Lee Grant
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Oct 31 1925
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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 divor…
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The Fugitive
Millie Hallop
Great Performances
Irina Arkadina
Mission: Impossible
Susan Buchanan
Ironside
Francesca Kirby
ABC Afterschool Special
Directing
Studio One
Emily Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Defenders
Norma Burgess
Ben Casey
People's Choice Awards
Self
The Name of the Game
Edwina Booker
The Big Valley
Rosemary
Dinah!
Self
The Oscars
Self
Empty Nest
The Mod Squad
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Judd for the Defense
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Festival
Lizzie
Mulholland Drive
Louise
ABC Stage 67
Laura
Wedden, dat..?
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
In the Heat of the Night
Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Airport '77
Karen Wallace
Shampoo
Felicia Karpf
Playwrights '56
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Rachele Mussolini
Defending Your Life
Lena Foster
Damien - Omen II
Ann Thorn
The Swarm
Anne MacGregor
Detective Story
Shoplifter
Teachers
Dr. Donna Burke
Marooned
Celia Pruett
Valley of the Dolls
Miriam Polar
Backstairs at the White House
Grace Coolidge
The Mafu Cage
Ellen
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Harper
Voyage of the Damned
Lili Rosen
The Big Town
Ferguson Edwards
Fay
Fay Stewart
Bare Essence
Ava Marshall
Hal
Self
The Substance of Fire
Cora Cahn
It's My Party
Amalia Stark
Peyton Place
Stella Chernak
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Middle of the Night
Marilyn
Visiting Hours
Deborah Ballin
The Spell
Marion Matchett
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Divorce American Style
Dede Murphy
Staying Together
Directing
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
Reunion
Directing
Ransom for a Dead Man
Leslie Williams
The Big Bounce
Joanne
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Storm Fear
Edna
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Little Miss Marker
The Judge
No Place Like Home
Directing
Citizen Cohn
Dora Cohn
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Lillian Farmer
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Fritzie Braddock
There Was a Crooked Man...
Mrs. Bullard
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
Partners in Crime
Judge Meredith Leland
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Maxine Lochman
She Said No
D.A. Doris Cantore
Nobody's Child
Directing
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
The Landlord
Joyce Enders
The Omen Legacy
Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Narrator
You Can't Go Home Again
Esther Jack
The Internecine Project
Jean Robertson
Seasons of the Heart
Directing
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Carol Gertz
Night Slaves
Marjorie Howard
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Marilyn Klinghoffer
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Ellie Schuster
The Million Dollar Face
Evalyna
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Clarisse Ethridge
The Balcony
Carmen
The Stronger
Writing
Down and Out in America
Narrator (voice)
Going Shopping
Winnie
Portnoy's Complaint
Sophie Portnoy
Following Her Heart
Directing
Deadlock
Virginia Cloyd
A Matter of Sex
Directing
A Billion for Boris
Sascha Harris
In My Daughter's Name
Maureen Leeds
The Amati Girls
Aunt Spendora
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley
The World of Sholom Aleichem
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Self
An Affair of the Skin
Katherine McCleod
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Directing
Baghdad ER
Production
For Ladies Only
Anne Holt
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Directing
For the Use of the Hall
Directing
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Calling the Shots
Self
Pie in the Sky
Suzy
Tell Me a Riddle
Flight Attendant (voice)
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
Poor Liza
Countess Ekaterina
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Narrator
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Directing
Under Heat
Jane
Why Me?
Narrator/Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Self (voice)
What Are Best Friends For?
Adele Ross
The Gun Deadlock
Directing
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Laura
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Directing
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Directing
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Narrator
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Miriam (archive footage)
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Narrator
Perilous Voyage
Virginia Monroe
The Neon Ceiling
Carrie Miller
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Narrator/Host
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
The Willmar 8
Narrator
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
Narrator
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Narrator (voice)
What Sex Am I?
Self
Women on Trial
Narrator
When Women Kill
Herself
Battered
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter