Lee Grant

Born

October 31, 1925 (99 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

0.0

2017

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

0.0

2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Self

6.5

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

7.0

2014

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

6.0

2000

Poor Liza

Countess Ekaterina

0.0

2000

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

Narrator

0.0

1999

Mulholland Dr.

Louise Bonner (uncredited)

7.8

1999

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

Narrator/Host

0.0

1997

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Self

6.6

1997

The Substance of Fire

Cora Cahn

7.2

1996

It's My Party

Amalia Stark

6.3

1996

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

Narrator

7.0

1995

Inside the Actors Studio

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

1994

Under Heat

Jane

4.0

1994

Intimate Portrait

Self · (2 episodes)

4.5

1993

Women on Trial

Narrator

0.0

1992

Earth and the American Dream

Reader (voice)

6.7

1992

Citizen Cohn

Dora Cohn

6.3

1992

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

Narrator

7.2

1992

In My Daughter's Name

Maureen Leeds

6.3

1992

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Carol Gertz

5.8

1992

Defending Your Life

Lena Foster

6.9

1991

She Said No

D.A. Doris Cantore

1986

Wedden, dat..?

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

1986

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Rachele Mussolini · (4 episodes)

5.3

1985

What Sex Am I?

Self

5.6

1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater

(1 episode)

6.9

1985

Teachers

Dr. Donna Burke

5.6

1984

A Billion for Boris

Sascha Harris

6.0

1984

When Women Kill

Herself

6.0

1983

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Lillian Farmer

7.0

1983

Bare Essence

Ava Marshall · (2 episodes)

0.0

1982

Plaza Suite

Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash

0.0

1982

Visiting Hours

Deborah Ballin

5.5

1982

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

Narrator

0.0

1982

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Maxine Lochman

6.5

1982

For Ladies Only

Anne Holt

4.0

1981

The Willmar 8

Narrator

6.0

1981

The Million Dollar Face

Evalyna

0.0

1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz

5.0

1981

Tell Me a Riddle

Flight Attendant (voice)

6.0

1980

Little Miss Marker

The Judge

6.5

1980

You Can't Go Home Again

Esther Jack

1.0

1979

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

Clarisse Ethridge

6.2

1979

Backstairs at the White House

Grace Coolidge · (4 episodes)

5.9

1979

The Good Doctor

Various Roles

0.5

1978

The Swarm

Anne MacGregor

4.9

1978

Damien - Omen II

Ann Thorn

6.4

1978

The Mafu Cage

Ellen

6.1

1978

Airport '77

Karen Wallace

5.6

1977

The Spell

Marion Matchett

5.0

1977

Voyage of the Damned

Lili Rosen

5.9

1976

Perilous Voyage

Virginia Monroe

0.0

1976

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Self

6.0

1976

Fay

Fay Stewart · (10 episodes)

5.0

1975

Shampoo

Felicia Karpf

6.0

1975

The Seagull

Irina Arkadina

0.0

1975

Dinah!

Self · (2 episodes)

6.7

1974

The Internecine Project

Jean Robertson

6.0

1974

Why Me?

Narrator/Self

0.0

1974

What Are Best Friends For?

Adele Ross

0.0

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self · (2 episodes)

6.3

1973

Partners in Crime

Judge Meredith Leland

2.0

1973

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Ellie Schuster

0.0

1972

Ransom for a Dead Man

Leslie Williams

7.2

1972

Portnoy's Complaint

Sophie Portnoy

4.5

1972

Plaza Suite

Norma Hubley

6.1

1971

The Neon Ceiling

Carrie Miller

7.7

1971

Great Performances

Irina Arkadina · (1 episode)

5.5

1971

Great Performances

(1 episode)

5.5

1971

Night Slaves

Marjorie Howard

6.3

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...

Mrs. Bullard

6.8

1970

The Landlord

Joyce Enders

5.9

1970

Marooned

Celia Pruett

5.9

1969

The Big Bounce

Joanne

5.2

1969

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Fritzie Braddock

6.0

1968

The Mod Squad

(1 episode)

6.3

1968

The Name of the Game

Edwina Booker · (1 episode)

6.8

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

6.8

1968

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

Laura

0.0

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

1968

Valley of the Dolls

Miriam Polar

6.0

1967

Judd for the Defense

(1 episode)

7.5

1967

In the Heat of the Night

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

7.7

1967

Divorce American Style

Dede Murphy

5.8

1967

Deadlock

Virginia Cloyd

0.0

1967

Ironside

Francesca Kirby · (1 episode)

6.8

1967

Mission: Impossible

Susan Buchanan · (1 episode)

7.6

1966

ABC Stage 67

Laura · (1 episode)

6.2

1966

ABC Stage 67

Ruth · (1 episode)

6.2

1966

The Big Valley

Rosemary · (1 episode)

6.1

1965

Peyton Place

Stella Chernak · (517 episodes)

6.6

1964

Pie in the Sky

Suzy

0.0

1964

An Affair of the Skin

Katherine McCleod

0.0

1963

Festival

Lizzie · (1 episode)

1961

The Defenders

Maria Edwards · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

The World of Sholom Aleichem

The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

0.0

1959

Middle of the Night

Marilyn

7.0

1959

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

5.0

1958

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Storm Fear

Edna

6.0

1955

Playwrights '56

(1 episode)

6.0

1955

The Oscars

Self · (1 episode)

7.1

1953

Detective Story

Shoplifter

7.0

1951

Studio One

Emily Brooks · (1 episode)

5.0

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

(1 episode)

6.3

1948