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Academy Award winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City on October 31, 1927. She made her stage debut at age 4 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, playing the abducted princess in "L'Orocolo". After graduating from high school, she won a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre... See full bio »

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Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
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2005 Going Shopping
Winnie
 
2001 Mulholland Dr.
Louise Bonner
 
2000 The Amati Girls
Aunt Spendora
 
2000 Dr T and the Women
Dr. Harper
 
1995-2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) … Narrator
– Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995) … Narrator
 
2000 Poor Liza
 
1996 The Substance of Fire
Cora Cahn
 
1996 It's My Party
Amalia Stark
 
1994 Under Heat
Jane
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
Dora Cohn
 
1992 In My Daughter's Name (TV movie)
Maureen Leeds
 
1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (TV movie)
Carol Gertz
 
1992 Empty Nest (TV series)
Aunt Susan
– The Return of Aunt Susan (1992) … Aunt Susan
 
1991 Defending Your Life
Lena Foster
 
1990 She Said No (TV movie)
D.A. Doris Cantore
 
1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (TV movie)
Marilyn Klinghoffer
 
1987 The Big Town
Ferguson Edwards
 
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV mini-series)
Rachele Mussolini
 
1984 Teachers
Dr. Donna Burke
 
1984 One Day at a Time (TV series)
Ellie
– Fifty (1984) … Ellie
 
1984 Billions for Boris
Sascha Harris
 
1983 Will There Really Be a Morning? (TV movie)
Lillian Farmer
 
1982 Bare Essence (TV movie)
Ava Marshall
 
1982 Visiting Hours
Deborah Ballin
 
1982 Thou Shalt Not Kill (TV movie)
Maxine Lochman
 
1981 For Ladies Only (TV movie)
Anne Holt
 
1981 The Million Dollar Face (TV movie)
Evalyna
 
1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Mrs. Lupowitz
 
1980 Little Miss Marker
The Judge
 
1979 You Can't Go Home Again (TV movie)
Esther Jack
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Grace Coolidge
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Mrs. Grace Coolidge (credit only)
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Mrs. Grace Coolidge (credit only)
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … Mrs. Grace Coolidge (credit only)
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mrs. Grace Coolidge
 
1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Clarisse Ethridge
 
1978 The Mafu Cage
Ellen
 
1975-1978 Great Performances (TV series)
Irina Arkadina / Various roles
– The Good Doctor (1978) … Various roles
– The Seagull (1975) … Irina Arkadina
 
1978 The Swarm
Anne MacGregor
 
1978 Damien: Omen II
Ann Thorn
 
1977 Airport '77
Karen Wallace
 
1977 The Spell (TV movie)
Marilyn Matchett
 
1976 Voyage of the Damned
Lili Rosen
 
1976 Perilous Voyage (TV movie)
Virginia Monroe
 
1975-1976 Fay (TV series)
Fay Stewart
– Not Another Mother's Day (1976) … Fay Stewart
– Fay and the Doctor (1976) … Fay Stewart
– Danny Falls in Love (1975) … Fay Stewart
– Lillian's Separation (1975) … Fay Stewart
– Not with My Husband You Don't (1975) … Fay Stewart
See all 10 episodes »
 
1975 Shampoo
Felicia
 
1974 The Internecine Project
Jean Robertson
 
1973 What Are Best Friends For? (TV movie)
Adele Ross
 
1973 The Shape of Things (TV movie)
 
1973 Partners in Crime (TV movie)
Judge Meredith Leland
 
1972 Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (TV movie)
Ellie Schuster
 
1972 Portnoy's Complaint
Sophie Portnoy
 
1971 Plaza Suite
Norma Hubley
 
1971 Men at Law (TV series)
Jennifer Carlyle
– Yesterday Is But a Dream (1971) … Jennifer Carlyle
 
1971 Robert Young and the Family (TV movie)
Sketch Actor
 
1971 Columbo (TV series)
Leslie Williams
– Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) … Leslie Williams
 
1971 The Neon Ceiling (TV movie)
Carrie Miller
 
1970 Night Slaves (TV movie)
Marjorie Howard
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Eddie Booker
– A Love to Remember (1970) … Eddie Booker
– Tarot (1970)
 
