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Lee Grant
Biography:
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) 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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte as Self | 2023-01-23 |
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self | 2021-09-17 |
Killian & the Comeback Kids as Ms. Hunter (voice) | 2020-09-18 |
Hal as Self | 2019-03-28 |
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor as Narrator (voice) | 2018-04-27 |
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct as Self | 2017-04-25 |
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors | 2014-12-31 |
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women as Self | 2014-08-10 |
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Tribute To Burgess Meredith as Self (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
Going Shopping as Winnie | 2005-09-30 |
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin as Self | 2003-09-03 |
The John Garfield Story as Self | 2003-02-03 |
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties as Self | 2001-09-04 |
Mulholland Drive as Louise | 2001-06-06 |
The Amati Girls as Aunt Spendora | 2001-01-09 |
Dr. T & the Women as Dr. Harper | 2000-09-13 |
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light as Narrator | 2000-02-02 |
Poor Liza as Countess Ekaterina | 2000-01-01 |
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America as Narrator | 1999-04-01 |
Mulholland Dr. as Louise Bonner | 1999-01-01 |
Say It, Fight It, Cure It as Narrator/Host | 1997-10-05 |
Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self | 1997-07-08 |
The Substance of Fire as Cora Cahn | 1996-09-11 |
It's My Party as Amalia Stark | 1996-03-22 |
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Narrator | 1995-11-29 |
Under Heat as Jane | 1994-06-01 |
Women on Trial as Narrator | 1992-10-27 |
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
Citizen Cohn as Dora Cohn | 1992-08-22 |
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer as Narrator | 1992-06-16 |
In My Daughter's Name as Maureen Leeds | 1992-05-10 |
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Carol Gertz | 1992-03-26 |
Defending Your Life as Lena Foster | 1991-03-22 |
She Said No as D.A. Doris Cantore | 1990-09-23 |
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self | 1990-08-27 |
Battered as Narrator | 1989-09-12 |
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro as Marilyn Klinghoffer | 1989-02-13 |
Hello Actors Studio as Self | 1988-11-09 |
Calling the Shots as Self | 1988-09-08 |
The Big Town as Ferguson Edwards | 1987-09-25 |
Down and Out in America as Narrator (voice) | 1986-12-01 |
What Sex Am I? as Self | 1985-10-01 |
Teachers as Dr. Donna Burke | 1984-10-05 |
A Billion for Boris as Sascha Harris | 1984-01-01 |
When Women Kill as Herself | 1983-09-06 |
Will There Really Be a Morning? as Lillian Farmer | 1983-02-22 |
Plaza Suite as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash | 1982-05-23 |
Visiting Hours as Deborah Ballin | 1982-05-21 |
A Crime to Fit the Punishment as Narrator | 1982-05-01 |
Thou Shalt Not Kill as Maxine Lochman | 1982-04-12 |
For Ladies Only as Anne Holt | 1981-11-09 |
The Willmar 8 as Narrator | 1981-04-21 |
The Million Dollar Face as Evalyna | 1981-03-12 |
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz | 1981-02-13 |
Tell Me a Riddle as Flight Attendant (voice) | 1980-12-15 |
Little Miss Marker as The Judge | 1980-03-21 |
You Can't Go Home Again as Esther Jack | 1979-04-25 |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? as Clarisse Ethridge | 1979-02-09 |
The Good Doctor as Various Roles | 1978-11-08 |
The Swarm as Anne MacGregor | 1978-07-14 |
Damien: Omen II as Ann Thorn | 1978-06-09 |
The Mafu Cage as Ellen | 1978-03-19 |
Airport '77 as Karen Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
The Spell as Marion Matchett | 1977-02-20 |
Voyage of the Damned as Lili Rosen | 1976-12-22 |
Perilous Voyage as Virginia Monroe | 1976-06-29 |
TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self | 1976-03-30 |
Shampoo as Felicia Karpf | 1975-02-11 |
The Seagull as Irina Arkadina | 1975-01-05 |
The Internecine Project as Jean Robertson | 1974-07-24 |
Why Me? as Narrator/Self | 1974-05-13 |
What Are Best Friends For? as Adele Ross | 1973-12-18 |
Partners in Crime as Judge Meredith Leland | 1973-03-24 |
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife as Ellie Schuster | 1972-10-11 |
Ransom for a Dead Man as Leslie Williams | 1972-10-09 |
Portnoy's Complaint as Sophie Portnoy | 1972-06-19 |
Plaza Suite as Norma Hubley | 1971-05-12 |
The Neon Ceiling as Carrie Miller | 1971-02-08 |
Night Slaves as Marjorie Howard | 1970-09-29 |
There Was a Crooked Man... as Mrs. Bullard | 1970-09-18 |
The Landlord as Joyce Enders | 1970-05-20 |
Marooned as Celia Pruett | 1969-12-11 |
The Big Bounce as Joanne | 1969-03-05 |
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Fritzie Braddock | 1968-10-23 |
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski as Laura | 1968-05-10 |
Valley of the Dolls as Miriam Polar | 1967-12-27 |
In the Heat of the Night as Mrs. Leslie Colbert | 1967-08-02 |
Divorce American Style as Dede Murphy | 1967-06-21 |
Deadlock as Virginia Cloyd | 1967-05-17 |
Pie in the Sky as Suzy | 1964-01-01 |
An Affair of the Skin as Katherine McCleod | 1963-11-20 |
The Balcony as Carmen | 1963-03-21 |
The World of Sholom Aleichem as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel | 1959-12-14 |
Middle of the Night as Marilyn | 1959-05-20 |
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | 1958-04-15 |
Storm Fear as Edna | 1955-12-16 |
Detective Story as Shoplifter | 1951-11-01 |