Lee Grant
Acting
🎂 1925-10-31
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.
Cast credits(135)
Irina Arkadina
1971
1971
Self
1961
Self - Guest
1968
Edwina Booker
1968
Emily Brooks
1948
Norma Burgess
1961
Maria Edwards
1961
1988
1948
1968
1961
Rosemary
1965
1985
Self
1993
Self - Presenter
1956
Virginia Cloyd
1963
Millie Hallop
1963
Self
1953
Self
1986
Francesca Kirby
1967
Susan Buchanan
1966
Fay Stewart
1975
Self
1973
Self
1974
Louise
2001
Self
1968
1967
Ava Marshall
1982
1955
Laura
1966
Ruth
1966
Self
1994
Rachele Mussolini
1985
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967
Ellen
1978
Grace Coolidge
1979
Karen Wallace
1977
Lena Foster
1991
Ann Thorn
1978
Mrs. Bullard
1970
Louise Bonner (uncredited)
1999
Anne MacGregor
1978
Miriam Polar
1967
Dr. Harper
2000
Shoplifter
1951
Celia Pruett
1969
Self (archive footage)
2014
Felicia Karpf
1975
Dr. Donna Burke
1984
Norma Hubley
1971
Ferguson Edwards
1987
Lili Rosen
1976
Stella Chernak
1964
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
1981
Joyce Enders
1970
Deborah Ballin
1982
The Judge
1980
Marilyn
1959
Fritzie Braddock
1968
Carmen
1963
Amalia Stark
1996
Carol Gertz
1992
Clarisse Ethridge
1979
Marion Matchett
1977
Joanne
1969
Leslie Williams
1972
Jean Robertson
1974
Dede Murphy
1967
Self
1997
Cora Cahn
1996
Narrator
2000
D.A. Doris Cantore
1990
Winnie
2005
Self
2019
Narrator (voice)
2018
Dora Cohn
1992
Self
1990
Self
2021
Marilyn Klinghoffer
1989
Reader (voice)
1992
Virginia Monroe
1976
Self
2017
Judge Meredith Leland
1973
Marjorie Howard
1970
Evalyna
1981
Anne Holt
1981
Self
1976
Self
2001
Narrator (voice)
1986
Edna
1955
Ellie Schuster
1972
Self
2003
Narrator
1992
Aunt Spendora
2001
Maxine Lochman
1982
Lillian Farmer
1983
Self
1988
Flight Attendant (voice)
1980
Sophie Portnoy
1972
Esther Jack
1979
Self
2014
Self
1985
Countess Ekaterina
2000
Virginia Cloyd
1967
Maureen Leeds
1992
Irina Arkadina
1975
Carrie Miller
1971
Herself
1983
Sascha Harris
1984
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
1959
Self (voice)
2006
Self
1988
Adele Ross
1973
Narrator
1995
Narrator
1982
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
1958
Various Roles
1978
2014
Suzy
1964
Self
2001
Narrator
1989
Katherine McCleod
1963
Laura
1968
Self
2003
Ms. Hunter (voice)
2020
Narrator
1992
Miriam (archive footage)
2006
Narrator/Self
1974
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
1982
Jane
1994
Narrator
1981
Narrator/Host
1997
Self
2023
Narrator
1999
Directing (27)
Director
1972
Director
1993
Director
2000
Director
1994
Director
1985
Director
1986
Director
1986
Director
1984
Director
1976
Director
1989
Director
2005
Director
1994
Director
1980
Director
2003
Director
1985
Director
1994
Director
1983
Director
1989
Director
1989
Director
1975
Director
1999
Director
1992
Director
1981
Director
2001
Director
1997
Director
2000
Director
1999
