Lee Grant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 31, 1925 (age 100)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 137
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
Mulholland Drive
2001Movie
Louise
In the Heat of the Night
1967Movie
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Damien - Omen II
1978Movie
Ann Thorn
Dr. T & the Women
2000Movie
Dr. Harper
Airport '77
1977Movie
Karen Wallace
Defending Your Life
1991Movie
Lena Foster
Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026Movie
Self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024TV
Self - Actress
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023Movie
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021Movie
Self
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020Movie
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
2019Movie
Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018Movie
Narrator (voice)
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017Movie
Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017Movie
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014Movie
Self
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006Movie
Miriam (archive footage)
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006Movie
Self (voice)
Going Shopping
2005Movie
Winnie
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003Movie
Self
The John Garfield Story
2003Movie
Self
The Omen Legacy
2001Movie
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001Movie
Self
Mulholland Drive
2001Movie
Louise
The Amati Girls
2001Movie
Aunt Spendora
Dr. T & the Women
2000Movie
Dr. Harper
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000Movie
Narrator
Poor Liza
2000Movie
Countess Ekaterina
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999Movie
Narrator
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997Movie
Narrator/Host
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997Movie
Self
The Substance of Fire
1996Movie
Cora Cahn
It's My Party
1996Movie
Amalia Stark
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995Movie
Narrator
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Under Heat
1994Movie
Jane
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
Women on Trial
1992Movie
Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
1992Movie
Reader (voice)
Citizen Cohn
1992Movie
Dora Cohn
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
1992Movie
Narrator
In My Daughter's Name
1992Movie
Maureen Leeds
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992Movie
Carol Gertz
Defending Your Life
1991Movie
Lena Foster
She Said No
1990Movie
D.A. Doris Cantore
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990Movie
Self
Battered
1989Movie
Narrator
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989Movie
Marilyn Klinghoffer
Hello Actors Studio
1988Movie
Self
Empty Nest
1988TV
Calling the Shots
1988Movie
Self
The Big Town
1987Movie
Ferguson Edwards
Down and Out in America
1986Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wedden, dat..?
1986TV
Self
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985TV
Rachele Mussolini
What Sex Am I?
1985Movie
Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985TV
Teachers
1984Movie
Dr. Donna Burke
A Billion for Boris
1984Movie
Sascha Harris
When Women Kill
1983Movie
Herself
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983Movie
Lillian Farmer
Bare Essence
1982TV
Ava Marshall
Plaza Suite
1982Movie
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Visiting Hours
1982Movie
Deborah Ballin
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
1982Movie
Narrator
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982Movie
Maxine Lochman
For Ladies Only
1981Movie
Anne Holt
The Willmar 8
1981Movie
Narrator
The Million Dollar Face
1981Movie
Evalyna
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981Movie
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Tell Me a Riddle
1980Movie
Flight Attendant (voice)
Little Miss Marker
1980Movie
The Judge
You Can't Go Home Again
1979Movie
Esther Jack
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979Movie
Clarisse Ethridge
Backstairs at the White House
1979TV
Grace Coolidge
The Good Doctor
1978Movie
Various Roles
The Swarm
1978Movie
Anne MacGregor
Damien - Omen II
1978Movie
Ann Thorn
The Mafu Cage
1978Movie
Ellen
Airport '77
1977Movie
Karen Wallace
The Spell
1977Movie
Marion Matchett
Voyage of the Damned
1976Movie
Lili Rosen
Perilous Voyage
1976Movie
Virginia Monroe
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976Movie
Self
Fay
1975TV
Fay Stewart
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self
Shampoo
1975Movie
Felicia Karpf
The Seagull
1975Movie
Irina Arkadina
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Internecine Project
1974Movie
Jean Robertson
Why Me?
1974Movie
Narrator (voice)
What Are Best Friends For?
1973Movie
Adele Ross
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
Partners in Crime
1973Movie
Judge Meredith Leland
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972Movie
Ellie Schuster
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972Movie
Leslie Williams
Portnoy's Complaint
1972Movie
Sophie Portnoy
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Plaza Suite
1971Movie
Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
1971Movie
Carrie Miller
Great Performances
1971TV
Irina Arkadina
Night Slaves
1970Movie
Marjorie Howard
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970Movie
Mrs. Bullard
The Landlord
1970Movie
Joyce Enders
Marooned
1969Movie
Celia Pruett
The Big Bounce
1969Movie
Joanne
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968Movie
Fritzie Braddock
The Mod Squad
1968TV
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Edwina Booker
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968Movie
Laura
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self
Valley of the Dolls
1967Movie
Miriam Polar
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
In the Heat of the Night
1967Movie
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Divorce American Style
1967Movie
Dede Murphy
Deadlock
1967Movie
Virginia Cloyd
Ironside
1967TV
Francesca Kirby
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Susan Buchanan
ABC Stage 67
1966TV
Laura, Ruth
The Big Valley
1965TV
Rosemary
Peyton Place
1964TV
Stella Chernak
Pie in the Sky
1964Movie
Suzy
An Affair of the Skin
1963Movie
Katherine McCleod
Festival
1963TV
Lizzie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Virginia Cloyd
The Fugitive
1963TV
Millie Hallop
The Balcony
1963Movie
Carmen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Ben Casey
1961TV
The Defenders
1961TV
Norma Burgess, Maria Edwards
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959Movie
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Middle of the Night
1959Movie
Marilyn
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958Movie
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Storm Fear
1955Movie
Edna
Playwrights '56
1955TV
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Detective Story
1951Movie
Shoplifter
Studio One
1948TV
Emily Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV