Mulholland Drive2001
As Louise
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Lee Grant
Born
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 (100)
In the Heat of the Night1967
As Mrs. Leslie Colbert
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Damien - Omen II1978
As Ann Thorn
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Voyage of the Damned1976
As Lili Rosen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dr. T & the Women2000
As Dr. Harper
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Mafu Cage1978
As Ellen
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Swarm1978
As Anne MacGregor
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Airport '771977
As Karen Wallace
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Defending Your Life1991
As Lena Foster
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Shampoo1975
As Felicia Karpf
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Valley of the Dolls1967
As Miriam Polar
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Visiting Hours1982
As Deborah Ballin
TMDb 5.5 / 10
There Was a Crooked Man...1970
As Mrs. Bullard
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Big Town1987
As Ferguson Edwards
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Detective Story1951
As Shoplifter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Marooned1969
As Celia Pruett
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Little Miss Marker1980
As The Judge
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell1968
As Fritzie Braddock
TMDb 6.0 / 10
It's My Party1996
As Amalia Stark
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Middle of the Night1959
As Marilyn
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Teachers1984
As Dr. Donna Burke
TMDb 5.7 / 10
She Said No1990
As D.A. Doris Cantore
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen1981
As Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Hello Actors Studio1988
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Plaza Suite1971
As Norma Hubley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The World of Sholom Aleichem1959
As The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster2021
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Substance of Fire1996
As Cora Cahn
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story1992
As Carol Gertz
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Landlord1970
As Joyce Enders
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Poor Liza2000
As Countess Ekaterina
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Will There Really Be a Morning?1983
As Lillian Farmer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Divorce American Style1967
As Dede Murphy
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Earth and the American Dream1992
As Reader (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1990
As Self
Ransom for a Dead Man1972
As Leslie Williams
TMDb 7.3 / 10
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?1979
As Clarisse Ethridge
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood2023
As Self
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Internecine Project1974
As Jean Robertson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife1972
As Ellie Schuster
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Citizen Cohn1992
As Dora Cohn
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Storm Fear1955
As Edna
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tell Me a Riddle1980
As Flight Attendant (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hal2019
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Billion for Boris1984
As Sascha Harris
TMDb 7.0 / 10
What Are Best Friends For?1973
As Adele Ross
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Under Heat1994
As Jane
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Why Me?1974
As Narrator/Self
The Balcony1963
As Carmen
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Night Slaves1970
As Marjorie Howard
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The John Garfield Story2003
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
In My Daughter's Name1992
As Maureen Leeds
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor2018
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
For Ladies Only1981
As Anne Holt
TMDb 4.7 / 10
What Sex Am I?1985
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light2000
As Narrator
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Spell1977
As Marion Matchett
TMDb 5.0 / 10
An Affair of the Skin1963
As Katherine McCleod
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Thou Shalt Not Kill1982
As Maxine Lochman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pie in the Sky1964
As Suzy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski1968
As Laura
The Neon Ceiling1971
As Carrie Miller
TMDb 7.8 / 10
TVTV Looks at the Oscars1976
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Seagull1975
As Irina Arkadina
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Good Doctor1978
As Various Roles
TMDb 0.5 / 10
The Amati Girls2001
As Aunt Spendora
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Tribute To Burgess Meredith2006
As Self (voice)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Portnoy's Complaint1972
As Sophie Portnoy
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Plaza Suite1982
As Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
The Omen Legacy2001
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval1995
As Narrator
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Million Dollar Face1981
As Evalyna
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Big Bounce1969
As Joanne
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Calling the Shots1988
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
You Can't Go Home Again1979
As Esther Jack
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky2026
As self
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro1989
As Marilyn Klinghoffer
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct2017
As Self
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors2014
Partners in Crime1973
As Judge Meredith Leland
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer1992
As Narrator
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Going Shopping2005
As Winnie
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Down and Out in America1986
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'2006
As Miriam (archive footage)
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams1958
As Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Perilous Voyage1976
As Virginia Monroe
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Deadlock
Deadlock1967
As Virginia Cloyd
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin2003
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Killian & the Comeback Kids2020
As Ms. Hunter (voice)
A Crime to Fit the Punishment1982
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson2017
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties2001
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Willmar 81981
As Narrator
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America1999
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
When Women Kill1983
As Herself
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Battered1989
As Narrator
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
Say It, Fight It, Cure It1997
As Narrator/Host
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Women on Trial1992
As Narrator
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