LEE GRANT

Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 31, 1925
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

Starring

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

Production

2006·
Baghdad ER
Executive Producer
2005·
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Producer, Director
2003·
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
2001·
The Gun Deadlock
Director
2000·
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Director
2000·
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
1999·
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Director
1999·
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Producer, Director
1997·
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Producer, Director
1994·
Following Her Heart
Director
1994·
Reunion
Director
1994·
Seasons of the Heart
Director
1993·
Intimate Portrait
Writer, Director
1992·
Women on Trial
Producer, Director
1989·
No Place Like Home
Director
1989·
Staying Together
Director
1989·
Battered
Producer, Director
1986·
Down and Out in America
Director
1986·
Nobody's Child
Director
1985·
What Sex Am I?
Director
1985·
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Director
1984·
A Matter of Sex
Director
1983·
When Women Kill
Director
1981·
The Willmar 8
Director, Writer
1980·
Tell Me a Riddle
Director
1976·
The Stronger
Director, Writer
1975·
For the Use of the Hall
Director
1972·
ABC Afterschool Special
Director