--- name: "Lee Grant" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-grant" roles: ["Actor"] born: "31 October 1925" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 88 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T04:53:03.835548+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lee Grant Actor. Born 31 October 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 31 October 1925, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1967–2001 - **Also known as:** Lyova Haskell Rosenthal - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 85 (1), 2000s 92 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Grant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30123 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*In the Heat of the Night*](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on 31 October 1925 in New York City) is an American actress and director. She trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Her film debut came in *Detective Story* (1951) as a shoplifter, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Following her debut she was blacklisted for twelve years after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Grant returned to acting with a recurring role in the television series *Peyton Place* (1965–1966), winning a Primetime Emmy Award. She played Mrs. Leslie Colbert in *In the Heat of the Night* (1967) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Shampoo* (1975). She has also directed, including the documentary *Down and Out in America* (1986), which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 1963 she received an Obie Award for her performance in the stage production of *The Maids*. Her daughter Dinah Manoff is an actress. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, forward.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Mulholland Drive* (2001), Fi1m 92, as Louise — [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md) - *In the Heat of the Night* (1967), Fi1m 85, as Mrs. Leslie Colbert — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md) ## Complete filmography (125) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Killian & the Comeback Kids* (2020), as Ms. Hunter (voice) - *Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor* (2018), as Narrator (voice) - *Truth and Lies: The Family Manson* (2017), Actor - *Actresses Turned Producer/Directors* (2014), Actor - *Baghdad ER* (2006), Executive Producer - *Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'* (2006), as Miriam (archive footage) - *Going Shopping* (2005), as Winnie - *A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (2005), Director, Producer - *The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series* (2003), Director - *The Gun Deadlock* (2001), Director - *Mulholland Drive* (2001), as Louise — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md) - *The Amati Girls* (2001), as Aunt Spendora - *Dr. T & the Women* (2000), as Dr. Harper - *Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light* (2000), Narrator, Director - *The Loretta Claiborne Story* (2000), Director - *Poor Liza* (2000), as Countess Ekaterina - *Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America* (1999), Narrator, Director, Producer - *Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall* (1999), Director - *Say It, Fight It, Cure It* (1997), Narrator/Host, Director, Producer - *The Substance of Fire* (1996), as Cora Cahn - *It's My Party* (1996), as Amalia Stark - *Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval* (1995), as Narrator - *Reunion* (1994), Director - *Following Her Heart* (1994), Director - *Under Heat* (1994), as Jane - *Seasons of the Heart* (1994), Director - *Intimate Portrait* (1993), series, Director, Writer - *Women on Trial* (1992), Narrator, Director, Producer - *Earth and the American Dream* (1992), as Reader (voice) - *Citizen Cohn* (1992), as Dora Cohn - *The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer* (1992), as Narrator - *In My Daughter's Name* (1992), as Maureen Leeds - *Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story* (1992), as Carol Gertz - *Defending Your Life* (1991), as Lena Foster - *She Said No* (1990), as D.A. Doris Cantore - *No Place Like Home* (1989), Director - *Staying Together* (1989), Director - *Battered* (1989), Narrator, Director, Producer - *The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro* (1989), as Marilyn Klinghoffer - *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Actor - *The Big Town* (1987), as Ferguson Edwards - *Down and Out in America* (1986), as Narrator (voice) · Director - *Nobody's Child* (1986), Director - *Mussolini: The Untold Story* (1985), series, as Rachele Mussolini - *Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale* (1985), Director - *What Sex Am I?* (1985), Director - *The Ray Bradbury Theater* (1985), series, Actor - *Teachers* (1984), as Dr. Donna Burke - *A Billion for Boris* (1984), as Sascha Harris - *A Matter of Sex* (1984), Director - *When Women Kill* (1983), Director - *Will There Really Be a Morning?* (1983), as Lillian Farmer - *Bare Essence* (1982), series, as Ava Marshall - *Plaza Suite* (1982), as Norma Hubley / Muriel Tate / Karen Nash - *Visiting Hours* (1982), as Deborah Ballin - *A Crime to Fit the Punishment* (1982), as Narrator - *Thou Shalt Not Kill* (1982), as Maxine Lochman - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Director - *For Ladies Only* (1981), as Anne Holt - *The Willmar 8* (1981), Narrator, Writer, Director - *The Million Dollar Face* (1981), as Evalyna - *Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen* (1981), as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz - *Tell Me a Riddle* (1980), as Flight Attendant (voice) · Director - *Little Miss Marker* (1980), as The Judge - *You Can't Go Home Again* (1979), as Esther Jack - *When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?