Lee Grant
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1925-10-31 (age 100)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
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
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Fugitive
1963
as Millie Hallop
Ironside
1967
as Francesca Kirby
Great Performances
1971
as Irina Arkadina
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Susan Buchanan
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Virginia Cloyd
Ben Casey
1961
Studio One
1948
as Emily Brooks
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Big Valley
1965
as Rosemary
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Norma Burgess / Maria Edwards
The Name of the Game
1968
as Edwina Booker
Empty Nest
1988
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Mod Squad
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Festival
1963
as Lizzie
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Laura / Ruth
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Playwrights '56
1955
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Grace Coolidge
Fay
1975
as Fay Stewart
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Rachele Mussolini
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Peyton Place
1964
as Stella Chernak
Bare Essence
1982
as Ava Marshall
Movies (99)
Mulholland Drive
2001
as Louise
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Airport '77
1977
as Karen Wallace
The Swarm
1978
as Anne MacGregor
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Ann Thorn
Teachers
1984
as Dr. Donna Burke
Defending Your Life
1991
as Lena Foster
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Mrs. Bullard
Shampoo
1975
as Felicia Karpf
The Landlord
1970
as Joyce Enders
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Lili Rosen
Dr. T & the Women
2000
as Dr. Harper
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Miriam Polar
The Big Town
1987
as Ferguson Edwards
Plaza Suite
1971
as Norma Hubley
Marooned
1969
as Celia Pruett
The Mafu Cage
1978
as Ellen
Hal
2019
as Self
Detective Story
1951
as Shoplifter
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Dora Cohn
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Little Miss Marker
1980
as The Judge
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Visiting Hours
1982
as Deborah Ballin
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972
as Leslie Williams
It's My Party
1996
as Amalia Stark
The Spell
1977
as Marion Matchett
Divorce American Style
1967
as Dede Murphy
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as Carol Gertz
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self
Middle of the Night
1959
as Marilyn
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Deadlock
1967
as Virginia Cloyd
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
as Fritzie Braddock
Perilous Voyage
1976
as Virginia Monroe
In My Daughter's Name
1992
as Maureen Leeds
The Substance of Fire
1996
as Cora Cahn
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
Calling the Shots
1988
as Self
The Internecine Project
1974
as Jean Robertson
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
as Narrator
A Billion for Boris
1984
as Sascha Harris
Going Shopping
2005
as Winnie
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017
as Self
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Evalyna
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
as Ellie Schuster
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Laura
The Good Doctor
1978
as Various Roles
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Partners in Crime
1973
as Judge Meredith Leland
Storm Fear
1955
as Edna
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
as Lillian Farmer
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995
as Narrator
Poor Liza
2000
as Countess Ekaterina
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
as Clarisse Ethridge
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
as Esther Jack
Night Slaves
1970
as Marjorie Howard
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023
as Self
For Ladies Only
1981
as Anne Holt
The Omen Legacy
2001
as Self
The Big Bounce
1969
as Joanne
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003
as Self
What Are Best Friends For?
1973
as Adele Ross
Pie in the Sky
1964
as Suzy
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
as Miriam (archive footage)
She Said No
1990
as D.A. Doris Cantore
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
Why Me?
1974
as Narrator/Self
The Balcony
1963
as Carmen
Down and Out in America
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
as Narrator (voice)
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Katherine McCleod
The Seagull
1975
as Irina Arkadina
The Amati Girls
2001
as Aunt Spendora
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982
as Maxine Lochman
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
as Flight Attendant (voice)
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
The Neon Ceiling
1971
as Carrie Miller
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
as Sophie Portnoy
Under Heat
1994
as Jane
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
1992
as Narrator
Plaza Suite
1982
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
What Sex Am I?
1985
as Self
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
1982
as Narrator
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001
as Self
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Women on Trial
1992
as Narrator
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997
as Narrator/Host
Battered
1989
as Narrator
When Women Kill
1983
as Herself
The Willmar 8
1981
as Narrator
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
as Narrator
About Lee Grant
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… With 135 credits spanning from 1948 to 2023, Lee Grant has appeared in 99 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lee Grant Movies
- Mulholland Drive (2001) — as Louise
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) — as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- Airport '77 (1977) — as Karen Wallace
- The Swarm (1978) — as Anne MacGregor
- Damien - Omen II (1978) — as Ann Thorn
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