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Lee Grant
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn October 31, 1925 (100 years)
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.
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.
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Lee Grant Filmography
| 2020 | Killian & the Comeback Kids · as Ms. Hunter (voice) |
| 2018 | Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Going Shopping · as Winnie |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive · as Louise |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women · as Dr. Harper |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light · as Narrator |
| 2000 | The Amati Girls · as Aunt Spendora |
| 2000 | Poor Liza · as Countess Ekaterina |
| 1999 | Mulholland Dr. · as Louise Bonner |
| 1996 | The Substance of Fire · as Cora Cahn |
| 1996 | It's My Party · as Amalia Stark |
| 1994 | Under Heat · as Jane |
| 1993 | White Fang (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn · as Dora Cohn |
| 1992 | The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer · as Narrator |
| 1992 | In My Daughter's Name · as Maureen Leeds |
| 1992 | Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story · as Carol Gertz |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life · as Lena Foster |
| 1990 | She Said No · as D.a. Doris Cantore |
| 1989 | Battered · as Narrator |
| 1989 | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro · as Marilyn Klinghoffer |
| 1988 | Empty Nest (TV Series) |
| 1987 | The Big Town · as Ferguson Edwards |
| 1985 | Down and Out in America · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Rachele Mussolini |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Teachers · as Dr. Donna Burke |
| 1984 | Billions for Boris · as Sascha Harris |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? · as Lillian Farmer |
| 1982 | Bare Essence · as Ava Marshall |
| 1982 | Visiting Hours · as Deborah Ballin |
| 1981 | For Ladies Only · as Anne Holt |
| 1981 | The Willmar 8 · as Narrator |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face · as Evalyna |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen · as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz |
| 1980 | Tell Me a Riddle · as Flight Attendant (voice) |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker · as The Judge |
| 1979 | When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? · as Clarisse Ethridge |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Grace Coolidge |
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| 1978 | Damien: Omen II · as Ann Thorn |
| 1978 | The Mafu Cage · as Ellen |
| 1977 | Airport '77 · as Karen Wallace |
| 1977 | The Spell · as Marion Matchett |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned · as Lili Rosen |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time (TV Series) · as Ellie |
| 1975 | Shampoo · as Felicia Karpf |
| 1974 | The Internecine Project · as Jean Robertson |
| 1972 | Portnoy's Complaint · as Sophie Portnoy |
| 1971 | Plaza Suite · as Norma Hubley |
| 1971 | Ransom for a Dead Man · as Leslie Williams |
| 1971 | The Neon Ceiling · as Carrie Miller |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Irina Arkadina |
| 1970 | Night Slaves · as Marjorie Howard |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... · as Mrs. Bullard |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Jennifer Carlyle |
| 1970 | The Landlord · as Joyce Enders |
| 1969 | Marooned · as Celia Pruett |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Veronica Steele |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) · as Karen Harper |
| 1969 | The Big Bounce · as Joanne |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell · as Fritzie Braddock |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Edwina Booker |
| 1967 | Valley of the Dolls · as Miriam Polar |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Francesca Kirby |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night · as Mrs. Leslie Colbert |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style · as Dede Murphy |
| 1966 | The Last Generation · as Cast |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Susan Buchanan |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Laura |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Rosemary |
| 1965 | For the People (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Vera Donlon |
| 1964 | Peyton Place (TV Series) · as Stella Chernak |
| 1964 | Terror in the City · as Suzy |
| 1963 | An Affair of the Skin · as Katherine Mccleod |
| 1963 | The Balcony · as Carmen |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Virginia Cloyd |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Nora Best |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Millie Hallop |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Cleo Tanner |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Norma Burgess |
| 1961 | Great Ghost Tales (TV Series) · as Lucy Morrison |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as 'bontche Schweig') |
| 1959 | Brenner (TV Series) · as Addie Palmer |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Marilyn |
| 1955 | Storm Fear · as Edna |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Lennie Converse |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Detective Story · as Shoplifter |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Rose Peterson #1 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Emily Brooks |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Jane - Story #3 |
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
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| 2018 | TVTV: Video Revolutionaries · as Self |
| 2018 | Hal · as Self |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self - Blacklisted Actress |
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| 2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde · as Self |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story · as Self |
| 2001 | The Omen Legacy · as Self |
| 2001 | Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties · as Self |
| 1999 | The Century: America's Time (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1995 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | What Sex Am I? · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1983 | When Women Kill · as Herself |
| 1983 | America Undercover (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1977 | The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1976 | TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1976 | The 48th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The Mac Davis Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Tattletales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | The 43rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) |
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| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) |
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| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) |
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| 1983 | America Undercover (TV Series) |
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| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Baghdad ER · as Executive Producer |
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| 1983 | America Undercover (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) |
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