
Acting · 86 years old
Old Westbury, New York, USA
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.

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Louisa May Alcott

Faerie Tale Theatre
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum

King Lear
Goneril

Network
Louise Schumacher

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cynthia Fortnam

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ida Blythe

The Princess and the Pea
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum

Mission: Impossible
Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik

Under Siege
Margaret Sloan

Patterns
Nancy Staples

The Nun's Story
Mother Christophe

Poltergeist
Dr. Lesh

The Garden Party
Mrs. Sheridan

Wonder Woman
Hippolyta

Inner Sanctum

The Oscars
Self

Robert Kennedy & His Times
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Night of 100 Stars
Self

The Promise
Marion Hillyard