Lee Grant
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday31 October 1925 (100 years old)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits155
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. 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 i…
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026 · self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024 · Self - Actress
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023 · Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020 · Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
2019 · Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017 · Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
Baghdad ER
2006 · Executive Producer
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006 · Miriam (archive footage)
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006 · Self (voice)
Going Shopping
2005 · Winnie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005 · Director
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005 · Producer
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003 · Self
The John Garfield Story
2003 · Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003 · Director
The Omen Legacy
2001 · Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001 · Self
The Gun Deadlock
2001 · Director
Mulholland Drive
2001 · Louise
The Amati Girls
2001 · Aunt Spendora
Dr. T & the Women
2000 · Dr. Harper
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 · Narrator
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 · Director
The Loretta Claiborne Story
2000 · Director
Poor Liza
2000 · Countess Ekaterina
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999 · Narrator
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999 · Director
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999 · Producer
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999 · Director
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997 · Narrator/Host
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997 · Director
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997 · Producer
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
The Substance of Fire
1996 · Cora Cahn
It's My Party
1996 · Amalia Stark
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995 · Narrator
Reunion
1994 · Director
Following Her Heart
1994 · Director
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Under Heat
1994 · Jane
Seasons of the Heart
1994 · Director
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Director
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