Beatrice Straight
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.
Movie Appearances
Poltergeist
as Dr. Lesh
1982
Bloodline
as Kate Erling
1979
Network
as Louise Schumacher
1976
The Formula
as Kay Neeley
1980
The Nun's Story
as Mother Christophe
1959
The Garden Party
as Mrs. Sheridan
1973
Power
as Claire Hastings
1986
Endless Love
as Rose
1981
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Claire Fortness
1952
Chiller
as Marion Creighton
1985
Patterns
as Nancy Staples
1956
The Promise
as Marion Hillyard
1979
King Lear
as Goneril
1953
The Young Lovers
as Mrs. Burns
1964
Deceived
as Adrienne's Mother
1991
Run Till You Fall
as Margaret Channing
1988
Under Siege
as Margaret Sloan
1986
Two of a Kind
as Ruth
1983
The Borrowers
as Mrs. Crampfurl
1973
The Princess and the Pea
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
1984
TV Appearances
Route 66
1960
Omnibus
as Goneril
1952
Naked City
as Ann Johns
1958
Love of Life
1951
King's Crossing
as Louisa Beauchamp
1982
Studio One
1948
Wonder Woman
as Hippolyta
1975
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elizabeth
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Cynthia Fortnam
1955
Felony Squad
1966
Ben Casey
1961