Lee Grant
Acting
Born: October 31, 1925 (age 100) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Mulholland Drive
2001
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Damien - Omen II
1978
Dr. T & the Women
2000
Airport '77
1977
Defending Your Life
1991
Mission: Impossible
1966
Shampoo
1975
The Swarm
1978
Detective Story
1951
Valley of the Dolls
1967
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Photos (3)
Movies (78)
Mulholland Drive
Louise
Damien - Omen II
Ann Thorn
In the Heat of the Night
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Defending Your Life
Lena Foster
The Swarm
Anne MacGregor
Airport '77
Karen Wallace
Shampoo
Felicia Karpf
Marooned
Celia Pruett
Voyage of the Damned
Lili Rosen
Visiting Hours
Deborah Ballin
There Was a Crooked Man...
Mrs. Bullard
Valley of the Dolls
Miriam Polar
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Harper
The Big Town
Ferguson Edwards
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Detective Story
Shoplifter
The Mafu Cage
Ellen
Middle of the Night
Marilyn
Portnoy's Complaint
Sophie Portnoy
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Fritzie Braddock
Poor Liza
Countess Ekaterina
Divorce American Style
Dede Murphy
Teachers
Dr. Donna Burke
It's My Party
Amalia Stark
Little Miss Marker
The Judge
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Carol Gertz
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley
Under Heat
Jane
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Landlord
Joyce Enders
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Ellie Schuster
The Amati Girls
Aunt Spendora
Storm Fear
Edna
The Internecine Project
Jean Robertson
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Marilyn Klinghoffer
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Maxine Lochman
She Said No
D.A. Doris Cantore
The Substance of Fire
Cora Cahn
For Ladies Only
Anne Holt
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Lillian Farmer
Citizen Cohn
Dora Cohn
The Million Dollar Face
Evalyna
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Ransom for a Dead Man
Leslie Williams
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Narrator
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Laura
Perilous Voyage
Virginia Monroe
A Billion for Boris
Sascha Harris
Night Slaves
Marjorie Howard
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Going Shopping
Winnie
The World of Sholom Aleichem
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
The Balcony
Carmen
The Big Bounce
Joanne
Partners in Crime
Judge Meredith Leland
The Spell
Marion Matchett
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
You Can't Go Home Again
Esther Jack
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
Narrator
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Narrator (voice)
An Affair of the Skin
Katherine McCleod
In My Daughter's Name
Maureen Leeds
What Are Best Friends For?
Adele Ross
Battered
Narrator
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Clarisse Ethridge
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Miriam (archive footage)
The Neon Ceiling
Carrie Miller
Pie in the Sky
Suzy
Tell Me a Riddle
Flight Attendant (voice)
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Women on Trial
Narrator
Down and Out in America
Narrator (voice)
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Narrator
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Narrator
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
The Willmar 8
Narrator
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Ms. Hunter (voice)
TV Shows (22)
Ironside
Francesca Kirby · 1 eps
Great Performances
Irina Arkadina · 1 eps
Great Performances
1 eps
The Fugitive
Millie Hallop · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Susan Buchanan · 1 eps
Studio One
Emily Brooks · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Edwina Booker · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Rosemary · 1 eps
Ben Casey
2 eps
The Defenders
Norma Burgess · 1 eps
The Defenders
Maria Edwards · 1 eps
Empty Nest
1 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
The Mod Squad
1 eps
ABC Stage 67
Laura · 1 eps
ABC Stage 67
Ruth · 1 eps
Backstairs at the White House
Grace Coolidge · 4 eps
Bare Essence
Ava Marshall · 2 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Rachele Mussolini · 4 eps
Peyton Place
Stella Chernak · 514 eps
Self / Appearances (29)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Actress · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 2 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Omen Legacy
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
Calling the Shots
Self
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self
Why Me?
Narrator/Self
Hal
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
What Sex Am I?
Self
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Self
When Women Kill
Herself
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Self
Directing (24)
American Playhouse
Director
Intimate Portrait
Director
ABC Afterschool Special
Director
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
A Matter of Sex
Director
Staying Together
Director
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director
Seasons of the Heart
Director
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Director
Reunion
Director
Nobody's Child
Director
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Director
No Place Like Home
Director
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
Following Her Heart
Director
Battered
Director
The Stronger
Director
Tell Me a Riddle
Director
What Sex Am I?
Director
Women on Trial
Director
Down and Out in America
Director
When Women Kill
Director
For the Use of the Hall
Director
The Willmar 8
Director
