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Beatrice Straight
Acting
Biography
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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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Deceived
as Adrienne's Mother
People Like Us
as Maisie Verdurin
Run Till You Fall
as Margaret Channing
Power
as Claire Hastings
Under Siege
as Margaret Sloan
Chiller
as Marion Creighton
The Princess and the Pea
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
Two of a Kind
as Ruth
Poltergeist
as Dr. Lesh
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
TV Shows
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy · 3 ep.
St. Elsewhere
as Marjorie Andrews · 3 ep.
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum · 1 ep.
King's Crossing
as Louisa Beauchamp · 10 ep.
The Dain Curse
as Alice Dain Leggett · 2 ep.
The Andros Targets
as Mrs. Bendeson · 1 ep.
Wonder Woman
as Hippolyta · 2 ep.
Beacon Hill
as Mrs. Hacker · 11 ep.
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik · 1 ep.
Felony Squad
1 ep.