Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October , during the
mid-s)[a] is an American actress and director. She made her film debut
in 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 Cannes Film Festival.In she was blacklisted
from most acting jobs for the next 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 and
rebuilt her acting career. She starred in TV episodes of Peyton Place
(â€"), followed by lead roles in films such as Valley of the Dolls, In
the Heat of the Night (both ), and Shampoo (), for the last of which
she won an Oscar. In , 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 and ,
winning twice.In 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.Lee
Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in Manhattan, the only child of
Witia (née Haskell), an actress and teacher, and Abraham W.
Rosenthal, a realtor and educator. Her father was born in New York
City, to Polish Jewish immigrants, and her mother was a Russian Jewish
immigrant. The family resided at Riverside Drive in the Hamilton
Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Her date of birth is October , but
the year is disputed, with all years ranging from to having been
given as her year of birth at some point; however, census data, travel
manifests, and testimony suggest that she was born in or , while
Grant's stated ages at the time of her professional debut and Oscar
nomination indicate she was born in .[a]
mid-s)[a] is an American actress and director. She made her film debut
in 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 Cannes Film Festival.In she was blacklisted
from most acting jobs for the next 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 and
rebuilt her acting career. She starred in TV episodes of Peyton Place
(â€"), followed by lead roles in films such as Valley of the Dolls, In
the Heat of the Night (both ), and Shampoo (), for the last of which
she won an Oscar. In , 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 and ,
winning twice.In 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.Lee
Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in Manhattan, the only child of
Witia (née Haskell), an actress and teacher, and Abraham W.
Rosenthal, a realtor and educator. Her father was born in New York
City, to Polish Jewish immigrants, and her mother was a Russian Jewish
immigrant. The family resided at Riverside Drive in the Hamilton
Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Her date of birth is October , but
the year is disputed, with all years ranging from to having been
given as her year of birth at some point; however, census data, travel
manifests, and testimony suggest that she was born in or , while
Grant's stated ages at the time of her professional debut and Oscar
nomination indicate she was born in .[a]
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