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.
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)
The 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)
Route 66
Omnibus
(Goneril)
Naked City
(Ann Johns)
Love of Life
King's Crossing
(Louisa Beauchamp)
Studio One
Wonder Woman
(Hippolyta)
Mission: Impossible
(Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Elizabeth)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Cynthia Fortnam)
Felony Squad
Ben Casey
Suspense
(Claire Trent)
Beacon Hill
(Mrs. Hacker)
Inner Sanctum
Lights Out
Dr. Kildare
(Pamela Rainey)
The Defenders
(Mrs. Campbell)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Andros Targets
(Mrs. Bendeson)
Robert Kennedy & His Times
(Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy)
Faerie Tale Theatre
(Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum)
The Dain Curse
(Alice Dain Leggett)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Ida Blythe)
Studio One
(Pamela Baxter)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Louisa May Alcott)
Route 66
(Elena De Amundo)