Lee Grant

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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mulholland Drive (2001) — Louise
2. In the Heat of the Night (1967) — Mrs. Leslie Colbert
3. Damien - Omen II (1978) — Ann Thorn
4. Dr. T & the Women (2000) — Dr. Harper
5. Airport '77 (1977) — Karen Wallace
6. Defending Your Life (1991) — Lena Foster
7. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Susan Buchanan
8. Shampoo (1975) — Felicia Karpf
9. The Swarm (1978) — Anne MacGregor
10. Detective Story (1951) — Shoplifter
11. Valley of the Dolls (1967) — Miriam Polar
12. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) — Mrs. Bullard
13. Visiting Hours (1982) — Deborah Ballin
14. Marooned (1969) — Celia Pruett
15. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
16. Teachers (1984) — Dr. Donna Burke
17. The Oscars (1953) — Self
18. Voyage of the Damned (1976) — Lili Rosen
19. Ironside (1967) — Francesca Kirby
20. The Fugitive (1963) — Millie Hallop
21. Ransom for a Dead Man (1972) — Leslie Williams
22. The Big Town (1987) — Ferguson Edwards
23. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
24. The Big Valley (1965) — Rosemary
25. Plaza Suite (1971) — Norma Hubley
26. The Landlord (1970) — Joyce Enders
27. Little Miss Marker (1980) — The Judge
28. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024) — Self - Actress
29. It's My Party (1996) — Amalia Stark
30. Middle of the Night (1959) — Marilyn
31. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
32. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
33. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) — Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
34. The Spell (1977) — Marion Matchett
35. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) — Fritzie Braddock
36. The Mafu Cage (1978) — Ellen
37. Empty Nest (1988)
38. The Internecine Project (1974) — Jean Robertson
39. Citizen Cohn (1992) — Dora Cohn
40. The Mod Squad (1968)

Directed

1. ABC Afterschool Special (1972) — Director
2. Staying Together (1989) — Director
3. No Place Like Home (1989) — Director
4. Down and Out in America (1986) — Director
5. Seasons of the Heart (1994) — Director
6. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
7. What Sex Am I? (1985) — Director
8. A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) — Director
9. Tell Me a Riddle (1980) — Director
10. The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003) — Director
11. Intimate Portrait (1993) — Director
12. Nobody's Child (1986) — Director
13. Reunion (1994) — Director
14. A Matter of Sex (1984) — Director
15. Following Her Heart (1994) — Director
16. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) — Director
17. For the Use of the Hall (1975) — Director
18. The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000) — Director
19. The Willmar 8 (1981) — Director
20. The Stronger (1976) — Director
21. Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall (1999) — Director
22. Battered (1989) — Director
23. Say It, Fight It, Cure It (1997) — Director
24. Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America (1999) — Director
25. The Gun Deadlock (2001) — Director
26. Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985) — Director
27. When Women Kill (1983) — Director
28. Women on Trial (1992) — Director