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Beatrice Straight

1914 - 2001

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Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film, television and radio actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was both an Academy Award and Tony Award winner, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nominee. Straight made her Broadway debut in The Possessed (1939). Her other Broadway roles included Viola in Twelfth Night (1941), Catherine Sloper in The Heiress (1947) and Lady Macduff in Macbeth (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Straight is the 2,732nd most popular actor, the 4,255th most popular biography from United States and the 1,239th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Beatrice Straight ranks 2,732 out of 13,578. Before her are Pat Benatar, Liselotte Pulver, Lolita Torres, Paul Shenar, Tania Mallet, and Claudio Brook. After her are Georges Marchal, Roy Rogers, Chris Hardwick, Sergio Castellitto, Connie Booth, and Laura Morante.

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Among people born in 1914, Beatrice Straight ranks 186. Before her are Dorival Caymmi, Magda Frank, Kazimierz Świątek, Jorge Bolet, Aníbal Troilo, and Sam Manekshaw. After her are Albrecht Brandi, Hans Wegner, Selahattin Ülkümen, Nikolay Makarov, Ray Walston, and Evelyn Furtsch. Among people deceased in 2001, Beatrice Straight ranks 137. Before her are Dorothy McGuire, Adhemar da Silva, David Kipiani, Chuck Schuldiner, R. K. Narayan, and Hilde Holger. After her are Burt Kennedy, J. J. Johnson, Victor Wong, Viktor Astafyev, Javier Urruticoechea, and Juan Carlos Lorenzo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beatrice Straight ranks 4,255 out of 20,380. Before her are Carl Wilson (1946), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), and Jordan Rudess (1956). After her are James Gunn (1966), Eric Carmen (1949), Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), Morgan Robertson (1861), and Connie Booth (1944).

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Among actors born in United States, Beatrice Straight ranks 1,239. Before her are Stanley Kamel (1943), Edward Furlong (1977), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Gary Coleman (1968), Pat Benatar (1953), and Paul Shenar (1936). After her are Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), Connie Booth (1944), Wallace Beery (1885), Roseanne Barr (1952), and Lesley Ann Warren (1946).

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