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