Directed credits
21
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Lee Grant
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.3
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 2All crew credits: 24
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 - 2023
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q230184
Also known as
Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
Frequent jobs
Director (21)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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Lee Grant.
6.4
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director
2005 Movie
9.4
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
2003 Movie
6.0
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Director
2000 Movie
5.0
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
2000 Movie
4.0
Reunion
Director
1994 Movie
5.0
Following Her Heart
Director
1994 Movie
4.4
Seasons of the Heart
Director
1994 Movie
Women on Trial
Director
1992 Movie
6.5
No Place Like Home
Director
1989 Movie
5.0
Staying Together
Director
1989 Movie
7.5
Battered
Director
1989 Movie
6.6
Down and Out in America
Director
1986 Movie
7.4
Nobody's Child
Director
1986 Movie
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Director
1985 Movie
4.8
What Sex Am I?
Director
1985 Movie
7.5
A Matter of Sex
Director
1984 Movie
6.0
When Women Kill
Director
1983 Movie
6.0
Tell Me a Riddle
Director
1980 Movie
6.0
For the Use of the Hall
Director
1975 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Lee Grant.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Lee Grant.
7.8
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001 Movie
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967 Movie
7.0
Detective Story
as Shoplifter
1951 Movie
6.9
Defending Your Life
as Lena Foster
1991 Movie
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Bullard
1970 Movie
6.4
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
1978 Movie
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
1967 Movie
6.0
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
1975 Movie
5.9
Marooned
as Celia Pruett
1969 Movie
5.6
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
1977 Movie
5.5
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
1982 Movie
5.0
The Swarm
as Anne MacGregor
1978 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Lee Grant.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Lee Grant.
7.8
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001 Movie
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967 Movie
6.4
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
1978 Movie
6.0
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
1975 Movie
7.5
A Matter of Sex
Director
1984 Movie
4.8
What Sex Am I?
Director
1985 Movie
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
1967 Movie
5.5
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
1982 Movie
6.5
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988 Movie
Plaza Suite
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
1982 Movie
5.6
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
1977 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Lee Grant.
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 2 eps
1961 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Irina Arkadina • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Susan Buchanan • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Millie Hallop • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.8
Ironside
as Francesca Kirby • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.1
The Big Valley
as Rosemary • 1 eps
1965 Series
5.0
Studio One
as Emily Brooks • 1 eps
1948 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
2 eps
1961 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
Director • 53 eps
1993 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Lee Grant.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Lee Grant.
3.0
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021 Movie
Killian & the Comeback Kids
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2020 Movie
6.5
Hal
as Self
2019 Movie
4.4
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Narrator (voice)
2018 Movie
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
as Self
2017 Movie
7.0
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017 Movie
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014 Movie
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014 Movie
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Miriam (archive footage)
2006 Movie
3.7
Going Shopping
as Winnie
2005 Movie
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
as Self
2003 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Lee Grant.
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self • 2 eps
1993 Series
5.9
Empty Nest
1 eps
1988 Series
4.9
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Rachele Mussolini • 4 eps
1985 Series
6.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1 eps
1985 Series
1.0
Bare Essence
as Ava Marshall • 2 eps
1982 Series
5.9
Backstairs at the White House
as Grace Coolidge • 4 eps
1979 Series
9.2
People's Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 2 eps
1973 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Irina Arkadina • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.2
The Mod Squad
1 eps
1968 Series