Lee Grant
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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
Credits
Mulholland Drive (2001)
as Louise
Damien - Omen II (1978)
as Ann Thorn
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
The Mafu Cage (1978)
as Ellen
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Miriam Polar
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Lili Rosen
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
as Dr. Harper
Defending Your Life (1991)
as Lena Foster
Visiting Hours (1982)
as Deborah Ballin
It's My Party (1996)
as Amalia Stark
The Swarm (1978)
as Anne MacGregor
Airport '77 (1977)
as Karen Wallace
Shampoo (1975)
as Felicia Karpf
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as Mrs. Bullard
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Detective Story (1951)
as Shoplifter
Middle of the Night (1959)
as Marilyn
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
as Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
Teachers (1984)
as Dr. Donna Burke
Marooned (1969)
as Celia Pruett
The Big Town (1987)
as Ferguson Edwards
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Ransom for a Dead Man (1972)
as Leslie Williams
Under Heat (1994)
as Jane
The John Garfield Story (2003)
as Self
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
as Fritzie Braddock
Poor Liza (2000)
as Countess Ekaterina
Little Miss Marker (1980)
as The Judge
The Substance of Fire (1996)
as Cora Cahn
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
as Clarisse Ethridge
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
as Self
Divorce American Style (1967)
as Dede Murphy
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
as Carol Gertz
The Internecine Project (1974)
as Jean Robertson
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989)
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972)
as Ellie Schuster
Storm Fear (1955)
as Edna
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
as Lillian Farmer
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1968)
as Laura
The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Evalyna
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
as Flight Attendant (voice)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
as Narrator
She Said No (1990)
as D.A. Doris Cantore
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Perilous Voyage (1976)
as Virginia Monroe
In My Daughter's Name (1992)
as Maureen Leeds
Pie in the Sky (1964)
as Suzy
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
as Narrator
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
as Self
You Can't Go Home Again (1979)
as Esther Jack
A Billion for Boris (1984)
as Sascha Harris
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky (2026)
as Self
What Are Best Friends For? (1973)
as Adele Ross
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood (2023)
as Self
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982)
as Maxine Lochman
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls' (2006)
as Miriam (archive footage)
Plaza Suite (1982)
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Plaza Suite (1971)
as Norma Hubley
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Dora Cohn
The Omen Legacy (2001)
as Self
An Affair of the Skin (1963)
as Katherine McCleod
The Landlord (1970)
as Joyce Enders
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams (1958)
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Night Slaves (1970)
as Marjorie Howard
For Ladies Only (1981)
as Anne Holt
What Sex Am I? (1985)
as Self
The Good Doctor (1978)
as Various Roles
Why Me? (1974)
as Narrator (voice)
Hal (2019)
as Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson (2017)
Actor
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (2001)
as Self
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin (2003)
as Self
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct (2017)
as Self
Down and Out in America (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
Tribute To Burgess Meredith (2006)
as Self (voice)
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors (2014)
Actor
The Big Bounce (1969)
as Joanne
Calling the Shots (1988)
as Self
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Judge Meredith Leland
Going Shopping (2005)
as Winnie
The Neon Ceiling (1971)
as Carrie Miller
The Spell (1977)
as Marion Matchett
Killian & the Comeback Kids (2020)
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (1992)
as Narrator
The Amati Girls (2001)
as Aunt Spendora
Deadlock (1967)
as Virginia Cloyd
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America (1999)
as Narrator
Say It, Fight It, Cure It (1997)
as Narrator/Host
The Balcony (1963)
as Carmen
The Seagull (1975)
as Irina Arkadina
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
as Sophie Portnoy
A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)
as Narrator
When Women Kill (1983)
as Herself
The Willmar 8 (1981)
as Narrator
Women on Trial (1992)
as Narrator
Battered (1989)
as Narrator