Lee Grant
Born October 31, 1925 (Age: 100)
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New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
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as Self
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Age: 88
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
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as Miriam (archive footage)
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Age: 80
No Image
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
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as Self (voice)
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Age: 80
Going Shopping
2005
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as Winnie
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Age: 79
Mulholland Drive
2001
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as Louise
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Age: 75
Dr. T & the Women
2000
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as Dr. Harper
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Age: 74
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 74
Poor Liza
2000
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as Countess Ekaterina
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Age: 74
No Image
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
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as Narrator
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Age: 73
No Image
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997
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as Narrator/Host
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Age: 71
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Substance of Fire
1996
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as Cora Cahn
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Age: 70
It's My Party
1996
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as Amalia Stark
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Age: 70
Women on Trial
1992
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as Narrator
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Age: 66
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 66
Citizen Cohn
1992
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as Dora Cohn
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Age: 66
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
1992
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as Narrator
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Age: 66
In My Daughter's Name
1992
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as Maureen Leeds
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Age: 66
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
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as Carol Gertz
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Age: 66
Defending Your Life
1991
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as Lena Foster
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Age: 65
She Said No
1990
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as D.A. Doris Cantore
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Age: 64
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 64
Battered
1989
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as Narrator
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Age: 63
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989
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as Marilyn Klinghoffer
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Age: 63
Hello Actors Studio
1988
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as Self
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Age: 63
Calling the Shots
1988
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as Self
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Age: 62
The Big Town
1987
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as Ferguson Edwards
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Age: 61
What Sex Am I?
1985
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as Self
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Age: 59
Visiting Hours
1982
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as Deborah Ballin
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Age: 56
For Ladies Only
1981
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as Anne Holt
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Age: 56
The Willmar 8
1981
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as Narrator
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Age: 55
The Million Dollar Face
1981
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as Evalyna
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Age: 55
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
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as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
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Age: 55
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
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as Flight Attendant (voice)
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Age: 55
Little Miss Marker
1980
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as The Judge
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Age: 54
The Good Doctor
1978
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as Various Roles
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Age: 53
The Swarm
1978
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as Anne MacGregor
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Age: 52
Damien - Omen II
1978
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as Ann Thorn
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Age: 52
The Mafu Cage
1978
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as Ellen
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Age: 52
Airport '77
1977
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as Karen Wallace
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Age: 51
Shampoo
1975
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as Felicia Karpf
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Age: 49
The Internecine Project
1974
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as Jean Robertson
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Age: 48
Why Me?
1974
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as Narrator/Self
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Age: 48
What Are Best Friends For?
1973
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as Adele Ross
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Age: 48
Partners in Crime
1973
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as Judge Meredith Leland
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Age: 47
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
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as Ellie Schuster
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Age: 46
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972
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as Leslie Williams
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Age: 46
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
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as Sophie Portnoy
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Age: 46
Marooned
1969
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as Celia Pruett
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Age: 44
The Big Bounce
1969
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as Joanne
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Age: 43
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
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as Laura
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Age: 42
Pie in the Sky
1964
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as Suzy
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Age: 38
An Affair of the Skin
1963
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as Katherine McCleod
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Age: 38
The Balcony
1963
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as Carmen
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Age: 37
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
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as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
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Age: 34
Middle of the Night
1959
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as Marilyn
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Age: 33
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
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as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
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Age: 32
Storm Fear
1955
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as Edna
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Age: 30