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Beatrice Straight

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 08/02/1914 († 86, 04/07/2001) | Old Westbury, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film and television actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was an Academy Award and Tony Award winner as well as an Emmy Award nominee. Straight made her Broadway debut in The Possessed (1939). Her other Broadway roles included Viola in Twelfth Night (1941), Catherine Sloper in The Heiress (1947) and Lady Macduff in Macbeth (1948). For her role as Elizabeth Proctor in the production of The Crucible (1953), she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. For the satirical film Network (1976), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her performance is the shortest ever to win an Academy Award for acting, at five minutes and two seconds of screen time. She also received an Emmy Award nomination for the miniseries The Dain Curse (1978). Straight also appeared as Mother Christophe in The Nun's Story (1959) and Dr. Martha Lesh in Poltergeist (1982). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | TV Movies

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When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink ...

Network

FSK: 16+ years

1976 | 3.9/5 | 2h 2min
Drama
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After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II. ...

The Nun's Story

FSK: 12+ years

1959 | 3.6/5 | 2h 29min
Drama
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Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts w ...

Poltergeist

FSK: 16+ years

1982 | 3.6/5 | 1h 54min
Horror
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Hard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which leads him to a lovely and odd young woman named Gabrielle, who believes she has been stricken with the a ...

The Dain Curse

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1978 | 3.1/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Crime, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Beatrice Straight

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Beatrice Straight as Actress(24)

as Adrienne's Mother1991 Deceived
as Maisie Verdurin1990 People Like Us
as Margaret Channing1988 Run Till You Fall
as Margaret Sloan1986 Under Siege
as Claire Hastings1986 Power
as Marion Creighton1985 Chiller
as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum1984 The Princess and the Pea
as Ruth1983 Two of a Kind
as Dr. Lesh1982 Poltergeist
as Rose Axelrod1981 Endless Love
as Kay Neeley1980 The Formula
as Marion Hillyard1979 The Promise
as Kate Erling1979 Bloodline
as Joanna Sanford1977 The World of Darkness
as Beatrice Richmond1977 Killer on Board
as Louise Schumacher1976 Network
as Mrs. Sheridan1973 The Garden Party
as Mrs. Crampfurl1973 The Borrowers
as Mrs. Burns1964 The Young Lovers
as Mother Christophe1959 The Nun's Story
as Theora1956 The Silken Affair
as Nancy Staples1956 Patterns
as Goneril1953 King Lear
as Claire Fortness1952 Phone Call from a Stranger

TV Shows/Series with Beatrice Straight as Actress(23)

as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times
1982 King's Crossing
as Alice Dain Leggett1978 The Dain Curse
as Mrs. Bendeson1977 The Andros Targets
as Hippolyta1975 Wonder Woman
1975 Beacon Hill
1966 Felony Squad
as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik1966 Mission: Impossible
as Mrs. Campbell1961 The Defenders
as Pamela Rainey1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
1960 Route 66
as Ann Johns1958 Naked City
as Cynthia Fortnam1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ida Blythe1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Goneril1952 Omnibus
1951 Love of Life
as Elizabeth1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Louisa May Alcott1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Claire Trent1949 Suspense
1948 Studio One
as Pamela Baxter1948 Studio One
1946 Lights Out

Full Name: Beatrice Straight
Born: Sunday, 08/02 1914 (August) in Old Westbury, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 04/07 2001 (April) in Los Angeles (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Spouses (current/former): Peter Cookson, Louis Dolivet
Children: Gary Cookson, Tony Cookson
Siblings: Michael Whitney Straight, Whitney Straight
Father: Willard Dickerman Straight
Mother: Dorothy Payne Whitney
Other names for Beatrice Straight (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Beatrice Whitney Straight"
Beatrice Straight frequently works together with these people:
James Daly (21x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (19x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (19x, Actor)
Russell Collins (19x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (19x, Actor)
Martin Balsam (18x, Actor)
William Shatner (18x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (17x, Actor)
Murray Hamilton (16x, Actor)
Eileen Heckart (16x, Actress)
Robert H. Harris (16x, Actor)
Shelley Duvall (3x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3866, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024