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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1925
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- 李·格兰特
- Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
- لی گرانت
Lee Grant
2.3 Popularity
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
9.0
Self
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2023
7.0
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
0.0
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020
6.5
Self
Hal
2019
4.4
Narrator (voice)
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
0.0
Self
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017
7.0
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
0.0
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
6.5
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
0.0
Miriam (archive footage)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Credits
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
as Self
2023
9.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
7.0
Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2020
0.0
Hal
as Self
2019
6.5
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
2018
4.4
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
as Self
2017
0.0
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
7.0
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
0.0
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
6.5
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
2006
0.0
🎬
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
as Self (voice)
2006
6.0
Going Shopping
as Winnie
2005
3.7
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
as Self
2003
0.0
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
8.0
The Omen Legacy
as Self
2001
7.0
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as Self
2001
0.0
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001
7.8
The Amati Girls
as Aunt Spendora
2001
2.5
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Harper
2000
4.9
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as Narrator
2000
6.0
Poor Liza
as Countess Ekaterina
2000
0.0
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Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
as Narrator
1999
0.0
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Say It, Fight It, Cure It
as Narrator/Host
1997
0.0
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
1997
6.6
The Substance of Fire
as Cora Cahn
1996
7.1
It's My Party
as Amalia Stark
1996
6.1
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Narrator
1995
7.0
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Under Heat
as Jane
1994
3.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Women on Trial
as Narrator
1992
0.0
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
6.7
Citizen Cohn
as Dora Cohn
1992
6.0
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
as Narrator
1992
7.3
In My Daughter's Name
as Maureen Leeds
1992
6.2
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Carol Gertz
1992
5.5
Defending Your Life
as Lena Foster
1991
6.9
She Said No
as D.A. Doris Cantore
1990
8.0
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1990
0.0
Battered
as Narrator
1989
7.5
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
1989
0.0
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
6.5
Empty Nest
1988
5.8
Calling the Shots
as Self
1988
0.0
The Big Town
as Ferguson Edwards
1987
5.6
Down and Out in America
as Narrator (voice)
1986
6.6
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Wedden, dat..?
as Self
1986
8.0
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Rachele Mussolini
1985
4.8
What Sex Am I?
as Self
1985
4.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
6.8
Teachers
as Dr. Donna Burke
1984
5.6
A Billion for Boris
as Sascha Harris
1984
6.0
When Women Kill
as Herself
1983
6.0
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Lillian Farmer
1983
7.0
Bare Essence
as Ava Marshall
1982
1.0
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
1982
0.0
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
1982
5.5
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
as Narrator
1982
0.0
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Maxine Lochman
1982
6.5
For Ladies Only
as Anne Holt
1981
3.6
The Willmar 8
as Narrator
1981
6.0
The Million Dollar Face
as Evalyna
1981
0.0
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
1981
5.2
Tell Me a Riddle
as Flight Attendant (voice)
1980
6.0
Little Miss Marker
as The Judge
1980
6.6
You Can't Go Home Again
as Esther Jack
1979
1.0
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Clarisse Ethridge
1979
5.7
Backstairs at the White House
as Grace Coolidge
1979
5.9
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
1978
0.5
The Swarm
as Anne MacGregor
1978
5.0
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
1978
6.4
The Mafu Cage
as Ellen
1978
5.8
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
1977
5.6
The Spell
as Marion Matchett
1977
5.0
Voyage of the Damned
as Lili Rosen
1976
6.0
Perilous Voyage
as Virginia Monroe
1976
0.0
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
1976
6.0
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Fay
as Fay Stewart
1975
5.0
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
1975
6.0
The Seagull
as Irina Arkadina
1975
0.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Internecine Project
as Jean Robertson
1974
5.9
Why Me?
as Narrator/Self
1974
0.0
What Are Best Friends For?
as Adele Ross
1973
0.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Partners in Crime
as Judge Meredith Leland
1973
2.0
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Ellie Schuster
1972
0.0
Ransom for a Dead Man
as Leslie Williams
1972
7.3
Portnoy's Complaint
as Sophie Portnoy
1972
4.3
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley
1971
6.1
The Neon Ceiling
as Carrie Miller
1971
7.7
Great Performances
as Irina Arkadina
1971
5.8
Great Performances
1971
5.8
Night Slaves
as Marjorie Howard
1970
5.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Bullard
1970
6.8
The Landlord
as Joyce Enders
1970
5.8
Marooned
as Celia Pruett
1969
5.9
The Big Bounce
as Joanne
1969
4.9
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Fritzie Braddock
1968
5.8
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
The Name of the Game
as Edwina Booker
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
as Laura
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
1967
6.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967
7.7
Divorce American Style
as Dede Murphy
1967
5.6
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Deadlock
as Virginia Cloyd
1967
0.0
Ironside
as Francesca Kirby
1967
6.8
Mission: Impossible
as Susan Buchanan
1966
7.6
ABC Stage 67
as Laura
1966
6.2
ABC Stage 67
as Ruth
1966
6.2
The Big Valley
as Rosemary
1965
6.1
Peyton Place
as Stella Chernak
1964
6.1
Pie in the Sky
as Suzy
1964
0.0
An Affair of the Skin
as Katherine McCleod
1963
0.0
🎬
Festival
as Lizzie
1963
8.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Virginia Cloyd
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Millie Hallop
1963
7.2
The Balcony
as Carmen
1963
5.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Defenders
as Norma Burgess
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Maria Edwards
1961
5.9
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
1959
0.0
Middle of the Night
as Marilyn
1959
6.9
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
1958
5.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Storm Fear
as Edna
1955
6.0
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Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Detective Story
as Shoplifter
1951
7.0
Studio One
as Emily Brooks
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3