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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Mission: Impossible
1966
Omnibus
1952
Dr. Kildare
1961
Studio One
1948
St. Elsewhere
1982
Suspense
1949
Route 66
1960
Naked City
1958
The Defenders
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Oscars
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Lights Out
1949
Wonder Woman
1975
Felony Squad
1966
Poltergeist
1982
Network
1976
The Andros Targets
1977
Inner Sanctum
1954
Endless Love
1981
The Nun's Story
1959
The Dain Curse
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Bloodline
1979
Deceived
1991
Beacon Hill
1975
Power
1986
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Two of a Kind
1983
Under Siege
1986
World of Darkness
1977
The Formula
1980
King's Crossing
1982
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
People Like Us
1990
The Silken Affair
1956
King Lear
1953
Chiller
1985
Killer on Board
1977
The Promise
1979
The Haunting of Rosalind
1973
Patterns
1956
The Borrowers
1973
The Garden Party
1973
The Princess and the Pea
1984
Run Till You Fall
1988
The Young Lovers
1964