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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…
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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.
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- 2026
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2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
TV show Self - Actress
- 2023
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2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie Self
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2020
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Movie Ms. Hunter (voice)
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2019
Hal
Movie Self
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2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2017
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Movie Self
- 2017
- 2014
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2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie Self
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2006
Baghdad ER
Movie Executive Producer
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2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Movie Miriam (archive footage)
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2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Movie Self (voice)
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2005
Going Shopping
Movie Winnie
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2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Movie Director
More credits
- 2003
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2003
The John Garfield Story
Movie Self
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2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie Director
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2001
The Omen Legacy
Movie Self
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2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Movie Self
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2001
The Gun Deadlock
Movie Director
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2001
Mulholland Drive
Movie Louise
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2001
The Amati Girls
Movie Aunt Spendora
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2000
Dr. T & the Women
Movie Dr. Harper
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2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Movie Narrator
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2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Movie Director
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2000
Poor Liza
Movie Countess Ekaterina
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1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Movie Narrator
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1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Movie Director
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1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Movie Narrator/Host
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1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie Self
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1996
The Substance of Fire
Movie Cora Cahn
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1996
It's My Party
Movie Amalia Stark
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1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Movie Narrator
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1994
Reunion
Movie Director
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1994
Following Her Heart
Movie Director
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1994
Inside the Actors Studio
TV show Self
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1994
Under Heat
Movie Jane
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1994
Seasons of the Heart
Movie Director
