Lee Grant

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Oct 31 (age 100) New York City, New York, USA 1948–2026 (78 year career)

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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

Film

Mulholland Drive

Louise

Film

In the Heat of the Night

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Film

Damien - Omen II

Ann Thorn

Film

Defending Your Life

Lena Foster

Film

Detective Story

Shoplifter

Film

There Was a Crooked Man...

Mrs. Bullard

Film

Shampoo

Felicia Karpf

Film

Airport '77

Karen Wallace

Filmography

Acting (139)

Movies (100)

Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky

2026

as self

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

2023

as Self

3.0

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021

as Self

7.0

Killian & the Comeback Kids

2020

as Ms. Hunter (voice)

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

2018

as Narrator (voice)

4.4

Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

2017

7.0

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

2017

as Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014

as Self

6.5

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

2014

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

2006

as Miriam (archive footage)

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

as Self (voice)

Going Shopping

as Winnie

The John Garfield Story

2003

as Self

8.0

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

2003

as Self

Mulholland Drive

as Louise

The Omen Legacy

as Self

The Amati Girls

as Aunt Spendora

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

2001

as Self

Dr. T & the Women

2000

as Dr. Harper

4.9

Poor Liza

2000

as Countess Ekaterina

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000

as Narrator

6.0

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

1999

as Narrator

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.8

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

1997

as Narrator/Host

It's My Party

1996

as Amalia Stark

6.3

The Substance of Fire

1996

as Cora Cahn

6.4

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

as Narrator

Under Heat

as Jane

Women on Trial

as Narrator

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

Citizen Cohn

as Dora Cohn

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992

as Carol Gertz

5.8

In My Daughter's Name

1992

as Maureen Leeds

6.2

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

as Narrator

Defending Your Life

as Lena Foster

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990

as Self

She Said No

1990

as D.A. Doris Cantore

8.0

Battered

1989

as Narrator

7.5

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

as Marilyn Klinghoffer

Hello Actors Studio

1988

as Self

6.5

Calling the Shots

1988

as Self

The Big Town

1987

as Ferguson Edwards

5.6

Down and Out in America

as Narrator (voice)

What Sex Am I?

as Self

Teachers

as Dr. Donna Burke

A Billion for Boris

as Sascha Harris

Will There Really Be a Morning?

as Lillian Farmer

When Women Kill

as Herself

Visiting Hours

as Deborah Ballin

Plaza Suite

as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1982

as Maxine Lochman

6.5

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1982

as Narrator

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz

5.2

For Ladies Only

1981

as Anne Holt

3.6

The Million Dollar Face

1981

as Evalyna

The Willmar 8

as Narrator

Little Miss Marker

as The Judge

Tell Me a Riddle

as Flight Attendant (voice)

6.8

You Can't Go Home Again

1979

as Esther Jack

1.0

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

as Clarisse Ethridge

Damien - Omen II

as Ann Thorn

The Swarm

as Anne MacGregor

The Mafu Cage

as Ellen

The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

Airport '77

as Karen Wallace

The Spell

as Marion Matchett

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

as Self

Voyage of the Damned

as Lili Rosen

Perilous Voyage

as Virginia Monroe

Shampoo

as Felicia Karpf

The Seagull

as Irina Arkadina

The Internecine Project

1974

as Jean Robertson

6.0

Why Me?

1974

as Narrator/Self

What Are Best Friends For?

1973

as Adele Ross

Partners in Crime

1973

as Judge Meredith Leland

5.0

Portnoy's Complaint

1972

as Sophie Portnoy

4.3

Ransom for a Dead Man

1972

as Leslie Williams

7.4

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

as Ellie Schuster

The Neon Ceiling

as Carrie Miller

Plaza Suite

as Norma Hubley

The Landlord

as Joyce Enders

There Was a Crooked Man...

as Mrs. Bullard

Night Slaves

as Marjorie Howard

Marooned

as Celia Pruett

The Big Bounce

as Joanne

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1968

as Fritzie Braddock

5.8

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968

as Laura

In the Heat of the Night

1967

as Mrs. Leslie Colbert

Valley of the Dolls

as Miriam Polar

Deadlock

as Virginia Cloyd

Divorce American Style

1967

as Dede Murphy

5.8

Pie in the Sky

1964

as Suzy

An Affair of the Skin

1963

as Katherine McCleod

The Balcony

as Carmen

Middle of the Night

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")

Storm Fear

as Edna

Detective Story

as Shoplifter

Television (39)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024

as Self - Actress

7.9

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Empty Nest

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

6.9

Mussolini: The Untold Story

as Rachele Mussolini

Bare Essence

as Ava Marshall

Backstairs at the White House

1979

as Grace Coolidge

5.9

People's Choice Awards

as Self

Fay

as Fay Stewart

Dinah!

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Columbo

as Leslie Williams

Great Performances

as Irina Arkadina

Film '72

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Name of the Game

as Edwina Booker

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

The Mod Squad

Ironside

as Francesca Kirby

Judd, for the Defense

Mission: Impossible

as Susan Buchanan

ABC Stage 67

as Laura

The Big Valley

as Rosemary

Peyton Place

as Stella Chernak

The Fugitive

as Millie Hallop

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Virginia Cloyd

Festival

as Lizzie

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Norma Burgess

Ben Casey

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Playwrights '56

The Oscars

as Self

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Emily Brooks

Crew (31)

Movies (28)

Baghdad ER

2006

Executive Producer

6.9

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2005

Director

6.4

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2005

Producer

6.4

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

Director

9.4

The Gun Deadlock

2001

Director

The Loretta Claiborne Story

2000

Director

5.0

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000

Director

6.0

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

1999

Director

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

1999

Director

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

1997

Director

Following Her Heart

Director

Reunion

Director

Seasons of the Heart

Director

Women on Trial

Producer

Staying Together

Director

Battered

Director

No Place Like Home

Director

Nobody's Child

Director

Down and Out in America

1986

Director

6.6

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale

Director

What Sex Am I?

Director

A Matter of Sex

Director

When Women Kill

Director

The Willmar 8

Director

The Willmar 8

Writer

Tell Me a Riddle

Director

The Stronger

Writer

For the Use of the Hall

1975

Director

6.0

Television (3)

Intimate Portrait

Director

Intimate Portrait

Writer

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

Director

6.5