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.

Filmography

• 1991Deceived — Adrienne's Mother
• 1990People Like Us — Maisie Verdurin
• 1988Run Till You Fall — Margaret Channing
• 1986Power — Claire Hastings
• 1986Under Siege — Margaret Sloan
• 1985Chiller — Marion Creighton
• Robert Kennedy & His Times — Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
• 1984The Princess and the Pea — Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
• 1983Two of a Kind — Ruth
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
• King's Crossing — Louisa Beauchamp
• 1982Poltergeist — Dr. Lesh
• St. Elsewhere — Marjorie Andrews
• 1981Endless Love — Rose
• 1980The Formula — Kay Neeley
• 1979Bloodline — Kate Erling
• 1979The Promise — Marion Hillyard
• The Dain Curse — Alice Dain Leggett
• 1977Killer on Board — Beatrice Richmond
• The Andros Targets — Mrs. Bendeson
• 1977World of Darkness — Joanna Sanford
• 1976Network — Louise Schumacher
• Beacon Hill — Mrs. Hacker
• Wonder Woman — Hippolyta
• 1973The Borrowers — Mrs. Crampfurl
• 1973The Garden Party — Mrs. Sheridan
• 1973The Haunting of Rosalind — Mother
• Felony Squad
• Mission: Impossible — Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
• 1964The Young Lovers — Mrs. Burns
• Ben Casey
• Dr. Kildare — Pamela Rainey
• The Defenders — Mrs. Campbell
• Route 66 — Elena De Amundo
• 1959The Nun's Story — Mother Christophe
• Naked City — Ann Johns
• 1956Patterns — Nancy Staples
• 1956The Silken Affair — Theora
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Cynthia Fortnam, Ida Blythe
• Inner Sanctum
• 1953King Lear — Goneril
• Omnibus — Goneril
• 1952Phone Call from a Stranger — Claire Fortness
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Elizabeth, Louisa May Alcott
• Lights Out
• Suspense — Claire Trent
• Studio One — Pamela Baxter

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Oscars — Self