Beatrice Straight [10083] Gender: Female Popularity: 0.7026 Birthplace: Old Westbury, New York, USA Birthday: 1914-08-02 Deathday: 2001-04-07 Age: 86 years Movies: 26 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. Deceived1991-09-27 People Like Us1990-05-13 Run Till You Fal1988-09-09 Under Siege1986-02-09 Power1986-01-31 Chiller1985-05-22 The Princess and1984-04-16 Two of a Kind1983-12-13 Poltergeist1982-06-04 Night of 100 Sta1982-03-08 Endless Love1981-07-17 The Formula1980-12-19 Bloodline1979-06-29 The Promise1979-03-08 Killer on Board1977-10-10 The World of Dar1977-04-17 Network1976-11-14 The Borrowers1973-12-14 The Garden Party1973-10-01 The Haunting of 1973-04-10 The Young Lovers1964-11-12 The Nun's Story1959-06-18 The Silken Affai1956-10-02 Patterns1956-03-27 King Lear1953-10-18 Phone Call from 1952-02-01