"I never was an ingenue."
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, 1925 in New York City) is an American actress and director best known for her performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls, and Shampoo, the latter winning her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She was married to writer Arnold Manoff (with whom she had two children, including Dinah Manoff) and is currently married to producer/actor Joseph Feury. She was, famously, deprived of work for over a decade due to being blacklisted during the 1950s Red Scare.
Filmography with TV Tropes pages:
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Film roles
- Detective Story (1951) as Shoplifter
- Middle of the Night (1959) as Marilyn
- The Balcony (1963) as Carmen
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Mrs. Leslie Colbert
- Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Miriam
- Marooned (1969) as Celia Pruett
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Mrs. Bullard
- Plaza Suite (1971) as Norma Hubley
- Portnoy's Complaint (1972) as Sophie Portnoy
- The Internecine Project (1974) as Jean Robertson
- Shampoo (1975) as Felicia Karpf
- Airport '77 (1977) as Karen Wallace
- Damien: Omen II (1978) as Ann Thorn
- The Swarm (1978) (1978) as Anne MacGregor
- Little Miss Marker (1980) as The Judge
- Visiting Hours (1982) as Deborah Ballin
- Teachers (1984) as Dr. Donna Burke
- Defending Your Life (1991) as Lena Foster
- Dr. T & the Women (2000) as Dr. Harper
- Mulholland Dr. (2001) as Louise Bonner
- Going Shopping (2005) as Winnie
Television roles
- Search for Tomorrow (1953–54) as Rose Peabody
- The Defenders (2 episodes, 1963–65) as Norma Burgess/Marla Edwards
- The Fugitive (1 episode, 1964) as Millie Harlop
- The Big Valley (1 episode, 1967) as Rosemary Williams
- Ironside (1 episode, 1967) as Francesca Kirby
- Mission: Impossible (1 episode, 1968) as Susan Buchanan
- The Mod Squad (1 episode, 1970) as Anna Lisa Bell
- Columbo (1 epsiode, 1971) as Leslie Williams
- One Day at a Time (1 episode, 1984) as Ellie
- Empty Nest (1 episode, 1992) as Aunt Susan
Director
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1 episode, 2000)
