Lee Grant
Age: 98 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1925-10-31 00:15:31
Aliases: Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 112
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Big Valley
(1965) Rosemary
The Name of the Game
(1968) Edwina Booker
The Fugitive
(1963) Millie Hallop
Studio One
(1948) Emily Brooks
Mission: Impossible
(1966) Susan Buchanan
The Defenders
(1961) Maria Edwards
Columbo
(1971) Leslie Williams
Intimate Portrait
(1993) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2020 | Ms. Hunter (voice) | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2018 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Winnie | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Louise Bonner | ||
| Aunt Spendora | ||
| 2000 | Dr. Harper | |
| Narrator | ||
| Countess Ekaterina | ||
| 1999 | Narrator | |
| Louise Bonner | ||
| 1997 | Narrator/Host | |
| Self | ||
| 1996 | Cora Cahn | |
| Amalia Stark | ||
| 1995 | Narrator | |
| 1994 | Self | |
| Jane | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| 1992 | Narrator | |
| Reader (voice) | ||
| Dora Cohn | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Maureen Leeds | ||
| Carol Gertz | ||
| 1991 | Lena Foster | |
| 1990 | D.A. Doris Cantore | |
| Self | ||
| 1989 | Narrator | |
| Marilyn Klinghoffer | ||
| 1988 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1987 | Ferguson Edwards | |
| 1986 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1985 | Rachele Mussolini | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Dr. Donna Burke | |
| Sascha Harris | ||
| 1983 | Herself | |
| Lillian Farmer | ||
| 1982 | Ava Marshall | |
| Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash | ||
| Deborah Ballin | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Maxine Lochman | ||
| 1981 | Anne Holt | |
| Narrator | ||
| Evalyna | ||
| Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz | ||
| 1980 | Flight Attendant (voice) | |
| The Judge | ||
| 1979 | Esther Jack | |
| Clarisse Ethridge | ||
| Grace Coolidge | ||
| 1978 | Various Roles | |
| Anne MacGregor | ||
| Ann Thorn | ||
| Ellen | ||
| 1977 | Karen Wallace | |
| Marilyn Matchett | ||
| 1976 | Lili Rosen | |
| Virginia Monroe | ||
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Fay Stewart | |
| Felicia Karpf | ||
| Irina Arkadina | ||
| 1974 | Jean Robertson | |
| Narrator/Self | ||
| 1973 | Adele Ross | |
| Self | ||
| Judge Meredith Leland | ||
| 1972 | Ellie Schuster | |
| Leslie Williams | ||
| Sophie Portnoy | ||
| 1971 | Leslie Williams | |
| Norma Hubley | ||
| Carrie Miller | ||
| Irina Arkadina | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Marjorie Howard | |
| Mrs. Bullard | ||
| Joyce Enders | ||
| 1969 | Celia Pruett | |
| Joanne | ||
| 1968 | Fritzie Braddock | |
| N/A | ||
| Edwina Booker | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Laura | ||
| 1967 | Miriam Polar | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Leslie Colbert | ||
| Dede Murphy | ||
| Virginia Cloyd | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | Susan Buchanan | |
| Ruth | ||
| Laura | ||
| 1965 | Rosemary | |
| 1964 | Stella Chernak | |
| Suzy | ||
| 1963 | Katherine McCleod | |
| Virginia Cloyd | ||
| Millie Hallop | ||
| Carmen | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Maria Edwards | ||
| Norma Burgess | ||
| 1959 | The Goatseller / Avenging Angel | |
| Marilyn | ||
| 1958 | Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| 1955 | Edna | |
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Shoplifter | |
| 1948 | Emily Brooks | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Executive Producer | |
| 2005 | Producer | |
| 1999 | Producer | |
| 1997 | Producer | |
| 1992 | Producer | |
| 1989 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1986 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1985 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Writer | |
| 1981 | Writer | |
| 1976 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |