Lee Grant
98 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 31, 1925 (age 100)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
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.
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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.
Known for
Lee Grant: movies and TV shows
Acting (104)
- 2020 Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- 2018 Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017
- 2014
- 2006 Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
- 2005 Going Shopping
as Winnie
- 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
- 1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It
as Narrator/Host
- 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 Under Heat
as Jane
- 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
- 1989 Battered
as Narrator
- 1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
- 1988
- 1987 The Big Town
as Ferguson Edwards
- 1986 Down and Out in America
as Narrator (voice)
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Teachers
as Dr. Donna Burke
- 1984 A Billion for Boris
as Sascha Harris
- 1983 Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Lillian Farmer
- 1982
- 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
- 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
- 1975
- 1975 Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
- 1975 The Seagull
as Irina Arkadina
- 1974 The Internecine Project
as Jean Robertson
- 1974 Why Me?
as Narrator (voice)
- 1973 What Are Best Friends For?
as Adele Ross
- 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 Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley
- 1971 The Neon Ceiling
as Carrie Miller
- 1971
- 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
- 1968
- 1968 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Laura
- 1967 Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
- 1967
- 1967 In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- 1967 Divorce American Style
as Dede Murphy
- 1967 Deadlock
as Virginia Cloyd
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Pie in the Sky
as Suzy
- 1963 An Affair of the Skin
as Katherine McCleod
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Balcony
as Carmen
- 1961
- 1961
- 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")
- 1955 Storm Fear
as Edna
- 1955
- 1951 Detective Story
as Shoplifter
- 1948
- 1948
Behind the camera (29)
- 2006 Baghdad ER
Executive Producer
- 2005 A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director, Producer
- 2003
- 2001 The Gun Deadlock
Director
- 2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Director
- 2000 The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
- 1999 Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Director, Producer
- 1999 Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Director
- 1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Director, Producer
- 1994 Reunion
Director
- 1994 Following Her Heart
Director
- 1994 Seasons of the Heart
Director
- 1993
- 1992 Women on Trial
Producer, Director
- 1989 No Place Like Home
Director
- 1989 Staying Together
Director
- 1989 Battered
Director, Producer
- 1986 Down and Out in America
Director
- 1986 Nobody's Child
Director
- 1985 Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Director
- 1985 What Sex Am I?
Director
- 1984 A Matter of Sex
Director
- 1983 When Women Kill
Director
- 1982
- 1981 The Willmar 8
Writer, Director
- 1980 Tell Me a Riddle
Director
- 1976 The Stronger
Writer, Director
- 1975 For the Use of the Hall
Director
- 1972
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2026
- 2024 Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
1 episode
- 2023
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
- 2006
- 2003
- 2003
- 2001
- 2001
- 1997
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1990
- 1988
- 1988
- 1986 Wedden, dat..?
1 episode
- 1976
- 1975 People's Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1974 Dinah!
2 episodes
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
2 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1 episode
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
2 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode