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.
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.
Acting
Movie
Mulholland Drive
as Louise
2001
Movie
In the Heat of the Night
as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
1967
Movie
Damien - Omen II
as Ann Thorn
1978
Movie
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Harper
2000
Movie
Airport '77
as Karen Wallace
1977
Movie
Defending Your Life
as Lena Foster
1991
TV
Mission: Impossible
as Susan Buchanan
1966
Movie
Shampoo
as Felicia Karpf
1975
Movie
The Swarm
as Anne MacGregor
1978
Movie
Detective Story
as Shoplifter
1951
Movie
Valley of the Dolls
as Miriam Polar
1967
Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mrs. Bullard
1970
Movie
Visiting Hours
as Deborah Ballin
1982
Movie
Marooned
as Celia Pruett
1969
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
Teachers
as Dr. Donna Burke
1984
Movie
Voyage of the Damned
as Lili Rosen
1976
TV
Ironside
as Francesca Kirby
1967
TV
The Fugitive
as Millie Hallop
1963
Movie
The Big Town
as Ferguson Edwards
1987
Movie
Ransom for a Dead Man
as Leslie Williams
1972
TV
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
TV
The Big Valley
as Rosemary
1965
Crew
TV
ABC Afterschool Special
Director
1972
Movie
Staying Together
Director
1989
Movie
No Place Like Home
Director
1989
Movie
Down and Out in America
Director
1986
Movie
Seasons of the Heart
Director
1994
Movie
What Sex Am I?
Director
1985
Movie
Baghdad ER
Executive Producer
2006
Movie
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director
2005
Movie
Tell Me a Riddle
Director
1980
Movie
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
2003
TV
Intimate Portrait
Director
1993
Movie
Nobody's Child
Director
1986