Beatrice Straight
11 titles
Filmography
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Chiller
(1985)After dying, Miles Creighton is cryogenically frozen. Ten years later, he is revived and returns home without a soul and questioning existence.

Poltergeist
(1982)A typical family in a quiet suburb of a normal California faces a frightening ordeal when its home is invaded by a Poltergeist. Late one night, 10-year-old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) hears a voice coming from inside the television set ... At first, the spirits that invade the Freelings' home seem like playful children. But then they turn angry. And when Carol Anne is pulled from thi...

The Promise
(1979)When star-crossed lovers Michael Hillyard and Nancy McCallister get in a serious car accident that disfigures Nancy's face, Michael's mother Marion uses the accident to destroy her son's relationship. Marion offers to pay for Nancy's plastic surgery if Nancy promises to never see Michael again. Nancy accepts the offer, changing the course of her life.

The Haunting of Rosalind
(1973)In this 19th-century American gothic, Rosalind loses her beau to her younger sister (Susan Sarandon), and summons the spirit of her beau’s dead wife.

Patterns
(1956)When a young executive is recruited to a powerful Manhattan conglomerate, he is thrust into a power struggle that tests both his ethics and ambitions.

The Borrowers
(1973)An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home, uncovering a hidden world.

Network
(1976)Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch both won Oscars for their remarkable roles in this penetrating expose of the nature of power and electronic journalism. William Holden and Robert Duvall co-star.

The Dain Curse
While investigating a diamond theft, a hardboiled detective meets a mysterious woman who’s convinced she’s been stricken with an ancient family curse.

The Formula
(1980)While investigating the murder of a friend, a cop discovers a secret plot related to a formula to make gasoline without using oil.

Endless Love
(1981)When two high school lovers face parental disapproval, their passionate relationship becomes more intense, setting off a tragic chain of events.

The Nun's Story
(1959)The daughter of a Belgian surgeon enters a convent but struggles to maintain her vow of peace during times of war and the murder of her father.