Cast & creator
Beatrice Straight
Best known for Mission: Impossible, St. Elsewhere, Dr. Kildare
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.
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film credits
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television credits
53
1948–1991 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (53)
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Mission: Impossible
Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
1966
St. Elsewhere
Marjorie Andrews
1982
Dr. Kildare
Pamela Rainey
1961
Naked City
Ann Johns
1958
Studio One
1948Studio One
Pamela Baxter
1948
The Defenders
Mrs. Campbell
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960Route 66
Elena De Amundo
1960
Omnibus
Goneril
1952
The Oscars
Self
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cynthia Fortnam
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ida Blythe
1955
Felony Squad
1966
Suspense
Claire Trent
1949
Faerie Tale Theatre
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
1982
Lights Out
1949
Wonder Woman
Hippolyta
1975
Inner Sanctum
1954
Poltergeist
Dr. Lesh
1982
Network
Louise Schumacher
1976
Endless Love
Rose
1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Louisa May Alcott
1951
The Nun's Story
Mother Christophe
1959
The Andros Targets
Mrs. Bendeson
1977
Beacon Hill
Mrs. Hacker
1975
The Dain Curse
Alice Dain Leggett
1978
King's Crossing
Louisa Beauchamp
1982
Two of a Kind
Ruth
1983
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
1985
Deceived
Adrienne's Mother
1991
Phone Call from a Stranger
Claire Fortness
1952
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Bloodline
Kate Erling
1979
Power
Claire Hastings
1986
The Formula
Kay Neeley
1980
People Like Us
Maisie Verdurin
1990
Under Siege
Margaret Sloan
1986
The Haunting of Rosalind
Mother
1973
World of Darkness
Joanna Sanford
1977
Patterns
Nancy Staples
1956
The Silken Affair
Theora
1956
The Princess and the Pea
Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
1984
Killer on Board
Beatrice Richmond
1977
Run Till You Fall
Margaret Channing
1988
Chiller
Marion Creighton
1985
King Lear
Goneril
1953
The Promise
Marion Hillyard
1979
The Young Lovers
Mrs. Burns
1964
The Garden Party
Mrs. Sheridan
1973
The Borrowers
Mrs. Crampfurl
1973