Beatrice Straight
Age: 86 | From: Old Westbury, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1914-08-02 03:18:23
Death: 2001-04-07 03:18:23
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Old Westbury, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 16
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Mission: Impossible
(1966) Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
Wonder Woman
(1975) Hippolyta
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Ida Blythe
Poltergeist
(1982) Dr. Lesh
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Pamela Rainey
Naked City
(1958) Ann Johns
Suspense
(1949) Claire Trent
Endless Love
(1981) RoseActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Adrienne's Mother | |
| 1990 | Maisie Verdurin | |
| 1988 | Margaret Channing | |
| 1986 | Margaret Sloan | |
| Claire Hastings | ||
| 1985 | Marion Creighton | |
| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy | ||
| 1984 | Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum | |
| 1983 | Ruth | |
| 1982 | Dr. Lesh | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Rose | |
| 1980 | Kay Neeley | |
| 1979 | Kate Erling | |
| Marion Hillyard | ||
| 1978 | Alice Dain Leggett | |
| 1977 | Beatrice Richmond | |
| Joanna Sanford | ||
| Mrs. Bendeson | ||
| 1976 | Louise Schumacher | |
| 1975 | Hippolyta | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Mrs. Crampfurl | |
| Mrs. Sheridan | ||
| 1966 | Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik | |
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | Mrs. Burns | |
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Pamela Rainey | ||
| Mrs. Campbell | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Mother Christophe | |
| 1958 | Ann Johns | |
| 1956 | Theora | |
| Nancy Staples | ||
| 1955 | Ida Blythe | |
| Cynthia Fortnam | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Goneril | |
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Goneril | |
| Claire Fortness | ||
| 1951 | Elizabeth | |
| Louisa May Alcott | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | Claire Trent | |
| 1948 | Pamela Baxter | |
| N/A | ||
| 1946 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
