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Beatrice Straight
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Actor Born: August 2, 1914 in Old Westbury, NY Death: April 7, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Beatrice who?" This was the standard reaction of younger filmgoers when Beatrice Straight won the 1976 "Best Supporting Actress" Academy Award for her performance as Louise Schumacher, the wife of philandering TV producer "William Holden", in "Network". 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. She went on to appear in such New York stage productions as The Heiress, Ghosts, and A Streetcar Named Desire, winning the coveted Tony Award for her portrayal of Elizabeth Proctor in 1953's The Crucible. In films from 1951, she was often constrained by minor roles far beneath her talents; exceptions to this... Full Biography
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