Lee Grant
Actor
Born October 31, 1925 in 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.
Filmography
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Narrator (voice)
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Baghdad ER
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Miriam (archive footage)
Going Shopping
Winnie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
The Omen Legacy
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
Mulholland Drive
Louise
The Amati Girls
Aunt Spendora
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Harper
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Narrator
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Poor Liza
Countess Ekaterina
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
The Substance of Fire
Cora Cahn
It's My Party
Amalia Stark
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Narrator
Reunion
Following Her Heart
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Under Heat
Jane
Seasons of the Heart
Intimate Portrait
Self
Women on Trial
Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Citizen Cohn
Dora Cohn
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
Narrator
In My Daughter's Name
Maureen Leeds
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Carol Gertz
Defending Your Life
Lena Foster
She Said No
D.A. Doris Cantore
No Place Like Home
Staying Together
Battered
Narrator
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Marilyn Klinghoffer
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Empty Nest
Calling the Shots
Self
The Big Town
Ferguson Edwards
Down and Out in America
Narrator (voice)
Nobody's Child
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Rachele Mussolini
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
What Sex Am I?
Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Teachers
Dr. Donna Burke
A Billion for Boris
Sascha Harris
A Matter of Sex
When Women Kill
Herself
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Lillian Farmer
Bare Essence
Ava Marshall
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Visiting Hours
Deborah Ballin
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Narrator
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Maxine Lochman
American Playhouse
For Ladies Only
Anne Holt
The Willmar 8
Narrator
The Million Dollar Face
Evalyna
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Tell Me a Riddle
Flight Attendant (voice)
Little Miss Marker
The Judge
You Can't Go Home Again
Esther Jack
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Clarisse Ethridge
Backstairs at the White House
Grace Coolidge
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
The Swarm
Anne MacGregor
Damien - Omen II
Ann Thorn
The Mafu Cage
Ellen
Airport '77
Karen Wallace
The Spell
Marion Matchett
Voyage of the Damned
Lili Rosen
Perilous Voyage
Virginia Monroe
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
The Stronger
People's Choice Awards
Self
Shampoo
Felicia Karpf
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
For the Use of the Hall
Dinah!
Self
The Internecine Project
Jean Robertson
Why Me?
Narrator/Self
What Are Best Friends For?
Adele Ross
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Partners in Crime
Judge Meredith Leland
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Ellie Schuster
Ransom for a Dead Man
Leslie Williams
ABC Afterschool Special
Portnoy's Complaint
Sophie Portnoy
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
Carrie Miller
Great Performances
Irina Arkadina
Night Slaves
Marjorie Howard
There Was a Crooked Man...
Mrs. Bullard
The Landlord
Joyce Enders
Marooned
Celia Pruett
The Big Bounce
Joanne
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Fritzie Braddock
The Mod Squad
The Name of the Game
Edwina Booker
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Laura
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Valley of the Dolls
Miriam Polar
Judd, for the Defense
In the Heat of the Night
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Divorce American Style
Dede Murphy
Ironside
Francesca Kirby
Mission: Impossible
Susan Buchanan
ABC Stage 67
Laura
The Big Valley
Rosemary
Peyton Place
Stella Chernak
Pie in the Sky
Suzy
An Affair of the Skin
Katherine McCleod
The Fugitive
Millie Hallop
The Balcony
Carmen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Ben Casey
The Defenders
Norma Burgess
The World of Sholom Aleichem
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Middle of the Night
Marilyn
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Storm Fear
Edna
The Oscars
Self
Detective Story
Shoplifter
Studio One
Emily Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse