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Apr 16, 2001 · Beatrice Straight, the distinguished, multi-talented actress who earned an Academy Award for her role as William Holden’s estranged wife in the classic TV satire “Network,” died April 7 in ...
Apr 16, 2001 · Beatrice Straight, the distinguished, multi-talented actress who earned an Academy Award for her role as William Holden’s estranged wife in the classic TV satire “Network,” died April 7 in ...
Beatrice Straight. Beatrice Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American actress. She played Dr. Lesh in the 1982 movie Poltergeist. She also played Louise in the 1976 movie Network. She also acted on television and on stage. Straight was born in Old Westbury, New York.
Beatrice Whitney Straight (tí wọ́n bí ní Ọjọ́ kejì oṣù kẹjọ ọdún 1914, tí ó sìn kú ní ọjọ́ keje oṣù kẹrin ọdún 2001), nígbà ayé rẹ̀ jẹ́ gbajúmọ̀ òṣèrébìnrin sinimá àgbéléwò, àti gbajúmọ̀ nínú ẹbí Whitney ọmọ orílẹ̀ èdè Amẹ́ríkà. Ó ti gba àmìn ẹ̀yẹ Academy Award, àmìn ẹ̀yẹ Tony àti adíje ...
Beatrice Whitney Straight was born in Old Westbury, NY, the daughter of investment banker Willard Dickerman, a business associate of J.P. Morgan who provided the initial financing for the long-running political magazine The New Republic, and Dorothy Payne, whose family was one of New York's wealthiest and most socially prestigious.
Beatrice Straight was an American actor who worked in theater, film, and television. The Beatrice Straight papers (1922-1987) document Straight's personal and professional life through correspondence, clippings, publications, legal records, photographs, and writings. The bulk of the material dates from 1968 to 1986.
Older fans with longer memories knew full well who Beatrice Straight was--and also knew that she'd won her Oscar not merely for her brief Network stint, but for the work of a lifetime. Extensively trained in the Classics by such instructors as Tamara Daykarhanova and Michael Chekhov, Straight made her first Broadway appearance in 1935.
