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Beatrice Straight

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Beatrice Straight
Geboortenaam Beatrice Whitney Straight
Geboorte (1914-08-02)2 Augustus 1914
Old Westbury, New York Stad, V.S.
Sterfte 7 April 2001 (op 86)
Northridge, Los Angeles, California, V.S.
Nasionaliteit Amerikaans
Ouers Willard Dickerman Straight

Dorothy Payne Whitney

Lewensmaat Louis Dolivet (getroud 1942; geskei 1949)

Peter Cookson (getroud 1949; oorlede 1990)

Kinders 3
Skool Lincoln School in New York Stad, Verenigde State

Dartington Hall Community in Devonshire, Engeland

Beroep(e) Aktrise
Aktiewe jare 1939–1991
Internet-rolprentdatabasis-profiel

Beatrice Straight (2 Augustus 1914 – 7 April 2001) was 'n Amerikaanse teater, televisie en rolprent aktrise. Sy was `n lid van die aangesiene Whitney familie. Sy was `n Tony en Academy Award wenner en `n genomineerde vir die Emmy Award.[1]

Straight se eerste Broadway vertoning was in die toneelstuk The Possessed (1939). Vir haar rol as Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible (1953) wen sy die Tony Toekenning vir Beste Aktrise in `n Toneelstuk. Haar ander Broadway rolle sluit in Viola in Twelfth Night (1941), Catherine Sloper in The Heiress (1947) en Lady MacDuff in Macbeth (1948). Vir die satiriese film Network (1976) wen sy die Academy Award vir Beste Ondersteunende Aktrise; met vyf minute en twee sekondes van skermtyd is haar vertoning die kortste ooit om `n Academy Award vir toneelspel te wen. Sy was genomineer vir `n Emmy Toekenning vir die minireeks The Dain Curse (1978). Straight verskyn in The Nun's Story (1959) as Moeder Christophe saam met Audrey Hepburn en as die parasielkundige Dr. Martha Lesh in Poltergeist (1982).

Vroeë lewe

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Beatrice Whitney Straight is 2 Augustus 1914 in Old Westbury, New York Stad, as die tweede van drie kinders gebore. Haar vader was die beleggingsbankier, diplomaat en weermag offisier Willard Dickerman Straight en haar moeder, Dorothy Payne Whitney, `n lid van die Whitney familie en `n sosiale aktivis. In 1918 sterf haar vader aan griep in Frankryk gedurende die groot griep epidemie terwyl hy sy diensplig met die Verenigde State se weermag gedoen het. In 1925, na Dorothy Payne Whitney hertrou het met die landboukundige Leonard K. Elmhirst, trek Straight en haar gesin na Devon, Engeland. Daar ontvang sy haar opvoeding by Dartington Hall, `n landgoed wat haar moeder en stiefvader omskep het in `n eksperimentele skool en sentrum vir verkennende landbou projekte.[2] Daar begin sy in amateur teaterproduksies optree. In die 1930s woon sy die Cornish School in Seattle by; Straight en haar moeder het belangrike weldoeners van die skool geword.[3]

Loopbaan

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Straight het na die Verenigde State teruggekeer en haar Broadway debuut in die toneelstuk The Possessed (1939) gemaak. Die meerderheid van haar werk op die verhoog was in die klassieke, insluitende Twelfth Night (1941), Macbeth (1948) en The Crucible (1953).

Straight was `n lid van Actors Studio van die ontstaan van die organisasie, en woon die klas by wat drie maal `n week aangebied word deur stigterslid, Robert Lewis. Haar klasmaats het Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Jerome Robbins, Sidney Lumet en omtrent 20 ander ingesluit.[4]

Straight was aktief in die vroeë dae van televisie, en verskyn in reekse soos Armstrong Circle Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Kraft Television Theatre, Suspense, Studio One, The United States Steel Hour, Playhouse 90 en Alfred Hitchcock Presents, en drama reekse soos Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, The Defenders, Route 66, Mission: Impossible en St. Elsewhere. Verdere televisie optredes sluit in Hippolyta in die Wonder Woman reeks en Marion Hillyard, die moeder van Stephen Collins in The Promise.

