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.
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Also Known As
Movies (48)
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
Baghdad ER
Executive Producer (Production)
2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
as Self (voice)
2006
Going Shopping
as Winnie
2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director (Directing)
2005
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
as Self
2003
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director (Directing)
2003
The Omen Legacy
as Self
2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as Self
2001
The Gun Deadlock
Director (Directing)
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
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director (Directing)
2000
Poor Liza
as Countess Ekaterina
2000
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
as Narrator
1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Director (Directing)
1999
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
as Narrator/Host
1997
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
Reunion
Director (Directing)
1994
Following Her Heart
Director (Directing)
1994
Under Heat
as Jane
1994
Seasons of the Heart
Director (Directing)
1994
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
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1990
No Place Like Home
Director (Directing)
1989
Staying Together
Director (Directing)
1989