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Mrs. Bullard
 
1970 The Landlord
Joyce Enders
 
1970 Mod Squad (TV series)
Anna Lisa Bell
– Mother of Sorrow (1970) … Anna Lisa Bell
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Veronica Steele
– Whatever Happened to Happy Endings? (1970) … Veronica Steele
 
1969 Medical Center (TV series)
Karen Harper
– The Loner (1969) … Karen Harper
 
1969 Marooned
Celia Pruett
 
1969 The Big Bounce
Joanne
 
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Fritzie Braddock
 
1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Susan Buchanan
– The Diplomat (1968) … Susan Buchanan
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Kay Gould
– The Gates of Cerberus (1968) … Kay Gould
 
1967 Valley of the Dolls
Miriam Polar
 
1967 Ironside (TV series)
Francesca Kirby
– Eat, Drink and Be Buried (1967) … Francesca Kirby
 
1967 In the Heat of the Night
Mrs. Colbert
 
1967 Divorce American Style
Dede Murphy
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Virginia Cloyd
– Deadlock (1967) … Virginia Cloyd
 
1967 The Big Valley (TV series)
Rosemary Williams
– The Lady from Mesa (1967) … Rosemary Williams
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Laura / Ruth
– The People Trap (1966) … Ruth
– The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1966) … Laura
 
1965-1966 Peyton Place (TV series)
Stella Chernak
– Episode #2.85 (1966) … Stella Chernak
– Episode #2.84 (1966) … Stella Chernak
– Episode #2.83 (1966) … Stella Chernak
– Episode #2.82 (1966) … Stella Chernak
– Episode #2.81 (1966) … Stella Chernak
See all 71 episodes »
 
1965 For the People (TV series)
Carol
– With Intent to Influence (1965) … Carol
 
1963-1965 The Defenders (TV series)
Maria Edwards / Norma Burgess
– Nobody Asks What Side You're On (1965) … Maria Edwards
– The Empty Heart (1963) … Norma Burgess
 
1963-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Cleo Tanner / Doris Kelly / Lillian Carroll
– A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills (1965) … Lillian Carroll
– To Spend, to Give, to Want (1963) … Cleo Tanner
– The Gift (1963) … Doris Kelly
 
1964 Slattery's People (TV series)
Vera Donlon
– Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper? (1964) … Vera Donlon
 
1964 Ben Casey (TV series)
Anita Johnson / Diedre Bassett
– For Jimmy, the Best of Everything (1964) … Anita Johnson
– For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times (1964) … Diedre Bassett
 
1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
Millie Hallop
– Taps for a Dead War (1964) … Millie Hallop
 
1964 Festival (TV series)
Lizzie
– The Respectful Prostitute (1964) … Lizzie
 
1964 Terror in the City
Suzy
 
1963 An Affair of the Skin
Katherine McCleod
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Nora Best
– Not Bad for Openers (1963) … Nora Best
 
1963 The Balcony
Carmen
 
1962 Golden Showcase (TV series)
Florrie Sands
– Saturday's Children (1962) … Florrie Sands
 
1961 Great Ghost Tales (TV series)
Lucy Morrison
– Lucy (1961) … Lucy Morrison
 
1959-1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
Avenging Angel
– The House of Bernarda Alba (1960)
– World of Sholom Aleichem (1959) … Avenging Angel
 
1959 The World of Sholom Aleichem (TV movie)
Avenging Angel
 
1959 Brenner (TV series)
Addie Palmer
– Man in the Middle (1959) … Addie Palmer
 
1959 Middle of the Night
Marilyn
 
1958 Where Is Thy Brother? (TV movie)
Hannah
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Jane
– Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: Moony's Kid Don't Cry (1958) … Jane
– Look What's Going On (1958)
 
1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Helen Cartwright
– Keyhole (1956) … Helen Cartwright
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Lennie Converse
– Even the Weariest River (1956) … Lennie Converse
 
1955 Storm Fear
Edna
 
1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Death Is a Spanish Dancer (1955)
 
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Shadow of the Champ (1955)
 
1953-1954 Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
Rose Peterson #1
 
1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Dot
– The Noose (1953) … Dot
 
1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV series)
Wife
– Justice (1953) … Wife
 
1950-1952 Danger (TV series)
– The Face of Fear (1952)
– Death for the Lonely (1952)
– Dark as Night (1952)
– Dressing Up (1950)
 
