Lee Grant
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-10-31
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Mulholland Drive
2001
7.80
Valley of the Dolls
1967
6.03
In the Heat of the Night
1967
7.66
Dr. T & the Women
2000
4.89
Damien - Omen II
1978
6.42
Detective Story
1951
7.00
Shampoo
1975
5.98
Teachers
1984
5.61
Airport '77
1977
5.60
Defending Your Life
1991
6.90
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
5.80
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
6.80
Marooned
1969
5.87
Poor Liza
2000
0.00
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
6.00
Plaza Suite
1971
6.14
The Landlord
1970
5.80
Little Miss Marker
1980
6.57
The Swarm
1978
5.01
Visiting Hours
1982
5.50
The Spell
1977
5.00
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
5.70
Storm Fear
1955
6.00
Voyage of the Damned
1976
6.00
The Internecine Project
1974
5.94
Why Me?
1974
0.00
Middle of the Night
1959
6.90
The Big Bounce
1969
4.89
The Balcony
1963
5.00
The Substance of Fire
1996
7.10
The Amati Girls
2001
2.50
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
1.00
Night Slaves
1970
5.85
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
7.00
What Are Best Friends For?
1973
0.00
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
0.00
Hello Actors Studio
1988
6.50
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
4.33
Deadlock
1967
0.00
The Neon Ceiling
1971
7.70
Calling the Shots
1988
0.00
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997
0.00
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
6.00
The Mafu Cage
1978
5.80
The Big Town
1987
5.60
A Billion for Boris
1984
6.00
For Ladies Only
1981
3.60
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
1982
0.00
She Said No
1990
8.00
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
6.00
It's My Party
1996
6.10
Hal
2019
6.54
Pie in the Sky
1964
0.00
Going Shopping
2005
3.70
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972
7.28
Perilous Voyage
1976
0.00
The Willmar 8
1981
6.00
Plaza Suite
1982
0.00
When Women Kill
1983
6.00
What Sex Am I?
1985
4.80
Citizen Cohn
1992
6.02
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
4.40
Women on Trial
1992
0.00
An Affair of the Skin
1963
0.00
Earth and the American Dream
1992
6.70
In My Daughter's Name
1992
6.20
The John Garfield Story
2003
8.00
Divorce American Style
1967
5.60
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982
6.50
Partners in Crime
1973
2.00
The Million Dollar Face
1981
0.00
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020
0.00
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
6.00
The Seagull
1975
0.00
Battered
1989
7.50
Down and Out in America
1986
6.60
Under Heat
1994
3.00
The Good Doctor
1978
0.50
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
6.60
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
0.00
The Omen Legacy
2001
7.00
