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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.
Beatrice Straight. Actress: Network. In her long career, Beatrice Straight did quite a bit of work in the movies, despite plying her trade mostly onstage. When she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill.
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Apr 11, 2001 · Beatrice Straight, a graceful and versatile actress who won both an Oscar and a Tony Award, died on Saturday in North Ridge, Calif. She was 86 and lived in Beverly Hills, Calif., for most...
Feb 3, 2009 · Sylvester Stallone and Muhammad Ali present Beatrice Straight with the Supporting Actress Oscar for Network at the 49th Academy Awards.
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Apr 7, 2001 · 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.
Beatrice Straight, a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress who was born into high society but stayed linked to classics, new plays and roles in motion pictures, died April 7 in North...
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Apr 11, 2001 · Beatrice Straight, who earned the best supporting actress Oscar in 1976 for three days’ work and three scenes as William Holden’s estranged wife in the classic motion picture sendup of...