Lee Grant
American actress
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, 1925)[1] is an American actress and director. Her role in the 1951 movie Detective Story as a young shoplifter got her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her role in the 1975 movie Shampoo, won her an Oscar.[6] She also won two Emmy Awards during her career.[7]
Lee Grant | |
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 Grant in 1975 | |
| Born | Lyova Haskell Rosenthal October 31, 1925[a] New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and director |
| Years active | 1933–present |
| Spouse(s) | Arnold Manoff (m. 1951; div. 1960) Joseph Feury (m. 1970) |
| Children | 2, including Dinah Manoff |
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- ↑ There is debate about when Grant was born. Government records say she was born in 1925 and in an interview she also mentioned she was born in 1925,[1][2] however Grant herself has mentioned her age many times and often different every time. In some cases, when she would mention her age, her birth year would differ from 1927–1931[3][4][5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New York, New York, Birth Index, 1910-1965". Ancestry.com. New York City Department of Health. Retrieved February 2, 2018. Note: online record mistranscribed as "21 Oct"; original document states October 31.
- ↑ Lee Grant (April 11, 2017). "Actress Lee Grant Confesses Her Age And Chats About Blacklisting" (Interview). X17 Online. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ↑ Rickey, Carrie (July 17, 2014), "'I Said Yes to Everything', by Lee Grant", SFGate.com, retrieved January 22, 2017,
Lyova Rosenthal was born in the mid-1920s. The granddaughter of Polish and Russian immigrants is famously inexact about her age. From her mid-20s to her mid-30s, the blacklist left her unemployable in TV and film, so she lied about her years, whatever they were, to remain viable as an actress.
- ↑ United States. Congress. House. Un-American Activities (1958). Hearings. Vol. 2. United States Government Publishing Office. p. 2596.
- ↑ Vaughn, Robert (1972). Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 227. ISBN 9780879100810. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Photos: Academy Award Winner Lee Grant Shines at Hope Runs High's Opening Night Bash for Film Forum's LEE GRANT: ACTOR. FILMMAKER Series".
- ↑ Profile, forward.com; accessed September 9, 2014.
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