About

Known credits:
135
Birthday:
1925-10-31
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Lee Grant

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte Actor Self 59
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2021 Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Actor Self 59
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2020 Killian & the Comeback Kids Actor Ms. Hunter (voice) N/A
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2019 Hal Actor Self 59
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2018 Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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2017 Seeing is Believing: Women Direct Actor Self N/A
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2014 Actresses Turned Producer/Directors Actor N/A
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2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Actor Self 58
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2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2006 Tribute To Burgess Meredith Actor Self (voice) 59
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2005 Going Shopping Actor Winnie 58
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2003 Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin Actor Self N/A
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2003 The John Garfield Story Actor Self 59
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2001 Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties Actor Self N/A
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2001 Mulholland Drive Actor Louise 76
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2001 The Amati Girls Actor Aunt Spendora 58
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2000 Dr. T & the Women Actor Dr. Harper 55
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2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light Actor Narrator 59
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2000 Poor Liza Actor Countess Ekaterina N/A
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1999 Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America Actor Narrator N/A
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1999 Mulholland Dr. Actor Louise Bonner 68
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1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It Actor Narrator/Host N/A
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1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? Actor Self 59
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1996 The Substance of Fire Actor Cora Cahn 59
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1996 It's My Party Actor Amalia Stark 59
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1995 Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval Actor Narrator 59
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1994 Under Heat Actor Jane 59
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1992 Women on Trial Actor Narrator N/A
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1992 Earth and the American Dream Actor Reader (voice) 59
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1992 Citizen Cohn Actor Dora Cohn 59
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1992 The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer Actor Narrator 59
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1992 In My Daughter's Name Actor Maureen Leeds 58
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1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Actor Carol Gertz 58
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1991 Defending Your Life Actor Lena Foster 62
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1990 She Said No Actor D.A. Doris Cantore 59
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1990 Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret Actor Self N/A
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1989 Battered Actor Narrator N/A
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1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro Actor Marilyn Klinghoffer N/A
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1988 Hello Actors Studio Actor Self 59
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1988 Calling the Shots Actor Self N/A
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1987 The Big Town Actor Ferguson Edwards 58
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1986 Down and Out in America Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story Actor Rachele Mussolini 69
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1985 What Sex Am I? Actor Self 58
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1984 Teachers Actor Dr. Donna Burke 58
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1984 A Billion for Boris Actor Sascha Harris 59
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1983 When Women Kill Actor Herself 59
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1983 Will There Really Be a Morning? Actor Lillian Farmer 59
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1982 Bare Essence Actor Ava Marshall N/A
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1982 Plaza Suite Actor Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash N/A
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1982 Visiting Hours Actor Deborah Ballin 58
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1982 A Crime to Fit the Punishment Actor Narrator N/A
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1982 Thou Shalt Not Kill Actor Maxine Lochman 58
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1981 For Ladies Only Actor Anne Holt 59
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1981 The Willmar 8 Actor Narrator 59
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1981 The Million Dollar Face Actor Evalyna N/A
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1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Actor Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz 58
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1980 Tell Me a Riddle Actor Flight Attendant (voice) 59
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1980 Little Miss Marker Actor The Judge 59
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1979 You Can't Go Home Again Actor Esther Jack 59
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1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Actor Clarisse Ethridge 58
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1979 Backstairs at the White House Actor Grace Coolidge 68
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1978 The Good Doctor Actor Various Roles 59
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1978 The Swarm Actor Anne MacGregor 56
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1978 Damien: Omen II Actor Ann Thorn 61
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1978 The Mafu Cage Actor Ellen 59
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1977 Airport '77 Actor Karen Wallace 57
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1977 The Spell Actor Marion Matchett 58
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1976 Voyage of the Damned Actor Lili Rosen 59
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1976 Perilous Voyage Actor Virginia Monroe N/A
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1976 TVTV Looks at the Oscars Actor Self N/A
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1975 Fay Actor Fay Stewart 69
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1975 Shampoo Actor Felicia Karpf 59
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1975 The Seagull Actor Irina Arkadina N/A
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1974 The Internecine Project Actor Jean Robertson 59
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1974 Why Me? Actor Narrator/Self N/A
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1973 What Are Best Friends For? Actor Adele Ross N/A
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1973 Partners in Crime Actor Judge Meredith Leland 58
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1972 Lieutenant Schuster's Wife Actor Ellie Schuster N/A
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1972 Ransom for a Dead Man Actor Leslie Williams 59
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1972 Portnoy's Complaint Actor Sophie Portnoy 58
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1971 Plaza Suite Actor Norma Hubley 59
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1971 The Neon Ceiling Actor Carrie Miller 59
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1970 Night Slaves Actor Marjorie Howard 59
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1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Actor Mrs. Bullard 60
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1970 The Landlord Actor Joyce Enders 58
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1969 Marooned Actor Celia Pruett 58
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1969 The Big Bounce Actor Joanne 58
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1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Actor Fritzie Braddock 58
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1968 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski Actor Laura N/A
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1967 Valley of the Dolls Actor Miriam Polar 59
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1967 In the Heat of the Night Actor Mrs. Leslie Colbert 70
Good
1967 Divorce American Style Actor Dede Murphy 59
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1967 Deadlock Actor Virginia Cloyd N/A
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1964 Peyton Place Actor Stella Chernak 69
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1964 Pie in the Sky Actor Suzy N/A
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1963 An Affair of the Skin Actor Katherine McCleod N/A
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1963 The Balcony Actor Carmen 58
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1959 The World of Sholom Aleichem Actor The Goatseller / Avenging Angel N/A
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1959 Middle of the Night Actor Marilyn 59
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1958 Three Plays by Tennessee Williams Actor Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") 59
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1955 Storm Fear Actor Edna 58
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1951 Detective Story Actor Shoplifter 61
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Directing
2005 A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Directing Director 59
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2003 The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Directing Director 59
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2001 The Gun Deadlock Directing Director N/A
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2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light Directing Director 59
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2000 The Loretta Claiborne Story Directing Director N/A
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1999 Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America Directing Director N/A
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1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It Directing Director N/A
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1994 Reunion Directing Director 59
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1994 Following Her Heart Directing Director 59
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1994 Seasons of the Heart Directing Director 58
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1992 Women on Trial Directing Director N/A
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1989 No Place Like Home Directing Director 59
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1989 Staying Together Directing Director 58
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1989 Battered Directing Director N/A
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1986 Down and Out in America Directing Director 59
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1986 Nobody's Child Directing Director 59
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1985 Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale Directing Director N/A
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1985 What Sex Am I? Directing Director 58
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1984 A Matter of Sex Directing Director 59
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1983 When Women Kill Directing Director 59
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1981 The Willmar 8 Directing Director 59
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1980 Tell Me a Riddle Directing Director 59
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1976 The Stronger Directing Director N/A
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1975 For the Use of the Hall Directing Director 59
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Writing
1981 The Willmar 8 Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Stronger Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2006 Baghdad ER Production Executive Producer 59
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2005 A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Production Producer 59
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1999 Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America Production Producer N/A
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1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It Production Producer N/A
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1992 Women on Trial Production Producer N/A
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1989 Battered Production Producer N/A
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