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Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, 1925) is an American actress and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's Detective Story, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. This role earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. In 1952 she was blacklisted from most acting jobs for the next 12 years. She was able to find only occasional work onstage or as a teacher during this period. It also contributed to her divorce. She was removed from the blacklist in 1962 and rebuilt her acting career. She starred in 71 TV episodes of Peyton Place (1965–1966), followed by lead roles in films such as Valley of the Dolls, In the Heat of the Night (both 1967), and Shampoo (1975), for the last of which she won an Oscar. In 1964, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in The Maids. During her career she was nominated for the Emmy Award seven times between 1966 and 1993, winning twice. In 1986 she directed Down and Out in America which tied for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and in the same year she also won a Directors Guild of America Award for Nobody's Child.

Most Popular Lee Grant Trailers

Total trailers found: 115

Who Is Henry Jaglom? Trailer (1997)

08 July 1997

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art.

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor Trailer (2018)

27 April 2018

This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen.

The Stronger Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Adaptation of a Strindberg play by Lee Grant for the 1974 AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation.

Mulholland Drive Trailer (2001)

06 June 2001

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia.

What Are Best Friends For? Trailer (1973)

18 December 1973

A married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.

Deadlock Trailer (1967)

17 May 1967

A woman walks into a police station with a pistol and a vial of nitroglycerin. It turns out that she is the widow of an infamous criminal shot and killed by a detective.

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer (2005)

02 September 2005

Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed�

Staying Together Trailer (1989)

10 November 1989

After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with their parents and each other.

Seasons of the Heart Trailer (1994)

22 May 1994

After her own daughter abandons her child, an ambitious and orderly publisher has little choice but to raise the grandchild as her own.

The Gun Deadlock Trailer (2001)

18 June 2001

Documentary about gun control focusing on how women feel about owning guns. The program features both sides of the gun-control issue, including victims of violent gun-related crimes and those who are passionate advocates of the right to bear arms.

You Can't Go Home Again Trailer (1979)

25 April 1979

An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius.

An Affair of the Skin Trailer (1963)

20 November 1963

A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.

Say It, Fight It, Cure It Trailer (1997)

05 October 1997

Documentary on breast cancer featuring a series of interviews with survivors and their families. Dirr

Women on Trial Trailer (1992)

27 October 1992

"Women On Trail" exposes the innate corruption and sexism in the family court system as children are removed from their mothers and given to fathers who often either don't want them or have been convicted of domestic violence.

A Matter of Sex Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Trailer (1992)

26 March 1992

An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.

The World of Sholom Aleichem Trailer (1959)

14 December 1959

This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television.

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale Trailer (1985)

09 October 1985

A contemporary remake of "Cinderella"

Plaza Suite Trailer (1971)

12 May 1971

Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role.

In the Heat of the Night Trailer (1967)

02 August 1967

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.

Hello Actors Studio Trailer (1988)

09 November 1988

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization.

The Mafu Cage Trailer (1978)

19 March 1978

Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage.

She Said No Trailer (1990)

23 September 1990

A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury.

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America Trailer (1999)

01 April 1999

Documentary that examines whether America is failing children by not making child care an issue of national priority.

Airport '77 Trailer (1977)

11 March 1977

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret Trailer (1990)

27 August 1990

A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre.

Reunion Trailer (1994)

10 December 1994

The undying bond between a mother and her beloved son nearly destroys the lives of an entire family. Jessie Yates (Marlo Thomas) is torn between the ghost of her son and the life she has created with her husband and family.

Marooned Trailer (1969)

11 December 1969

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate.

A Crime to Fit the Punishment Trailer (1982)

01 May 1982

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist.

Hal Trailer (2019)

28 March 2019

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There.

In My Daughter's Name Trailer (1992)

10 May 1992

A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.

Shampoo Trailer (1975)

11 February 1975

On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Jackie.

Damien - Omen II Trailer (1978)

09 June 1978

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school.

Dr. T & the Women Trailer (2000)

13 September 2000

A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush.

Partners in Crime Trailer (1973)

24 March 1973

A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors Trailer (2014)

31 December 2014

From Mary Pickford to Barbra Streisand the successful actress turned producer/director is one of Hollywood's longest standing traditions.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Trailer (1981)

13 February 1981

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders.

Defending Your Life Trailer (1991)

22 March 1991

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe.

Truth and Lies: The Family Manson Trailer (2017)

17 March 2017

ABC retells the dark, disturbing story of Manson — and his twisted cult of devoted followers he instructed to carry out a series of grisly homicides in 1969.

For the Use of the Hall Trailer (1975)

02 January 1975

A penniless heiress, a disillusioned nun, the suicidal playwright they both love, a hapless art forger and the playwright's wife converge on the empty Long Island home of an aging matriarch and squabble among themselves about their relative success or failure.

There Was a Crooked Man... Trailer (1970)

18 September 1970

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

Down and Out in America Trailer (1986)

01 December 1986

The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live in decrepit welfare hotels.

For Ladies Only Trailer (1981)

09 November 1981

An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.

The Big Bounce Trailer (1969)

05 March 1969

A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm.

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer Trailer (1992)

16 June 1992

Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that features one of the most vivid and disturbing interviews ever recorded--taped behind the walls of the prison where Kuklinski is serving two consecutive life sentences for multiple homicide.

Seeing is Believing: Women Direct Trailer (2017)

25 April 2017

“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.

The Swarm Trailer (1978)

26 June 1978

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason.

Voyage of the Damned Trailer (1976)

22 December 1976

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

Little Miss Marker Trailer (1980)

21 March 1980

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her.

The Omen Legacy Trailer (2001)

30 October 2001

The true stories that spawned the serie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan.

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light Trailer (2000)

02 February 2000

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa.

Night Slaves Trailer (1970)

29 September 1970

A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night.

Under Heat Trailer (1994)

01 June 1994

Dean is 36 and recently diagnosed as HIV positive. He has come home to tell his mother and his older brother Milo.

The Good Doctor Trailer (1978)

08 November 1978

A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.

Teachers Trailer (1984)

05 October 1984

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write.

Visiting Hours Trailer (1982)

21 May 1982

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties Trailer (2001)

04 September 2001

This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the month for September 2001.

Detective Story Trailer (1951)

19 October 1951

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det.

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Trailer (1979)

09 February 1979

A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.

Why Me? Trailer (1974)

13 May 1974

Why Me? a one-hour documentary on breast cancer narrated by actress Lee Grant. First broadcast on May 13, 1974 on CBS in Los Angeles, it was the first major television documentary to deal with breast cancer.