Lee Grant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1925 (age 101)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, 1925) is an American actress and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's Detective Story, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. This role earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. In 1952 she was blacklisted from most acting jobs for the next 12 years. She was able to find only occasional work onstage or as a teacher during this period. It also contributed to her divorce. She was removed from the blacklist in 1962 and rebuilt her acting career. She starred in 71 TV episodes of Peyton Place (1965–1966), followed by lead roles in films such as Valley of the Dolls, In the Heat of the Night (both 1967), and Shampoo (1975), for the last of which she won an Oscar. In 1964, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in The Maids. During her career she was nominated for the Emmy Award seven times between 1966 and 1993, winning twice. In 1986 she directed Down and Out in America which tied for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and in the same year she also won a Directors Guild of America Award for Nobody's Child.
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Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Movie · as Self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
TV · as Self - Actress · 1 ep
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie · as Self
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Movie · as Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
Movie · as Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct
Movie · as Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Movie
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie · as Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Movie · as Self (voice)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Movie · as Miriam (archive footage)
Going Shopping
Movie · as Winnie
The John Garfield Story
Movie · as Self
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Movie · as Self
Mulholland Drive
Movie · as Louise
The Amati Girls
Movie · as Aunt Spendora
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Movie · as Self
The Omen Legacy
Movie · as Self
Dr. T & the Women
Movie · as Dr. Harper
Poor Liza
Movie · as Countess Ekaterina
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Movie · as Narrator
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Movie · as Narrator
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Movie · as Narrator/Host
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie · as Self
The Substance of Fire
Movie · as Cora Cahn
It's My Party
Movie · as Amalia Stark
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Movie · as Narrator
Under Heat
Movie · as Jane
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
Movie · as Narrator
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Movie · as Carol Gertz
Citizen Cohn
Movie · as Dora Cohn
Women on Trial
Movie · as Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
In My Daughter's Name
Movie · as Maureen Leeds
Defending Your Life
Movie · as Lena Foster
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Movie · as Self
She Said No
Movie · as D.A. Doris Cantore
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Movie · as Marilyn Klinghoffer
Battered
Movie · as Narrator
Hello Actors Studio
Movie · as Self
Calling the Shots
Movie · as Self
Empty Nest
TV · 1 ep
The Big Town
Movie · as Ferguson Edwards
Down and Out in America
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wedden, dat..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What Sex Am I?
Movie · as Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · 1 ep
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV · as Rachele Mussolini · 4 eps
Teachers
Movie · as Dr. Donna Burke
A Billion for Boris
Movie · as Sascha Harris
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Movie · as Lillian Farmer
When Women Kill
Movie · as Herself
Visiting Hours
Movie · as Deborah Ballin
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Movie · as Narrator
Plaza Suite
Movie · as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie · as Maxine Lochman
Bare Essence
TV · as Ava Marshall · 2 eps
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Movie · as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
For Ladies Only
Movie · as Anne Holt
The Willmar 8
Movie · as Narrator
The Million Dollar Face
Movie · as Evalyna
Little Miss Marker
Movie · as The Judge
Tell Me a Riddle
Movie · as Flight Attendant (voice)
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Movie · as Clarisse Ethridge
You Can't Go Home Again
Movie · as Esther Jack
Backstairs at the White House
TV · as Grace Coolidge · 4 eps
Damien - Omen II
Movie · as Ann Thorn
The Swarm
Movie · as Anne MacGregor
The Mafu Cage
Movie · as Ellen
The Good Doctor
Movie · as Various Roles
Airport '77
Movie · as Karen Wallace
The Spell
Movie · as Marion Matchett
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Movie · as Self
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Lili Rosen
Perilous Voyage
Movie · as Virginia Monroe
Shampoo
Movie · as Felicia Karpf
The Seagull
Movie · as Irina Arkadina
Fay
TV · as Fay Stewart · 10 eps
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Internecine Project
Movie · as Jean Robertson
Why Me?
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
What Are Best Friends For?
Movie · as Adele Ross
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Judge Meredith Leland
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Movie · as Ellie Schuster
Portnoy's Complaint
Movie · as Sophie Portnoy
Ransom for a Dead Man
Movie · as Leslie Williams
Plaza Suite
Movie · as Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
Movie · as Carrie Miller
Great Performances
TV · as Irina Arkadina · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as Mrs. Bullard
The Landlord
Movie · as Joyce Enders
Night Slaves
Movie · as Marjorie Howard
Marooned
Movie · as Celia Pruett
The Big Bounce
Movie · as Joanne
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Movie · as Fritzie Braddock
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Movie · as Laura
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Edwina Booker · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Valley of the Dolls
Movie · as Miriam Polar
In the Heat of the Night
Movie · as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Deadlock
Movie · as Virginia Cloyd
Divorce American Style
Movie · as Dede Murphy
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Francesca Kirby · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Susan Buchanan · 1 ep
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Laura, Ruth · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Rosemary · 1 ep
Pie in the Sky
Movie · as Suzy
Peyton Place
TV · as Stella Chernak · 514 eps
The Balcony
Movie · as Carmen
An Affair of the Skin
Movie · as Katherine McCleod
The Fugitive
TV · as Millie Hallop · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Virginia Cloyd · 1 ep
Festival
TV · as Lizzie · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 2 eps
The Defenders
TV · as Norma Burgess, Maria Edwards · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Middle of the Night
Movie · as Marilyn
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Movie · as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Movie · as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Storm Fear
Movie · as Edna
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Detective Story
Movie · as Shoplifter
Studio One
TV · as Emily Brooks · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep