Lee Grant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-31 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 she also won a Directors Guild of America Award for Nobody's Child.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

  • Empty Nest

    Empty Nest

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

    Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

    Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Airport '77

    Airport '77

  • The Seagull

    The Seagull

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

    Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • Marooned

    Marooned

  • The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

    The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

  • Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

    Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Hal

    Hal

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

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

  • The Swarm

    The Swarm

  • Detective Story

    Detective Story

  • Shampoo

    Shampoo

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Balcony

    The Balcony

  • Plaza Suite

    Plaza Suite

  • Night Slaves

    Night Slaves

  • Under Heat

    Under Heat

  • Damien - Omen II

    Damien - Omen II

  • Teachers

    Teachers

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Landlord

    The Landlord

  • A Billion for Boris

    A Billion for Boris

  • In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

  • Why Me?

    Why Me?

  • The Spell

    The Spell

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • Dr. T & the Women

    Dr. T & the Women

  • Defending Your Life

    Defending Your Life

  • Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

  • Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

  • Plaza Suite

    Plaza Suite

  • Battered

    Battered

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

    Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

  • A Crime to Fit the Punishment

    A Crime to Fit the Punishment

  • Down and Out in America

    Down and Out in America

  • Ransom for a Dead Man

    Ransom for a Dead Man

  • There Was a Crooked Man...

    There Was a Crooked Man...

  • Perilous Voyage

    Perilous Voyage

  • It's My Party

    It's My Party

  • The Big Bounce

    The Big Bounce

  • The Big Town

    The Big Town

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • The Internecine Project

    The Internecine Project

  • Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

  • The Willmar 8

    The Willmar 8

  • Women on Trial

    Women on Trial

  • The Neon Ceiling

    The Neon Ceiling

  • Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

  • The Omen Legacy

    The Omen Legacy

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

  • Middle of the Night

    Middle of the Night

  • The Substance of Fire

    The Substance of Fire

  • Will There Really Be a Morning?

    Will There Really Be a Morning?

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

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • The Mafu Cage

    The Mafu Cage

  • Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

  • What Are Best Friends For?

    What Are Best Friends For?

  • Poor Liza

    Poor Liza

  • Killian & the Comeback Kids

    Killian & the Comeback Kids

  • The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

    The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

  • Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

    Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

  • When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

    When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Portnoy's Complaint

    Portnoy's Complaint

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill

    Thou Shalt Not Kill

  • An Affair of the Skin

    An Affair of the Skin

  • Little Miss Marker

    Little Miss Marker

  • Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

  • Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

    Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

  • The Million Dollar Face

    The Million Dollar Face

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

  • You Can't Go Home Again

    You Can't Go Home Again

  • Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

  • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

    Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • In My Daughter's Name

    In My Daughter's Name

  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

  • Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

  • When Women Kill

    When Women Kill

  • Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

  • Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

    Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

  • The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor

  • Fay

    Fay

  • Tribute To Burgess Meredith

    Tribute To Burgess Meredith

  • She Said No

    She Said No

  • Bare Essence

    Bare Essence

  • Peyton Place

    Peyton Place

  • Visiting Hours

    Visiting Hours

  • Divorce American Style

    Divorce American Style

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • What Sex Am I?

    What Sex Am I?

  • For Ladies Only

    For Ladies Only

  • Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • Going Shopping

    Going Shopping

  • Storm Fear

    Storm Fear

  • The World of Sholom Aleichem

    The World of Sholom Aleichem

  • Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

    Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

  • Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

    Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

  • The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

    The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

  • Say It, Fight It, Cure It

    Say It, Fight It, Cure It