Acting
Lee Grant
EN, DE cinema · 116 credits
Born
31 October 1925 (age 101)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
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
Filmography
Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
as Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
Baghdad ER
Executive Producer
Going Shopping
as Winnie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director, Producer
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
The Amati Girls
as Aunt Spendora
The Omen Legacy
as Self
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Harper
Poor Liza
as Countess Ekaterina
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as Narrator, Director
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
as Narrator, Director, Producer
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
as Narrator/Host, Director, Producer
The Substance of Fire
as Cora Cahn
It's My Party
as Amalia Stark
Under Heat
as Jane
Seasons of the Heart
Director
Reunion
Director
Following Her Heart
Director
Citizen Cohn
as Dora Cohn
Women on Trial
as Narrator, Director, Producer
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
In My Daughter's Name
as Maureen Leeds
Defending Your Life
as Lena Foster
She Said No
as D.A. Doris Cantore
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
Battered
as Narrator, Director, Producer
Staying Together
Director
No Place Like Home
Director
The Big Town
as Ferguson Edwards
Down and Out in America
as Narrator (voice), Director
Nobody's Child
Director
What Sex Am I?
as Self, Director
Teachers
as Dr. Donna Burke
A Billion for Boris
as Sascha Harris
A Matter of Sex
Director
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Lillian Farmer
When Women Kill
as Herself, Director
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
as Narrator
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Maxine Lochman
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
For Ladies Only
as Anne Holt
The Willmar 8
as Narrator, Writer, Director
The Million Dollar Face
as Evalyna
Little Miss Marker
as The Judge
Tell Me a Riddle
as Flight Attendant (voice), Director
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Clarisse Ethridge
You Can't Go Home Again
as Esther Jack
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
The Swarm
as Anne MacGregor
The Mafu Cage
as Ellen
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
The Spell
as Marion Matchett
Voyage of the Damned
as Lili Rosen
Perilous Voyage
as Virginia Monroe
The Stronger
Writer, Director
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
The Seagull
as Irina Arkadina
The Internecine Project
as Jean Robertson
Why Me?
as Narrator (voice)
What Are Best Friends For?
as Adele Ross
Partners in Crime
as Judge Meredith Leland
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Ellie Schuster
Portnoy's Complaint
as Sophie Portnoy
Ransom for a Dead Man
as Leslie Williams
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
as Carrie Miller
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Bullard
The Landlord
as Joyce Enders
Night Slaves
as Marjorie Howard
Marooned
as Celia Pruett
The Big Bounce
as Joanne
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Fritzie Braddock
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Deadlock
1967
Deadlock
as Virginia Cloyd
Divorce American Style
as Dede Murphy
Pie in the Sky
as Suzy
The Balcony
as Carmen
An Affair of the Skin
as Katherine McCleod
Middle of the Night
as Marilyn
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Storm Fear
as Edna
Detective Story
as Shoplifter