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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.
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...
Sylvester Stallone and Muhammad Ali present Beatrice Straight with the Supporting Actress Oscar for Network at the 49th Academy Awards.See more 1977 Oscar hi...
Beatrice Straight Biography (1918-2001) Full name, Beatrice Whitney Straight; born August 2, 1918, in Old Westbury, NY; daughter of Willard Dickerman (a career U.S. Army officer, businessman, and diplomat) and Dorothy Payne (Whitney) Straight; married Peter Cookson (a producer, actor, and writer), June 2, 1949 (died January 6, 1990); children: ...
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 Ridge,...
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.
