Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Birthdate
October 31, 1925 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
October 31, 1925 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) 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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Lee Grant's LGBTQ+ Titles

Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
Louise
It's My Party
It's My Party
Amalia Stark

Acting (133)

2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte as Self
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
2020
Killian & the Comeback Kids as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2019
Hal as Self
2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor as Narrator (voice)
2017
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct as Self
2014
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women as Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith as Self (voice)
2005
Going Shopping as Winnie
2003
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin as Self
2003
The John Garfield Story as Self
2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties as Self
2001
Mulholland Drive as Louise
2001
The Amati Girls as Aunt Spendora
2000
Dr. T & the Women as Dr. Harper
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light as Narrator
2000
Poor Liza as Countess Ekaterina
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America as Narrator
1999
Mulholland Dr. as Louise Bonner
1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It as Narrator/Host
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1996
The Substance of Fire as Cora Cahn
1996
It's My Party as Amalia Stark
1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Narrator
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Under Heat as Jane
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (2 episodes)
1992
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
1991
Defending Your Life as Lena Foster
1990
She Said No as D.A. Doris Cantore
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1989
Battered as Narrator
1989
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro as Marilyn Klinghoffer
1988
Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988
Empty Nest (1 episode)
1988
Calling the Shots as Self
1987
The Big Town as Ferguson Edwards
1986
Down and Out in America as Narrator (voice)
1986
Wedden, dat..? as Self (1 episode)
1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story as Rachele Mussolini (4 episodes)
1985
What Sex Am I? as Self
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode)
1984
Teachers as Dr. Donna Burke
1984
A Billion for Boris as Sascha Harris
1983
When Women Kill as Herself
1983
Will There Really Be a Morning? as Lillian Farmer
1982
Bare Essence as Ava Marshall (2 episodes)
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
1981
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
1980
Tell Me a Riddle as Flight Attendant (voice)
1980
Little Miss Marker as The Judge
1979
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 (4 episodes)
1978
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
1977
Airport '77 as Karen Wallace
1977
The Spell as Marion Matchett
1976
Voyage of the Damned as Lili Rosen
1976
Perilous Voyage as Virginia Monroe
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
1975
Fay as Fay Stewart (10 episodes)
1975
Shampoo as Felicia Karpf
1975
The Seagull as Irina Arkadina
1974
Dinah! as Self (1 episode)
1974
The Internecine Project as Jean Robertson
1974
Why Me? as Narrator/Self
1973
What Are Best Friends For? as Adele Ross
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self (2 episodes)
1973
Partners in Crime as Judge Meredith Leland
1972
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife as Ellie Schuster
1972
Ransom for a Dead Man as Leslie Williams
1972
Portnoy's Complaint as Sophie Portnoy
1971
Columbo as Leslie Williams (1 episode)
1971
Plaza Suite as Norma Hubley
1971
The Neon Ceiling as Carrie Miller
1971
Great Performances (1 episode)
1971
Great Performances as Irina Arkadina (1 episode)
1970
Night Slaves as Marjorie Howard
1970
There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Bullard
1970
The Landlord as Joyce Enders
1969
Marooned as Celia Pruett
1969
The Big Bounce as Joanne
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Fritzie Braddock
1968
The Mod Squad (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game as Edwina Booker (1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski as Laura
1967
Valley of the Dolls as Miriam Polar
1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (1 episode)
1967
Judd for the Defense (1 episode)
1967
In the Heat of the Night as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967
Divorce American Style as Dede Murphy
1967
Deadlock as Virginia Cloyd
1967
Ironside as Francesca Kirby (1 episode)
1966
Mission: Impossible as Susan Buchanan (1 episode)
1966
ABC Stage 67 as Laura (1 episode)
1966
ABC Stage 67 as Ruth (1 episode)
1965
The Big Valley as Rosemary (1 episode)
1964
Peyton Place as Stella Chernak (517 episodes)
1964
Pie in the Sky as Suzy
1963
An Affair of the Skin as Katherine McCleod
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Virginia Cloyd (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive as Millie Hallop (1 episode)
1963
The Balcony as Carmen
1961
Ben Casey (2 episodes)
1961
The Defenders as Maria Edwards (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders as Norma Burgess (1 episode)
1959
The World of Sholom Aleichem as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
1959
Middle of the Night as Marilyn
1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1955
Storm Fear as Edna
1955
Playwrights '56 (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1951
Detective Story as Shoplifter
1948
Studio One as Emily Brooks (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode)

Directing (26)

2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood • Director
• Director
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series • Director
• Director
2001
The Gun Deadlock • Director
• Director
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light • Director
• Director
2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story • Director
• Director
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America • Director
• Director
1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It • Director
• Director
1994
Reunion • Director
• Director
1994
Following Her Heart • Director
• Director
1994
Seasons of the Heart • Director
• Director
1993
Intimate Portrait • Director (53 episodes)
• Director (53 episodes)
1992
Women on Trial • Director
• Director
1989
No Place Like Home • Director
• Director
1989
Staying Together • Director
• Director
1989
Battered • Director
• Director
1986
Down and Out in America • Director
• Director
1986
Nobody's Child • Director
• Director
1985
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale • Director
• Director
1985
What Sex Am I? • Director
• Director
1984
A Matter of Sex • Director
• Director
1983
When Women Kill • Director
• Director
1981
The Willmar 8 • Director
• Director
1980
Tell Me a Riddle • Director
• Director
1976
The Stronger • Director
• Director
1975
For the Use of the Hall • Director
• Director
1972
ABC Afterschool Special • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Production (6)

2006
Baghdad ER • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood • Producer
• Producer
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America • Producer
• Producer
1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It • Producer
• Producer
1992
Women on Trial • Producer
• Producer
1989
Battered • Producer
• Producer

Writing (3)

1993
Intimate Portrait • Writer (9 episodes)
• Writer (9 episodes)
1981
The Willmar 8 • Writer
• Writer
1976
The Stronger • Writer
• Writer