Actor
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Lee Grant
Born 1925-10-31
📍 New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography 127
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self
2023
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2020
Hal
as Self
2019
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
as Self
2017
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
2006
Going Shopping
as Winnie
2005
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
as Self
2003
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
The Omen Legacy
as Self
2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as Self
2001
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001
The Amati Girls
as Aunt Spendora
2001
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Harper
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as Narrator
2000
Poor Liza
as Countess Ekaterina
2000
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
1997
The Substance of Fire
as Cora Cahn
1996
It's My Party
as Amalia Stark
1996
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Narrator
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Under Heat
as Jane
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
Women on Trial
as Narrator
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Citizen Cohn
as Dora Cohn
1992
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
as Narrator
1992
In My Daughter's Name
as Maureen Leeds
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Carol Gertz
1992
Defending Your Life
as Lena Foster
1991
She Said No
as D.A. Doris Cantore
1990
Battered
as Narrator
1989
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
1989
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Empty Nest
1988
Calling the Shots
as Self
1988
The Big Town
as Ferguson Edwards
1987
Down and Out in America
as Narrator (voice)
1986
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Rachele Mussolini
1985
What Sex Am I?
as Self
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Teachers
as Dr. Donna Burke
1984
A Billion for Boris
as Sascha Harris
1984
When Women Kill
as Herself
1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Lillian Farmer
1983
Bare Essence
as Ava Marshall
1982
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
1982
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
1982
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
as Narrator
1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Maxine Lochman
1982
For Ladies Only
as Anne Holt
1981
The Willmar 8
as Narrator
1981
The Million Dollar Face
as Evalyna
1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
1981
Tell Me a Riddle
as Flight Attendant (voice)
1980
Little Miss Marker
as The Judge
1980
You Can't Go Home Again
as Esther Jack
1979
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Clarisse Ethridge
1979
Backstairs at the White House
as Grace Coolidge
1979
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
1978
The Swarm
as Anne MacGregor
1978
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
1978
The Mafu Cage
as Ellen
1978
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
1977
The Spell
as Marion Matchett
1977
Voyage of the Damned
as Lili Rosen
1976
Perilous Voyage
as Virginia Monroe
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
1976
People's Choice Awards
as Self
1975
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
1975
The Seagull
as Irina Arkadina
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Internecine Project
as Jean Robertson
1974
Why Me?
as Narrator/Self
1974
What Are Best Friends For?
as Adele Ross
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Partners in Crime
as Judge Meredith Leland
1973
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Ellie Schuster
1972
Ransom for a Dead Man
as Leslie Williams
1972
Portnoy's Complaint
as Sophie Portnoy
1972
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley
1971
The Neon Ceiling
as Carrie Miller
1971
Great Performances
as Irina Arkadina
1971
Great Performances
1971
Night Slaves
as Marjorie Howard
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Bullard
1970
The Landlord
as Joyce Enders
1970
Marooned
as Celia Pruett
1969
The Big Bounce
as Joanne
1969
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Fritzie Braddock
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
The Name of the Game
as Edwina Booker
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Laura
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967
Divorce American Style
as Dede Murphy
1967
Ironside
as Francesca Kirby
1967
Mission: Impossible
as Susan Buchanan
1966
ABC Stage 67
as Laura
1966
ABC Stage 67
as Ruth
1966
The Big Valley
as Rosemary
1965
Peyton Place
as Stella Chernak
1964
Pie in the Sky
as Suzy
1964
An Affair of the Skin
as Katherine McCleod
1963
The Fugitive
as Millie Hallop
1963
The Balcony
as Carmen
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Defenders
as Norma Burgess
1961
The Defenders
as Maria Edwards
1961
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
1959
Middle of the Night
as Marilyn
1959
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
1958
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Storm Fear
as Edna
1955
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Detective Story
as Shoplifter
1951
Studio One
as Emily Brooks
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948