Straight het min in rolprente gewerk, en is wel bekend vir haar rol as die verpletterde vrou wat haar ontrou man William Holden konfronteer in die prent Network (1976). Ten spyte daarvan dat haar karakter net kortliks verksyn op die skerm, ontvang Straight hoë lof vir haar toneelspel en wen die Academy Award vir Beste Ondersteunende Aktrise.[5] Haar ander bekende rolprent verskyning was die rol van Dr. Martha Lesh, die paranormale ondersoeker in die gruwelprent Poltergeist (1982).

Persoonlike lewe

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Beatrice Straight was tweemaal getroud. Van 1942 tot hul skeiding in 1949 was sy getroud met Louis Dolivet[6], met wie sy `n seun, Willard Whitney Straight Dolivet, gehad het. In 1952, op die ouderdom van sewe, verdrink haar seun in `n dammetjie op hul plaas in Armonk.[7] Die seun se vader, Louis Dolivet, het in Parys gewoon op daardie stadium, en weens sy beweerde pro-kommunistiese aktiwiteite, was hy `n visa geweier en kon dus nie die begrafnis bywoon nie.

In 1948, tydens die loop van die toneelstuk The Heiress,[8] `n verwerking van Henry James se Washington Square, ontmoet sy Peter Cookson. Hulle trou in 1949 en het getroud gebly tot Cookson se dood in 1990.[1] Cookson het twee kinders van sy vorige huwelik gehad: Jane Coopland en Peter W. Cookson Jr.

Met Peter Cookson het Straight twee seuns gehad: Gary Cookson en Anthony Cookson.

Straight het na bewering gely aan Alzheimer siekte gedurende haar laaste jare. Op 7 April 2001, sterf sy aan longontsteking in Northridge, Los Angeles.[1] Haar teraardebestelling vind plaas by die William Henry Lee Memorial Cemetery in New Marlborough, Massachusetts.[9]

Filmografie

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Rolprente

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Titel Jaar Rol
Phone Call from a Stranger Claire Fortness 1952
Patterns Nancy Staples 1956
The Silken Affair Theora 1956
The Nun's Story Moeder Christophe (Sanatorium) 1959
The Young Lovers Mev. Burns 1964
The Garden Party Mev. Sheridan 1973
Network Louise Schumacher 1976
The Promise Marion Hillyard 1979
Bloodline Kate Erling 1979
The Formula Kay Neeley 1980
Endless Love Rose Axelrod 1981
Poltergeist Dr. Lesh 1982
Two of a Kind Ruth 1983
Power Claire Hastings 1986
Deceived Adrienne se moeder 1991

Televisiereekse

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Titel Jaar Rol Notas
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre 1951
Lights Out 1951 Charlotte
Love of Life 1951 Vinnie Phillips
Cosmopolitan Theatre 1951 Maria
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1952 Elizabeth Barrett / Louisa May Alcott Televisierolprente Love Story en

The Magnificent Failure

Armstrong Circle Theatre 1952 2 episodes
The Web 1952
Kraft Theatre 1952-

1953

3 episodes
Love Story 1954 2 episodes
Suspense 1952-

1954

Mev. de Spain / Claire Trent
Inner Sanctum 1954 Louise
Omnibus 1953-

1954

Goneril / Antigone
You Are There 1954-

1955

Anna Boleyn 2 episodes
Danger 1955
Studio One in Hollywood 1951-

1957

Kay / Pamela Baxter 4 epsiodes
The United States Steel Hour 1955-

1958

Daisy Jackson / Katherine Grant
Playhouse 90 1958 Grace
The Investigator 1958 Die Weduwee
Play of the Week 1959 Mlle. de St. Euverte
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1959-

1960

Ida Blythe / Cynthia Fortnam 2 episodes
Diagnosis: Unknown 1960 Rhoda Clarence
Dr. Kildare 1961 Pamela Rainey
Naked City 1962 Ann Johns
The Doctors and the Nurses 1962 Ruth Martin
The Eleventh Hour 1963 Veronica Filmore
Ben Casey 1963 Edith Bauer
Route 66 1961-

