Lee Grant

1925 (100) • Acting

Born: 10/31/1925 (100) in New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Lee Grant

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.

Known For

In the Heat of the Night

77%

Mrs. Leslie Colbert

1967

Damien - Omen II

64%

Ann Thorn

1978

Airport '77

56%

Karen Wallace

1977

Defending Your Life

69%

Lena Foster

1991

Mission: Impossible

76%

Susan Buchanan

1966

Shampoo

61%

Felicia Karpf

1975

The Swarm

50%

Anne MacGregor

1978

Valley of the Dolls

60%

Miriam Polar

1967

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

36%

Self

2023

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

63%

Self

2021

Killian & the Comeback Kids

Ms. Hunter (voice)

2020

Hal

66%

Self

2019

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

44%

Narrator (voice)

2018

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct

Self

2017

Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

70%

2017

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

65%

Self

2014

Baghdad ER

71%

Executive Producer

2006

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

Miriam (archive footage)

2006

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

55%

Self (voice)

2006

Going Shopping

44%

Winnie

2005

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

64%

Director

2005

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

64%

Producer

2005

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

80%

Self

2003

The John Garfield Story

84%

Self

2003

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

94%

Director

2003

The Omen Legacy

70%

Self

2001

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

70%

Self

2001

The Gun Deadlock

70%

Director

2001

Mulholland Drive

78%

Louise

2001

The Amati Girls

47%

Aunt Spendora

2001

Dr. T & the Women

49%

Dr. Harper

2000

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

67%

Narrator

2000

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

67%

Director

2000

The Loretta Claiborne Story

60%

Director

2000

Poor Liza

90%

Countess Ekaterina

2000