Beatrice Straight

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.

Cast

Poltergeist

Dr. Lesh

Bloodline

Kate Erling

Network

Louise Schumacher

The Formula

Kay Neeley

The Nun's Story

Mother Christophe

The Garden Party

Mrs. Sheridan

Power

Claire Hastings

Endless Love

Rose

Phone Call from a Stranger

Claire Fortness

Chiller

Marion Creighton

Patterns

Nancy Staples

The Promise

Marion Hillyard

King Lear

Goneril

The Young Lovers

Mrs. Burns

Deceived

Adrienne's Mother

Run Till You Fall

Margaret Channing

Under Siege

Margaret Sloan

Two of a Kind

Ruth

The Borrowers

Mrs. Crampfurl

The Princess and the Pea

Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum

World of Darkness

Joanna Sanford

Killer on Board

Beatrice Richmond

The Silken Affair

Theora

People Like Us

Maisie Verdurin

Night of 100 Stars

Self

The Haunting of Rosalind

Mother