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Birth Name: Beatrice Whitney Straight
Born: 2 August 1914 Died: 7 April 2001
Country of origin: 
United States
Height: 5' 7"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Peter Cookson
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My Favourite Old Hollywood Hairstyles
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Best One-Scene-Only Performances
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Published 14 years, 1 month ago
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Best Female Performances - 1950s
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Published 14 years, 3 months ago
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Published 10 years, 12 months ago
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Beatrice Straight was an actress who appeared in theatre, film, and television. Straight was born in 1914 in Old Westbury, New York to Willard Straight and Dorothy Whitney Straight. She was an Academy Award and Tony Award winner, as well as an Emmy Award nominee.
In the 1920s, Straight's mother and stepfather, Leonard Elmhirst, founded the Dartington Hall Community in Devon, England. The Dartington community included a progressive school, which Straight attended from the age of twelve. In the 1930s, she attended the Cornish School in Seattle where many of her teachers at Dartington Hall were from and to which both she and he
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1. Poltergeist (1982)
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2. Network
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3. The Nun's Story (1959)
| Rating: | 136 Watched |
4. Endless Love (1981)
| Rating: | 69 Watched |
5. Power
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2. Wonder Woman (1975)
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3. Mission: Impossible (1966)
| Rating: | 202 Watched |
4. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
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Academy Awards nominated performances I've seen (446 person items)" 1977 - WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role BEATRICE STRAIGHT as Louise Schumacher in NETWORK 1976 | dir: Sidney Lumet "
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Oscars 1977 Winners (My Version) (21 movies items)"Best Supporting Actress! Winner: Beatrice Straight, Network! Nominees: Jane Alexander - All the President's Men Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver Lee Grant - Voyage of the Damned Piper Laurie - Carrie"
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Oscars 1977 Winners (My Version) (21 movies items)"Best Supporting Actress! Winner: Beatrice Straight, Network! Nominees: Jane Alexander - All the President's Men Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver Lee Grant - Voyage of the Damned Piper Laurie - Carrie"