Acting
Lee Grant
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.
Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Film · 2026
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Series · 2024
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Film · 2023
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Film · 2021
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Film · 2020
Hal
Film · 2019
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Film · 2018
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
Film · 2017
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Film · 2017
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Film · 2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Film · 2014
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Film · 2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Film · 2006
Going Shopping
Film · 2005
The John Garfield Story
Film · 2003
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Film · 2003
Mulholland Drive
Film · 2001
The Amati Girls
Film · 2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Film · 2001
The Omen Legacy
Film · 2001
Dr. T & the Women
Film · 2000
Poor Liza
Film · 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Film · 2000
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Film · 1999
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Film · 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Film · 1997
The Substance of Fire
Film · 1996
It's My Party
Film · 1996
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Film · 1995
Under Heat
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
Film · 1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Film · 1992
Citizen Cohn
Film · 1992
Women on Trial
Film · 1992
Earth and the American Dream
Film · 1992
In My Daughter's Name
Film · 1992
Defending Your Life
Film · 1991
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Film · 1990
She Said No
Film · 1990
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
Film · 1989
Battered
Film · 1989
Hello Actors Studio
Film · 1988
Calling the Shots
Film · 1988
Empty Nest
Series · 1988
The Big Town
Film · 1987
Down and Out in America
Film · 1986
Wedden, dat..?
Series · 1986
What Sex Am I?
Film · 1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Series · 1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Series · 1985
Teachers
Film · 1984
A Billion for Boris
Film · 1984
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Film · 1983
When Women Kill
Film · 1983
Visiting Hours
Film · 1982
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Film · 1982
Plaza Suite
Film · 1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Film · 1982
Bare Essence
Series · 1982
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Film · 1981
For Ladies Only
Film · 1981
The Willmar 8
Film · 1981
The Million Dollar Face
Film · 1981
Little Miss Marker
Film · 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Film · 1980
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Film · 1979
You Can't Go Home Again
Film · 1979
Backstairs at the White House
Series · 1979
Damien - Omen II
Film · 1978
The Swarm
Film · 1978
The Mafu Cage
Film · 1978
The Good Doctor
Film · 1978
Airport '77
Film · 1977
The Spell
Film · 1977
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Film · 1976
Voyage of the Damned
Film · 1976
Perilous Voyage
Film · 1976
Shampoo
Film · 1975
The Seagull
Film · 1975
Fay
Series · 1975
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
The Internecine Project
Film · 1974
Why Me?
Film · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
What Are Best Friends For?
Film · 1973
Partners in Crime
Film · 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Film · 1972
Portnoy's Complaint
Film · 1972
Ransom for a Dead Man
Film · 1972
Plaza Suite
Film · 1971
The Neon Ceiling
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
Film · 1970
The Landlord
Film · 1970
Night Slaves
Film · 1970
Marooned
Film · 1969
The Big Bounce
Film · 1969
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Film · 1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
Valley of the Dolls
Film · 1967
In the Heat of the Night
Film · 1967
Deadlock
Film · 1967
Divorce American Style
Film · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
Pie in the Sky
Film · 1964
Peyton Place
Series · 1964
The Balcony
Film · 1963
An Affair of the Skin
Film · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Festival
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Middle of the Night
Film · 1959
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Film · 1959
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Film · 1958
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Storm Fear
Film · 1955
Playwrights '56
Series · 1955
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Detective Story
Film · 1951
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948