1963

Elena De Amundo / Moeder Teresa /

Kitty Chamberlain

3 episodes
The Defenders 1965 Mev. Campbell
Mission: Impossible 1966 Dr. Martha Richards Zubrovnik
Felony Squad 1967 Victoria Cahill
Matt Lincoln 1970 Barbara Miller
The Borrowers 1973 Mev. Crampfurl Televisierolprent
Beacon Hill 1975 Mev. Hacker
The Andros Targets 1977 Mev. Benderson
The World of Darkness 1977 Joanna Sanford Televisierolprent
Wonder Woman 1977 Hippolyta
Killer on Board 1977 Beatrice Richmond Televisierolprent
The Dain Curse 1978 Alice Dain Leggett Minireeks
King's Crossing 1982 Louisa Beauchamp
Faerie Tale Theatre 1984 Koningin Veronica / Vrou in die museum
Robert Kennedy and His Times 1985 Rose Kennedy Minireeks
Chiller 1985 Marion Creighton Televisierolprent
Under Siege 1986 Margaret Sloan Televisierolprent
Jack and Mike 1988 Mike se moeder
St. Elsewhere 1988 Marjorie Andrews
Run Til You Fall 1988 Margaret Televisierolprent
People Like Us 1990 Maisie Verdurin Televisierolprent

Teaterloopbaan

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Broadway

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Titel[10] Datum Rol Notas
The Possessed Okt. 24, 1939 - Nov. 4, 1939 Lisa
Twelfth Night Des. 2, 1941 - Des. 13, 1941 Viola
Land of Fame Sep. 21, 1943 - Sep. 25, 1943 Angela
The Wanhope Building Feb. 9, 1947 - Feb. 16, 1947 Felina
The Heiress Sep. 29, 1947 - Sep. 18, 1948 Catherine Sloper Vervang Wendy Hiller
Eastward in Eden Nov. 18, 1947 - Nov. 29, 1947 Emily Dickinson
Macbeth Mar. 31, 1948 - Apr. 24, 1948 Lady Macduff
The Innocents Feb. 1, 1950 - Jun. 3, 1950 Mej. Giddens
The Grand Tour Des. 10, 1951 - Des. 15, 1951 Nell Valentine
The Crucible Jan. 22, 1953 - Jul. 11, 1953 Elizabeth Proctor 1953 Tony Toekenning vir Beste

Aktrise in `n Toneelstuk

Everything in the Garden Nov. 29, 1967 - Feb. 10, 1968 Mev. Toothe

Buite Broadway

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Titel[11] Datum Rol Teater
Sing Me No Lullaby 1954 Christine Collinger Phoenix Theatre
The River Line 1957 Marie Chassaigne Carnegie Hall Playhouse
Phedre 1966 Phedre Greenwich Mews Theatre
Ghosts 1973 Mev. Helene Alving Roundabout Stage II
All My Sons 1974 Kate Keller Roundabout Stage I
Hamlet 1979 Gertrude Circle Theatre

Verwysings

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/11/arts/beatrice-straight-versatile-star-dies-at-86.html
  2. ↑ https://www.dartington.org/about/our-history/
  3. ↑ Cornish, Nellie C. Miss Aunt Nellie: the Autobiography of Nellie C. Cornish. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1964: pp 214-17
  4. ↑ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=EVVX6pynyssC&q=%22Joan+Copeland%22%22Actors+Studio%22&pg=PA183&redir_esc=y
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170806061831/http://servingcinema.com/2015/11/while-you-were-eating-ho-hos-on-the-couch-matthew-stewart-timed-every-oscar-winning-performance/
  6. ↑ http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/02/22/85517640.html
  7. ↑ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/09/08/84353749.html?pageNumber=21
  8. ↑ https://archives.nypl.org/the/22755
  9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22235/beatrice-straight
  10. ↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/beatrice-straight-61293
  11. ↑ http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/16155

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