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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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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. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee made her stage debut at age 4 at the Metropolitan ...
- October 31, 1925
Jan 28, 2020 · Grant—who is now in her early 90s—made a sensational film debut opposite Kirk Douglas in 1951’s Detective Story, winning best actress at Cannes, as well as being nominated for an Academy ...
Aug 3, 2014 · The Oscar-winning "Shampoo" actress talks about a career sidetracked by the 1950s Communist witch hunt, and of reinventing herself as an award-winning director ... Lee Grant on her career's ...
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Lee Grant is an American actress and director who won an Oscar for Shampoo and a Directors Guild Award for Nobody's Child. She was also a victim of the Hollywood blacklist and a star of Peyton Place, Mulholland Drive and other films and TV shows.
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 Grant ...