1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Blonde Comes First (1952)
 
1951 Detective Story
Shoplifter
 
1950 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– Screwball (1950)
 
Show ShowDirector (25 titles)
2005 ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
– Melanie Griffith (2004)
 
1999-2004 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
– Dionne Warwick (2004)
– Stockard Channing (2004)
– Mo'Nique (2003)
– Bo Derek (2003)
– Angie Dickinson (2003)
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2001 The Gun Deadlock (TV movie)
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
 
2000 The Loretta Claiborne Story (TV movie)
 
1999 Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America (TV documentary)
 
1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It (TV movie)
 
1994 Reunion (TV movie)
 
1994 Following Her Heart (TV movie)
 
1994 Seasons of the Heart (TV movie)
 
1992 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
– Women on Trial (1992)
 
1989 No Place Like Home (TV movie)
 
1989 Staying Together
 
1986 Nobody's Child (TV movie)
 
1986 Down and Out in America (documentary)
 
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
– Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985)
 
1985 What Sex Am I? (documentary)
 
1984 A Matter of Sex (TV movie)
 
1984 When Women Kill (documentary)
 
1981 The Willmar 8 (documentary)
 
1980 Tell Me a Riddle
 
1976 The Stronger (short)
 
1975 For the Use of the Hall (TV movie)
 
1973 The Shape of Things (TV movie)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2006 Baghdad ER (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2005 ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It (TV movie) (producer)
 
1992 America Undercover (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Women on Trial (1992) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
– Gloria Steinem (writer)
 
1976 The Stronger (short) (adaptation)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1984 Kaddish (documentary) (presenter - video version)
 
Show ShowSelf (46 titles)
1990-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (2007) … Herself
– None Without Sin (2003) … Herself
– Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio (1991) … Herself
– Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) … Herself
 
1999-2005 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 August 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 August 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2004 Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The John Garfield Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 The Omen Legacy (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (TV documentary)
Herself - interviewee
 
2000 Hollywood, D.C. (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 The View (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 February 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself - Actress
– Best Years: 1946-1952 … Herself - Actress
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
1997 Say It, Fight It, Cure It (TV movie)
Herself - host
 
1996 The 1996 Annual Lucy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1996 Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (TV movie)
Herself
 
1995 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.1 (1995) … Herself
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
 
1992-1993 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– Confronting Evil (1993) … Herself - Narrator
– Women on Trial (1992) … Herself - Narrator
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Lee Grant … Herself
– Marlo Thomas … Herself
 
1992 Earth and the American Dream (documentary)
Reader (voice)
 
1992 Street Scenes: New York on Film (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier (TV special)
Herself
 
1988 Hello Actors Studio (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
 
1986 Down and Out in America (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 When Women Kill (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1981 The Willmar 8 (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 A Salute to American Imagination (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1976-1978 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode #3.72 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 7 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1978 The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Herself - Presenter
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 January 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1971-1976 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 5 July 1976 (1976) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 8 September 1975 (1975) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 14 August 1972 (1972) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 5 April 1971 (1971) … Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 22 March 1971 (1971) … Guest Appearance
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter: Favourite Television Comedy Program
 
1975 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 October 1975 (1975) … Herself
– Episode dated 24 September 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1973 Flip (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.7 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 The Helen Reddy Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1973) … Herself
 
1972 The Wonderful World of Aggravation (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.199 (1972) … Herself
– Episode #4.105 (1972) … Herself
– Episode #4.69 (1971) … Herself
– Episode #2.244 (1970) … Herself
 
1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #5.7 (1971) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 August 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (video documentary)
Herself
 
2006 The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2006 Gotta Get Off This Merry Go Round: Sex, Dolls and Showtunes (video documentary)
Miriam
 
1971 The Last Generation
 

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Other Works:

(1957) Stage: Appeared in "A Hole in the Head" on Broadway. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Lyova Rosenthal

Height:

5' 3¾" (1.62 m)
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Personal Quote:

The Oscar has endured because of our yearning for excellence. Getting one is like being appointed valedictorian from the bottom of the class. The "outs", like me, get their moment to be "in", for as long as it lasts. See more »

Trivia:

Revealed in 1978, along with many other actresses, that she had underwent an abortion early in her career. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio