Acting credits
126
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Lee Grant
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 109Series: 33Crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 30123
IMDb ID: nm0335519
Known for: Acting
Born: October 31, 1925
Age: 100
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2026
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q230184
Also known as
Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
Other jobs
Director (22)Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)
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 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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Lee Grant.
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
as Self
2026 Movie
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self
2023 Movie
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021 Movie
Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2020 Movie
Hal
as Self
2019 Movie
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
2018 Movie
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
as Self
2017 Movie
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017 Movie
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014 Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014 Movie
Baghdad ER
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
2006 Movie
Going Shopping
as Winnie
2005 Movie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director
2005 Movie
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
as Self
2003 Movie
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003 Movie
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
2003 Movie
The Omen Legacy
as Self
2001 Movie
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as Self
2001 Movie
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001 Movie
The Amati Girls
as Aunt Spendora
2001 Movie
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Harper
2000 Movie
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as Narrator
2000 Movie
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lee Grant.
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
as Self - Actress • 1 eps
2024 Series
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
Intimate Portrait
as Self • 2 eps
1993 Series
Empty Nest
1 eps
1988 Series
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Rachele Mussolini • 4 eps
1985 Series
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1 eps
1985 Series
Bare Essence
as Ava Marshall • 2 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
Director • 1 eps
1982 Series
Backstairs at the White House
as Grace Coolidge • 4 eps
1979 Series
People's Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
Dinah!
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 2 eps
1973 Series
ABC Afterschool Special
Director • 1 eps
1972 Series
Great Performances
as Irina Arkadina • 1 eps
1971 Series
The Mod Squad
1 eps
1968 Series
The Name of the Game
as Edwina Booker • 1 eps
1968 Series
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 1 eps
1968 Series
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
1967 Series
Ironside
as Francesca Kirby • 1 eps
1967 Series
Mission: Impossible
as Susan Buchanan • 1 eps
1966 Series
ABC Stage 67
as Laura • 1 eps
1966 Series
The Big Valley
as Rosemary • 1 eps
1965 Series
Peyton Place
as Stella Chernak • 514 eps
1964 Series