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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lee_GrantLee Grant - Wikipedia

    Learn about the life and career of Lee Grant, an American actress who won two Oscars and was blacklisted in the 1950s. Find out how she overcame the ban and became a successful director and documentarian.

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  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0335519Lee Grant - IMDb

    Lee Grant is an Oscar-winning actress who also directed and wrote films and TV shows. She was a victim of the McCarthy-era blacklists and a pioneer of independent filmmaking.

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  4. www.bigissue.com › culture › filmLee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now

    Mar 7, 2023 · As the 1950s began, Lee Grant was set for a stellar Hollywood career. Her debut in Detective Story had won her an Academy Award nomination, the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and the praise of her co-star Kirk Douglas, who said she was “a beautiful young girl with extraordinary talent and a big future”.

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  6. forward.com › culture › film-tvLee Grant is 97-and-a-half and just as fierce as ever

    Sep 27, 2023 · At 97-and-a-half, Lee Grant reflects on her career, from her film debut in 1951 to her documentaries on social issues. She shares her personal and professional stories, from her Jewish heritage to her encounters with antisemitism and the Hollywood Blacklist.

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0335519Lee Grant - Biography - IMDb

    Lee Grant. Actress: In the Heat of the Night. Academy Award-winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925 in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and model, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee made her stage debut at age 4 at the Metropolitan Opera in New...

    • October 31, 1925

  8. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2020Legendary Oscar Winner Lee Grant on Sex, Sexism, the ...

    Jan 28, 2020 · Lee Grant, seen here in a 1970 TV movie, turned to directing to have a voice. From ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images. Save. Save. On top of being an Oscar-winning actor and a ...

  9. www.themoviedb.org › person › 30123-lee-grantLee Grant — The Movie Database (TMDB)

    Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) 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.