Beatrice Straight
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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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Acting
Movie
Poltergeist
as Dr. Lesh
1982
Movie
Network
as Louise Schumacher
1976
TV
Wonder Woman
as Hippolyta
1975
TV
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
1966
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Cynthia Fortnam
1955
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ida Blythe
1955
Movie
Endless Love
as Rose
1981
Movie
The Nun's Story
as Mother Christophe
1959
Movie
Two of a Kind
as Ruth
1983
Movie
Deceived
as Adrienne's Mother
1991
TV
St. Elsewhere
as Marjorie Andrews
1982
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
Power
as Claire Hastings
1986
Movie
Patterns
as Nancy Staples
1956
Movie
Bloodline
as Kate Erling
1979
Movie
The Formula
as Kay Neeley
1980
Movie
Chiller
as Marion Creighton
1985
Movie
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Claire Fortness
1952
TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
1982
TV
Route 66
1960
TV
Route 66
as Elena De Amundo
1960
TV
Dr. Kildare
as Pamela Rainey
1961
TV
Ben Casey
1961
TV
Studio One
1948