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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 Straight Biography / Wiki
| Name | Beatrice Straight |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Old Westbury, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1914-08-02 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 86 |
| Deathday | 2001-04-07 |
Beatrice Straight Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Garden Party | Mrs. Sheridan | 1973-10-01 | … |
| Chiller | Marion Creighton | 1985-05-22 | A man who has been dead and cryogenically preserved for ten years is miraculously revived, but with chillingly unexpected results…. |
| The World of Darkness | Joanna Sanford | 1977-04-17 | A newspaper sportswriter has a special connection to the supernatural…. |
| Poltergeist | Dr. Lesh | 1982-06-04 | Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for th… |
| The Promise | Marion Hillyard | 1979-03-08 | A rich student’s fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love…. |
| The Princess and the Pea | Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum | 1984-04-16 | A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a “suitable” princess. In the meantime, a … |
| Patterns | Nancy Staples | 1956-03-27 | Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Br… |
| The Silken Affair | Theora | 1956-10-02 | An accountant who is creative with his firm’s books uses the money to fund a romantic spree…. |
| Network | Louise Schumacher | 1976-11-14 | When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during … |
| The Young Lovers | Mrs. Burns | 1964-11-12 | A carefree college student has to face up to responsibility when his girlfriend announces she’s pregnant…. |
| Two of a Kind | Ruth | 1983-01-01 | God has had just about enough of the human’s attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, bo… |
| The Formula | Kay Neeley | 1980-12-19 | While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe… |
| Endless Love | Rose Axelrod | 1981-07-17 | Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each o… |
| The Borrowers | Mrs. Crampfurl | 1973-12-14 | An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home…. |
| Run Till You Fall | Margaret Channing | 1988-09-09 | A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case th… |
| The Nun’s Story | Mother Christophe | 1959-06-18 | After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World W… |
| Phone Call from a Stranger | Claire Fortness | 1952-02-01 | Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who… |
| King Lear | Goneril | 1953-10-18 | An old king, stepping down from the throne, disinherits his favorite daughter on a mad whim and gives his kingdom to his two older daughters, both of … |
| Bloodline | Kate Erling | 1979-06-29 | When her father is murdered, Elizabeth Roffe, a pharmaceutical company heiress, becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international je… |
| Power | Claire Hastings | 1986-01-31 | Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio sen… |
| Under Siege | Margaret Sloan | 1986-02-09 | Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash… |
| Killer on Board | Beatrice Richmond | 1977-10-10 | The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew…. |
| Deceived | Adrienne’s Mother | 1991-09-27 | The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a c… |
| People Like Us | Maisie Verdurin | 1990-05-13 | When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite’s daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab… |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 | The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York’s Radio City … |
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