* (1979), as Clarisse Ethridge - *Backstairs at the White House* (1979), series, as Grace Coolidge - *The Good Doctor* (1978), as Various Roles - *The Swarm* (1978), as Anne MacGregor - *Damien - Omen II* (1978), as Ann Thorn - *The Mafu Cage* (1978), as Ellen - *Airport '77* (1977), as Karen Wallace - *The Spell* (1977), as Marion Matchett - *Voyage of the Damned* (1976), as Lili Rosen - *Perilous Voyage* (1976), as Virginia Monroe - *The Stronger* (1976), Writer, Director - *Fay* (1975), series, as Fay Stewart - *Shampoo* (1975), as Felicia Karpf - *The Seagull* (1975), as Irina Arkadina - *For the Use of the Hall* (1975), Director - *The Internecine Project* (1974), as Jean Robertson - *Why Me?* (1974), as Narrator/Self - *What Are Best Friends For?* (1973), as Adele Ross - *Partners in Crime* (1973), as Judge Meredith Leland - *Lieutenant Schuster's Wife* (1972), as Ellie Schuster - *Ransom for a Dead Man* (1972), as Leslie Williams - *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, Director - *Portnoy's Complaint* (1972), as Sophie Portnoy - *Plaza Suite* (1971), as Norma Hubley - *The Neon Ceiling* (1971), as Carrie Miller - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Irina Arkadina - *Night Slaves* (1970), as Marjorie Howard - *There Was a Crooked Man...* (1970), as Mrs. Bullard - *The Landlord* (1970), as Joyce Enders - *Marooned* (1969), as Celia Pruett - *The Big Bounce* (1969), as Joanne - *Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell* (1968), as Fritzie Braddock - *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor - *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Edwina Booker - *The Love Song of Barney Kempinski* (1968), as Laura - *Valley of the Dolls* (1967), as Miriam Polar - *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor - *In the Heat of the Night* (1967), as Mrs. Leslie Colbert — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md) - *Divorce American Style* (1967), as Dede Murphy - *Deadlock* (1967), as Virginia Cloyd - *Ironside* (1967), series, as Francesca Kirby - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Susan Buchanan — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Laura, Ruth - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Rosemary - *Peyton Place* (1964), series, as Stella Chernak - *Pie in the Sky* (1964), as Suzy - *An Affair of the Skin* (1963), as Katherine McCleod - *Festival* (1963), series, as Lizzie - *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Millie Hallop — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md) - *The Balcony* (1963), as Carmen - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Norma Burgess, Maria Edwards - *The World of Sholom Aleichem* (1959), as The Goatseller / Avenging Angel - *Middle of the Night* (1959), as Marilyn - *Three Plays by Tennessee Williams* (1958), as Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") - *Storm Fear* (1955), as Edna - *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, Actor - *Detective Story* (1951), as Shoplifter - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Emily Brooks - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Lee Grant](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-252ceb6c357c.jpg) Lee Grant — 20th Century-Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Lee_Grant_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity photo of Lee Grant (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-74adcd71f8aa.jpg) Publicity photo of Lee Grant (1961) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Lee_Grant_-_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity photo of Lee Grant (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-5e7d7ef8a04c.jpg) Publicity photo of Lee Grant (1975) — PBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Lee_Grant_1975-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lee Grant in Fay (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-dead043a5b2c.jpg) Lee Grant in Fay (1975) — NBC TV staff?, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Lee_Grant_Fay_1975.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lee Grant](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-0aefb2abe98b.jpg) Lee Grant — Image via TMDB - ![Lee Grant](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-73ea153cf055.jpg) Lee Grant — Image via TMDB - ![Lee Grant at the premiere of Sylvester Stallone's movie F.I.S.T., April 1978](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-2d1a417b0fcf.jpg) Lee Grant at the premiere of Sylvester Stallone's movie F.I.S.T., April 1978 — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Lee_Grant_at_F.I.S.T_premier_1978.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - !["In the Heat of the Night" (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/348413/gallery-f28ed5fb17d5.jpg) "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Kinema-Junpo-1967-November-early-2.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1967-November-early-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated - 1977: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Voyage of the Damned* - 1976: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Shampoo* - 1971: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Landlord* - 1952: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Detective Story* ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 1971: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (won) - 1966: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Peyton Place* ### Other awards — 1 won - Crystal Award 1988: Crystal Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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