Highest rated as cast or director
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 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.
Acted in 88
2020s
- 2020
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Ms. Hunter (voice)
2010s
- 2017
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Movie
- 2014
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Movie
2000s
- 2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Miriam (archive footage)
- 2005
Going Shopping
Winnie
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1996
The Substance of Fire
Cora Cahn
It's My Party
Amalia Stark
- 1994
- 1992
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Citizen Cohn
Dora Cohn
In My Daughter's Name
Maureen Leeds
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Carol Gertz
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Rachele Mussolini · 4 episodes
- 1984
A Billion for Boris
Sascha Harris
- 1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Lillian Farmer
- 1982
Bare Essence
Ava Marshall · 2 episodes
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Maxine Lochman
- 1981
For Ladies Only
Anne Holt
The Million Dollar Face
Evalyna
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Flight Attendant (voice)
Little Miss Marker
The Judge
1970s
- 1979
You Can't Go Home Again
Esther Jack
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Clarisse Ethridge
Backstairs at the White House
Grace Coolidge · 4 episodes
- 1978
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
- 1977
- 1976
Perilous Voyage
Virginia Monroe
- 1975
The Seagull
Irina Arkadina
- 1974
- 1973
What Are Best Friends For?
Adele Ross
Partners in Crime
Judge Meredith Leland
- 1972
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Ellie Schuster
- 1971
Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley
The Neon Ceiling
Carrie Miller
- 1970
Night Slaves
Marjorie Howard
The Landlord
Joyce Enders
1960s
- 1969
The Big Bounce
Joanne
- 1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Laura
- 1967
Divorce American Style
Dede Murphy
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
Peyton Place
Stella Chernak · 514 episodes
Pie in the Sky
Suzy
- 1963
An Affair of the Skin
Katherine McCleod
The Balcony
Carmen
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
The World of Sholom Aleichem
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Middle of the Night
Marilyn
- 1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
- 1955
- 1951
Directed 24
2000s
- 2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director
- 2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Director
- 2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Director
1990s
- 1994
Reunion
Director
Following Her Heart
Director
Seasons of the Heart
Director
- 1993
- 1992
Women on Trial
Director
1980s
- 1989
No Place Like Home
Director
Staying Together
Director
Battered
Director
- 1986
Down and Out in America
Director
Nobody's Child
Director
- 1985
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Director
What Sex Am I?
Director
- 1984
A Matter of Sex
Director
- 1983
When Women Kill
Director
- 1982
- 1981
The Willmar 8
Director
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Director
1970s
- 1976
The Stronger
Director
- 1975
For the Use of the Hall
Director
- 1972
Produced 4
2000s
- 2006
- 2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Producer
1990s
- 1992
Women on Trial
Producer
1980s
- 1989
Battered
Producer
Wrote 3
Appearances38
2020s
- 2026
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Self
- 2024
- 2023
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Hal
Self
- 2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Narrator (voice)
- 2017
Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct
Self
- 2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2000s
- 2003
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
- 2001
The Omen Legacy
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
- 2000
1990s
- 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
- 1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Narrator
- 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
- 1992
Women on Trial
Narrator
1980s
- 1989
Battered
Narrator
- 1988
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Calling the Shots
Self
- 1986
Down and Out in America
Narrator (voice)
- 1985
What Sex Am I?
Self
- 1983
When Women Kill
Herself
- 1982
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
Narrator
- 1981
The Willmar 8
Narrator
1970s
- 1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
- 1975
- 1974
Why Me?
Narrator (voice)
- 1973
1960s
- 1968
- 1962
- 1961
