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Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) 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 .
- Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, October 31, 1925 (age 97), New York City, U.S.
- 1933–present
- Actress and director
Lee Grant is an Oscar-winning actress who also directed and wrote films and TV shows. She was a victim of the McCarthy-era blacklists and a pioneer of independent filmmaking.
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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.
- October 31, 1925
Apr 5, 2017 · April 5, 2017 5 AM PT. Reporting from NEW YORK — Lee Grant, actress, director and trailblazer for nearly 70 years, remembers her breakthrough. It was 1949, and she was offered a Broadway role...
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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...
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May 1, 2020 · Once blacklisted, Lee Grant went on to win Oscars and make documentaries. The Coolidge is streaming an online festival of her nonfiction films. By Peter Keough Globe Correspondent, Updated May...
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. By...
