Lee Grant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-31 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Lee Grant

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Empty Nest

    Empty Nest

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

  • Ransom for a Dead Man

    Ransom for a Dead Man

  • Storm Fear

    Storm Fear

  • The Swarm

    The Swarm

  • Damien - Omen II

    Damien - Omen II

  • Marooned

    Marooned

  • In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Substance of Fire

    The Substance of Fire

  • Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

    Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Airport '77

    Airport '77

  • Defending Your Life

    Defending Your Life

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • Women on Trial

    Women on Trial

  • Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

    Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

  • Will There Really Be a Morning?

    Will There Really Be a Morning?

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • A Billion for Boris

    A Billion for Boris

  • The Big Bounce

    The Big Bounce

  • Dr. T & the Women

    Dr. T & the Women

  • The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

    The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

  • Teachers

    Teachers

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

    Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

  • Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

  • The Big Town

    The Big Town

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

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

  • Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

    Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

  • Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

  • Detective Story

    Detective Story

  • The Internecine Project

    The Internecine Project

  • Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

  • When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

    When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

  • Middle of the Night

    Middle of the Night

  • Down and Out in America

    Down and Out in America

  • Hal

    Hal

  • Going Shopping

    Going Shopping

  • The Seagull

    The Seagull

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • What Are Best Friends For?

    What Are Best Friends For?

  • Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

  • The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

    The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

  • There Was a Crooked Man...

    There Was a Crooked Man...

  • The Willmar 8

    The Willmar 8

  • Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

  • Under Heat

    Under Heat

  • The Balcony

    The Balcony

  • Portnoy's Complaint

    Portnoy's Complaint

  • Night Slaves

    Night Slaves

  • An Affair of the Skin

    An Affair of the Skin

  • The Omen Legacy

    The Omen Legacy

  • Shampoo

    Shampoo

  • In My Daughter's Name

    In My Daughter's Name

  • Citizen Cohn

    Citizen Cohn

  • Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

  • The Spell

    The Spell

  • Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

    Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

  • The Mafu Cage

    The Mafu Cage

  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • The Landlord

    The Landlord

  • The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill

    Thou Shalt Not Kill

  • Tribute To Burgess Meredith

    Tribute To Burgess Meredith

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

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • Peyton Place

    Peyton Place

  • Fay

    Fay

  • Killian & the Comeback Kids

    Killian & the Comeback Kids

  • Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

  • Plaza Suite

    Plaza Suite

  • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

    Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

  • You Can't Go Home Again

    You Can't Go Home Again

  • It's My Party

    It's My Party

  • She Said No

    She Said No

  • The Neon Ceiling

    The Neon Ceiling

  • The Million Dollar Face

    The Million Dollar Face

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Bare Essence

    Bare Essence

  • A Crime to Fit the Punishment

    A Crime to Fit the Punishment

  • Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

    Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

  • Divorce American Style

    Divorce American Style

  • Why Me?

    Why Me?

  • Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

  • Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

    Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

  • Plaza Suite

    Plaza Suite

  • Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

    Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

  • The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor

  • Little Miss Marker

    Little Miss Marker

  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

  • When Women Kill

    When Women Kill

  • Perilous Voyage

    Perilous Voyage

  • For Ladies Only

    For Ladies Only

  • Poor Liza

    Poor Liza

  • Visiting Hours

    Visiting Hours

  • The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

  • Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

    Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

  • Battered

    Battered

  • The World of Sholom Aleichem

    The World of Sholom Aleichem

  • What Sex Am I?

    What Sex Am I?

  • The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

    The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

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

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

  • Say It, Fight It, Cure It

    Say It, Fight It, Cure It