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Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) [a] is an American actress, documentarian, and director. For her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's Detective Story, Grant earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Lee Grant. Actress: In the Heat of the Night. Academy Award-winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925 in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and model, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor.
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Academy Award-winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925 in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and model, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
- October 31, 1925
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Mar 7, 2023 · Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now. Ejected from Hollywood in the 1950s, Lee Grant fought back to be the only person to win an Oscar for acting and for directing a documentary, the extraordinary Down and Out in America. Laura Kelly. 7 Mar 2023.
Jul 6, 2014 · Grant's early career, the trying years on the blacklist and her success in Hollywood are all recounted in her new memoir, I Said Yes To Everything. She tells McEvers about directing...
Sep 27, 2023 · Lee Grant is 97-and-a-half and just as fierce as ever. The Oscar winner, who survived the Blacklist to become a preeminent director and actor, knows the secret to her longevity. Lee Grant...
Jan 8, 2024 · Lee Grant Laughs Last. Hollywood wrote her off as an actress at age fifty, so she learned to direct. Just before turning ninety-eight, she celebrates after presenting a retrospective. Lee...
