Lee Grant
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026
as Self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
as Self - Actress
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023
as Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
Killian & the Comeback Kids
2020
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
Hal
2019
as Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017
as Self
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
as Miriam (archive footage)
Going Shopping
2005
as Winnie
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003
as Self
Mulholland Drive
2001
as Louise
The Amati Girls
2001
as Aunt Spendora
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001
as Self
The Omen Legacy
2001
as Self
Dr. T & the Women
2000
as Dr. Harper
Poor Liza
2000
as Countess Ekaterina
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
as Narrator
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
as Narrator
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1997
as Narrator/Host
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
The Substance of Fire
1996
as Cora Cahn
It's My Party
1996
as Amalia Stark
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995
as Narrator
Under Heat
1994
as Jane
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
1992
as Narrator
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as Carol Gertz
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Dora Cohn
Women on Trial
1992
as Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
In My Daughter's Name
1992
as Maureen Leeds
Defending Your Life
1991
as Lena Foster
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
She Said No
1990
as D.A. Doris Cantore
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
Battered
1989
as Narrator
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Calling the Shots
1988
as Self
Empty Nest
1988
The Big Town
1987
as Ferguson Edwards
Down and Out in America
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
What Sex Am I?
1985
as Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Rachele Mussolini
Teachers
1984
as Dr. Donna Burke
A Billion for Boris
1984
as Sascha Harris
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
as Lillian Farmer
When Women Kill
1983
as Herself
Visiting Hours
1982
as Deborah Ballin
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
1982
as Narrator
Plaza Suite
1982
as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982
as Maxine Lochman
Bare Essence
1982
as Ava Marshall
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
For Ladies Only
1981
as Anne Holt
The Willmar 8
1981
as Narrator
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Evalyna
Little Miss Marker
1980
as The Judge
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
as Flight Attendant (voice)
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
as Clarisse Ethridge
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
as Esther Jack
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Grace Coolidge
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Ann Thorn
The Swarm
1978
as Anne MacGregor
The Mafu Cage
1978
as Ellen
The Good Doctor
1978
as Various Roles
Airport '77
1977
as Karen Wallace
The Spell
1977
as Marion Matchett
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Lili Rosen
Perilous Voyage
1976
as Virginia Monroe
Shampoo
1975
as Felicia Karpf
The Seagull
1975
as Irina Arkadina
Fay
1975
as Fay Stewart
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
The Internecine Project
1974
as Jean Robertson
Why Me?
1974
as Narrator/Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
What Are Best Friends For?
1973
as Adele Ross
Partners in Crime
1973
as Judge Meredith Leland
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
as Ellie Schuster
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
as Sophie Portnoy
Ransom for a Dead Man
1972
as Leslie Williams
Plaza Suite
1971
as Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
1971
as Carrie Miller
Great Performances
1971
as Irina Arkadina
Great Performances
1971
Film '72
1971
as Self
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Mrs. Bullard
The Landlord
1970
as Joyce Enders
Night Slaves
1970
as Marjorie Howard
Marooned
1969
as Celia Pruett
The Big Bounce
1969
as Joanne
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
as Fritzie Braddock
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968
as Laura
The Mod Squad
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Name of the Game
1968
as Edwina Booker
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Miriam Polar
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
Deadlock
1967
as Virginia Cloyd
Divorce American Style
1967
as Dede Murphy
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
as Francesca Kirby
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Susan Buchanan
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Laura
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Ruth
The Big Valley
1965
as Rosemary
Pie in the Sky
1964
as Suzy
Peyton Place
1964
as Stella Chernak
The Balcony
1963
as Carmen
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Katherine McCleod
The Fugitive
1963
as Millie Hallop
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Virginia Cloyd
Festival
1963
as Lizzie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Ben Casey
1961
The Defenders
1961
as Norma Burgess
The Defenders
1961
as Maria Edwards
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Middle of the Night
1959
as Marilyn
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Storm Fear
1955
as Edna
Playwrights '56
1955
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Detective Story
1951
as Shoplifter
Studio One
1948
as Emily Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948