Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Acting

Born October 31, 1925 · New York City, New York, USA

28 films as director · Active 1972–2005

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 Ki…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Ironside

Ironside

1967

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963

Directed(28)

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

2005A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood★ 6.4

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series★ 9.4

2001The Gun Deadlock★ 7.0

The Loretta Claiborne Story

2000The Loretta Claiborne Story★ 6.0

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light★ 6.7

1999Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America★ 7.0

1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall★ 10.0

1997Say It, Fight It, Cure It★ 10.0

Seasons of the Heart

1994Seasons of the Heart★ 4.8

Reunion

1994Reunion★ 4.8

Following Her Heart

1994Following Her Heart★ 5.7

Women on Trial

1992Women on Trial

Battered

1989Battered★ 7.5

Staying Together

1989Staying Together★ 5.2

No Place Like Home

1989No Place Like Home★ 6.7

Nobody's Child

1986Nobody's Child★ 7.4

Down and Out in America

1986Down and Out in America★ 6.9

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale

1985Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale★ 9.0

What Sex Am I?

1985What Sex Am I?★ 4.8

A Matter of Sex

1984A Matter of Sex★ 7.3

When Women Kill

1983When Women Kill★ 6.0

The Willmar 8

1981The Willmar 8★ 7.5

Tell Me a Riddle

1980Tell Me a Riddle★ 6.8

The Stronger

1976The Stronger★ 7.3

For the Use of the Hall

1975For the Use of the Hall★ 6.5

Acting(135)

2023Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed HollywoodSelf

2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterSelf

2020Killian & the Comeback KidsMs. Hunter (voice)

2018Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorNarrator (voice)

2017Seeing is Believing: Women DirectSelf

2017Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

2014Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf

2006Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'Miriam (archive footage)

2006Tribute To Burgess MeredithSelf (voice)

2005Going ShoppingWinnie

2003Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without SinSelf

2003The John Garfield StorySelf

2001The Omen LegacySelf

2001Hidden Values: The Movies of the FiftiesSelf

2001Mulholland DriveLouise

2001The Amati GirlsAunt Spendora

2000Dr. T & the WomenDr. Harper

2000Sidney Poitier: One Bright LightNarrator

2000Poor LizaCountess Ekaterina

1999Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in AmericaNarrator

1997Say It, Fight It, Cure ItNarrator/Host

1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?Self

1996The Substance of FireCora Cahn

1996It's My PartyAmalia Stark

1995Rod Serling: Submitted for Your ApprovalNarrator

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Under HeatJane

1993Intimate PortraitSelf

1992Women on TrialNarrator

1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)

1992Citizen CohnDora Cohn

1992The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a KillerNarrator

1992In My Daughter's NameMaureen Leeds

1992Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz StoryCarol Gertz

1991Defending Your LifeLena Foster

1990She Said NoD.A. Doris Cantore

1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf

1989BatteredNarrator

1989The Hijacking of the Achille LauroMarilyn Klinghoffer

1988Hello Actors StudioSelf

1988Calling the ShotsSelf

1987The Big TownFerguson Edwards

1986Down and Out in AmericaNarrator (voice)

1986Wedden, dat..?Self

1985Mussolini: The Untold StoryRachele Mussolini

1985What Sex Am I?Self

1985The Ray Bradbury Theater

1984TeachersDr. Donna Burke

1984A Billion for BorisSascha Harris

1983When Women KillHerself

1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Lillian Farmer

1982Bare EssenceAva Marshall

1982Plaza SuiteNorma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash

1982Visiting HoursDeborah Ballin

1982A Crime to Fit the PunishmentNarrator

1982Thou Shalt Not KillMaxine Lochman

1981For Ladies OnlyAnne Holt

1981The Willmar 8Narrator

1981The Million Dollar FaceEvalyna

1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenMrs. Sylvia Lupowitz

1980Tell Me a RiddleFlight Attendant (voice)

1980Little Miss MarkerThe Judge

1979You Can't Go Home AgainEsther Jack

1979When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?Clarisse Ethridge

1979Backstairs at the White HouseGrace Coolidge

1978The Good DoctorVarious Roles

1978The SwarmAnne MacGregor

1978Damien - Omen IIAnn Thorn

1978The Mafu CageEllen

1977Airport '77Karen Wallace

1977The SpellMarion Matchett

1976Voyage of the DamnedLili Rosen

1976Perilous VoyageVirginia Monroe

1976TVTV Looks at the OscarsSelf

1975FayFay Stewart

1975People's Choice AwardsSelf

1975ShampooFelicia Karpf

1975The SeagullIrina Arkadina

1974The Internecine ProjectJean Robertson

1974Why Me?Narrator/Self

1973What Are Best Friends For?Adele Ross

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1973Partners in CrimeJudge Meredith Leland

1972Lieutenant Schuster's WifeEllie Schuster

1972Ransom for a Dead ManLeslie Williams

1972Portnoy's ComplaintSophie Portnoy

1971Film '72Self

1971Plaza SuiteNorma Hubley

1971The Neon CeilingCarrie Miller

1971Great PerformancesIrina Arkadina

1970Night SlavesMarjorie Howard

1970There Was a Crooked Man...Mrs. Bullard

1970The LandlordJoyce Enders

1969MaroonedCelia Pruett

1969The Big BounceJoanne

1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellFritzie Braddock

1968The Mod Squad

1968The Name of the GameEdwina Booker

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968The Love Song of Barney KempinskiLaura

1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf

1967Valley of the DollsMiriam Polar

1967Judd, for the Defense

1967In the Heat of the NightMrs. Leslie Colbert

1967Divorce American StyleDede Murphy

1967DeadlockVirginia Cloyd

1967IronsideFrancesca Kirby

1966Mission: ImpossibleSusan Buchanan

1966ABC Stage 67Laura

1965The Big ValleyRosemary

1964Peyton PlaceStella Chernak

1964Pie in the SkySuzy

1963An Affair of the SkinKatherine McCleod

1963FestivalLizzie

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreVirginia Cloyd

1963The FugitiveMillie Hallop

1963The BalconyCarmen

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961The DefendersNorma Burgess

1959The World of Sholom AleichemThe Goatseller / Avenging Angel

1959Middle of the NightMarilyn

1958Three Plays by Tennessee WilliamsJane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1955Storm FearEdna

1955Playwrights '56

1953The OscarsSelf

1951Detective StoryShoplifter

1948Studio OneEmily Brooks

1948The Philco Television Playhouse

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