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Lee Grant

Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. For her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's ''Detective Story'', Grant earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Grant won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Warren Beatty's older lover in ''Shampoo'' (1975).

Grant was one of many entertainment industry professionals blacklisted during the 1950s. Starting in 1952, for 12 years Grant was largely prevented from finding employment in acting, although she did occasionally get work onscreen, onstage, and as a teacher during this period. She began to be hired for more roles in the mid-1960s and concentrated on rebuilding her acting career.

Grant starred in 71 TV episodes of ''Peyton Place'' (1965–1966), followed by lead roles in films such as ''Valley of the Dolls'' and ''In the Heat of the Night'' in 1967. In 1964, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in ''The Maids''. During her career, she won two Emmy Awards and was nominated seven times.

Grant later turned her focus to directing. In 1986, she won a Directors Guild of America Award for ''Nobody's Child''. In 1987, the documentary she directed, ''Down and Out in America'', tied for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Provided by Wikipedia