 | Patterns | Nancy Staples |
| 1953 | King Lear | Goneril |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Claire Fortness |
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