---
name: "Beatrice Straight"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/beatrice-straight"
fi1m_id: "beatrice-straight"
imdb_id: "nm0833152"
tmdb_id: 10083
wikidata_id: "Q232532"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 August 1914"
died: "7 April 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T03:28:47.036687+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Beatrice Straight

## Identity

Beatrice Straight

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/beatrice-straight
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** beatrice-straight
- **IMDb ID:** nm0833152
- **TMDB ID:** 10083
- **Wikidata ID:** Q232532
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Straight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232532, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10083

Actor. Born 2 August 1914 in Old Westbury, New York, USA. Died 7 April 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1914, Old Westbury, New York, USA
- **Died:** 7 April 2001
- **Active:** 1959–1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $158m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Straight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232532, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10083

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Nun's Story*](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) (84)

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## Biography

Beatrice Straight was an American actress who worked in theatre, film and television. She made her Broadway debut in 1939 and won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Elizabeth Proctor in *The Crucible* (1953).

Straight received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Louise Schumacher in *Network* (1976). She appeared as Dr. Lesh in *Poltergeist* (1982) and had roles in films including *The Nun's Story* (1959) and *Endless Love* (1981). She was born Beatrice Whitney Straight in Old Westbury, New York, on 2 August 1914 and died on 7 April 2001.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Poltergeist* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Lesh — [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, as Louise Schumacher — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Mother Christophe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Deceived* (1991), as Adrienne's Mother
- *People Like Us* (1990), as Maisie Verdurin
- *Run Till You Fall* (1988), as Margaret Channing
- *Under Siege* (1986), as Margaret Sloan
- *Power* (1986), as Claire Hastings
- *Chiller* (1985), as Marion Creighton
- *Robert Kennedy & His Times* (1985), series, as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
- *The Princess and the Pea* (1984), as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
- *Two of a Kind* (1983), as Ruth
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Marjorie Andrews — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Queen Veronica / Woman in Museum
- *Poltergeist* (1982), as Dr. Lesh — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *King's Crossing* (1982), series, as Louisa Beauchamp
- *Endless Love* (1981), as Rose
- *The Formula* (1980), as Kay Neeley
- *Bloodline* (1979), as Kate Erling
- *The Promise* (1979), as Marion Hillyard
- *The Dain Curse* (1978), series, as Alice Dain Leggett
- *Killer on Board* (1977), as Beatrice Richmond
- *World of Darkness* (1977), as Joanna Sanford
- *The Andros Targets* (1977), series, as Mrs. Bendeson
- *Network* (1976), as Louise Schumacher — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Hippolyta
- *Beacon Hill* (1975), series, as Mrs. Hacker
- *The Borrowers* (1973), as Mrs. Crampfurl
- *The Garden Party* (1973), as Mrs. Sheridan
- *The Haunting of Rosalind* (1973), as Mother
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Young Lovers* (1964), as Mrs. Burns
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Pamela Rainey
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Mrs. Campbell
- *Route 66* (1960), series, as Elena De Amundo
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), as Mother Christophe — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Ann Johns
- *The Silken Affair* (1956), as Theora
- *Patterns* (1956), as Nancy Staples
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Cynthia Fortnam, Ida Blythe
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *King Lear* (1953), as Goneril
- *Phone Call from a Stranger* (1952), as Claire Fortness
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Elizabeth, Louisa May Alcott
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Claire Trent
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Pamela Baxter

## Gallery

- ![Beatrice Straight](https://film.one/media/person/117714/gallery-60dc83992aa1.jpg) Beatrice Straight — N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Beatrice_Straight_from_1975_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This press photo was published and distributed in 1975, in an effort to promote and publicize the TV soap opera, Beacon Hill, starring Beatrice Straight and Pau (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/117714/gallery-e73baddd4e6f.jpg) This press photo was published and distributed in 1975, in an effort to promote and publicize the TV soap opera, Beacon Hill, starring Beatrice Straight and Pau (1976) — N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Beatrice_Straight_%26_Paul_Ryan_Rudd_in_%22Beacon_Hill%22_from_1975_%28back_side%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This press photo was published and distributed in 1975, in an effort to promote and publicize the TV soap opera, Beacon Hill. Featured in this image are Academy](https://film.one/media/person/117714/gallery-c2865f46a0ad.jpg) This press photo was published and distributed in 1975, in an effort to promote and publicize the TV soap opera, Beacon Hill. Featured in this image are Academy — N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Beatrice_Straight_%26_Paul_Ryan_Rudd_in_%22Beacon_Hill%22_from_1975_%28front_side%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Beatrice Straight in her role as Nancy Staples in the American drama film Patterns (1956).](https://film.one/media/person/117714/gallery-bc60a8505fd4.png) Beatrice Straight in her role as Nancy Staples in the American drama film Patterns (1956). — From the 1956 US film Patterns, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Beatrice_Straight_%28Patterns%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1977: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Network*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1978: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (nominated), for *The Dain Curse*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress 1987: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Power*
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1953: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (won), for *The Crucible*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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