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Lee Grant

Lee Grant

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1925-10-31

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Billion for Boris

A Billion for Boris

1984

6.0

Movie
A Crime to Fit the Punishment

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

ABC Stage 67

1966

6.0

TV
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

2014

0.0

Movie
Airport '77

Airport '77

1977

5.6

Movie
An Affair of the Skin

An Affair of the Skin

1963

0.0

Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Movie
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Backstairs at the White House

1979

5.9

TV
poster

Bare Essence

1982

0.0

TV
Battered

Battered

1989

0.0

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
poster

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.5

TV
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021

8.0

Movie
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1968

5.9

Movie
Calling the Shots

Calling the Shots

1988

0.0

Movie
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

5.2

Movie
Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

1992

6.3

Movie
poster

Columbo

1971

8.1

TV
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

1999

0.0

Movie
Damien: Omen II

Damien: Omen II

1978

6.4

Movie
Deadlock

Deadlock

1967

0.0

Movie
Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life

1991

6.9

Movie
Detective Story

Detective Story

1951

7.0

Movie
poster

Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
Divorce American Style

Divorce American Style

1967

5.8

Movie
Down and Out in America

Down and Out in America

1986

6.6

Movie
Dr. T & the Women

Dr. T & the Women

2000

4.9

Movie
Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992

6.7

Movie
poster

Empty Nest

1988

5.8

TV
poster

Fay

1975

5.0

TV
For Ladies Only

For Ladies Only

1981

4.0

Movie
Going Shopping

Going Shopping

2005

4.5

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
Hal

Hal

2019

6.5

Movie
Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

1988

6.0

Movie
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

2001

0.0

Movie
In My Daughter's Name

In My Daughter's Name

1992

5.3

Movie
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1967

7.6

Movie
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
It's My Party

It's My Party

1996

6.3

Movie
poster

Judd for the Defense

1967

7.5

TV
Killian & the Comeback Kids

Killian & the Comeback Kids

2020

0.0

Movie
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

1972

0.0

Movie
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1980

6.5

Movie
Marooned

Marooned

1969

5.9

Movie
Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1959

7.0

Movie
poster

Mission: Impossible

1966

7.6

TV
Mulholland Dr.

Mulholland Dr.

1999

7.8

Movie
Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

2001

7.8

Movie
poster

Mussolini: The Untold Story

1985

5.2

TV
Night Slaves

Night Slaves

1970

6.2

Movie
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1973

2.0

Movie
Perilous Voyage

Perilous Voyage

1976

0.0

Movie
poster

Peyton Place

1964

6.6

TV
Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1964

0.0

Movie
poster

Playwrights '56

1955

6.0

TV
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

1971

6.0

Movie
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

1982

0.0

Movie
Poor Liza

Poor Liza

2000

0.0

Movie
Portnoy's Complaint

Portnoy's Complaint

1972

4.5

Movie
Ransom for a Dead Man

Ransom for a Dead Man

1972

7.2

Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014

6.5

Movie
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

1995

7.0

Movie
poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967

6.4

TV
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990

0.0

Movie
Say It, Fight It, Cure It

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

1997

0.0

Movie
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

2018

5.2

Movie
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

2017

0.0

Movie
Shampoo

Shampoo

1975

6.0

Movie
She Said No

She Said No

1990

6.0

Movie
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

2023

9.0

Movie
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000

6.0

Movie
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992

5.4

Movie
Storm Fear

Storm Fear

1955

6.0

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Teachers

Teachers

1984

5.6

Movie
Tell Me a Riddle

Tell Me a Riddle

1980

6.0

Movie
The Amati Girls

The Amati Girls

2001

2.5

Movie
poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

6.3

TV
The Balcony

The Balcony

1963

5.2

Movie
The Big Bounce

The Big Bounce

1969

5.2

Movie
The Big Town

The Big Town

1987

5.4

Movie
poster

The Big Valley

1965

6.0

TV
poster

The Defenders

1961

6.2

TV
poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

6.7

TV
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

1978

0.5

Movie
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

0.0

Movie
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

1992

7.2

Movie
The Internecine Project

The Internecine Project

1974

6.0

Movie
The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

2003

8.0

Movie
The Landlord

The Landlord

1970

5.8

Movie
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968

0.0

Movie
The Mafu Cage

The Mafu Cage

1978

6.3

Movie
The Million Dollar Face

The Million Dollar Face

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

The Mod Squad

1968

6.5

TV
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
The Neon Ceiling

The Neon Ceiling

1971

7.7

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.0

TV
poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

6.9

TV
The Seagull

The Seagull

1975

0.0

Movie
The Spell

The Spell

1977

4.9

Movie
The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire

1996

6.3

Movie
The Swarm

The Swarm

1978

5.0

Movie
The Willmar 8

The Willmar 8

1981

6.0

Movie
The World of Sholom Aleichem

The World of Sholom Aleichem

1959

0.0

Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

6.8

Movie
Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1982

6.5

Movie
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

1958

5.0

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Tribute To Burgess Meredith

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

2006

6.0

Movie
TVTV Looks at the Oscars

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

1976

6.0

Movie
Under Heat

Under Heat

1994

4.0

Movie
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967

6.0

Movie
Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

1982

5.6

Movie
Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976

5.9

Movie
poster

Wedden, dat..?

1986

0.0

TV
What Are Best Friends For?

What Are Best Friends For?

1973

0.0

Movie
What Sex Am I?

What Sex Am I?

1985

5.6

Movie
When Women Kill

When Women Kill

1983

6.0

Movie
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

1979

6.2

Movie
Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

6.6

Movie
Why Me?

Why Me?

1974

0.0

Movie
Will There Really Be a Morning?

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983

7.0

Movie
Women on Trial

Women on Trial

1992

0.0

Movie
You Can't Go Home Again

You Can't Go Home Again

1979

1.0

Movie