Beatrice Straight
Acting Born Aug 2, 1914 Old Westbury, New York, USA 24 credits
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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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Full filmography
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Marjorie Andrews
- Naked City (1958) as Ann Johns
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Pamela Rainey
- Ben Casey (1961)
- Lights Out (1949)
- Studio One (1948)
- Studio One (1948) as Pamela Baxter
- Route 66 (1960)
- Route 66 (1960) as Elena De Amundo
- The Defenders (1961) as Mrs. Campbell
- Suspense (1949) as Claire Trent
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
- Omnibus (1952) as Goneril
- Wonder Woman (1975) as Hippolyta
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Cynthia Fortnam
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Ida Blythe
- Felony Squad (1966)
- Love of Life (1951)
- Poltergeist (1982) as Dr. Lesh
- Network (1976) as Louise Schumacher
- Inner Sanctum (1954)
- Endless Love (1981) as Rose