Lee Grant in Mulholland DR. | 2001
Clip Name: Louis Warns From a Trouble
Lee Grant in Mulholland DR. | 2001
Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Ann Miller
Directed by: David Lynch
About this actor
Lee Grant (born October 31, 1927) is an American theater, film and television actress, and film director who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. Grant won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Carp in the film Shampoo (1975). Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City, the daughter of Eastern European Jewish immigrants Witia (née Haskell), a teacher, and Abraham W. Rosenthal, a realtor and educator. Her stage name, Lee Grant, is a compilation of the two leading U.S. Civil War generals, though she has confessed a lifelong crush on Cary Grant played a part in the selection. Grant performed as a ballerina with the New York Metropolitan Opera at the age of four, and during her childhood studied dance and acting. Grant established herself as a dramatic actress on Broadway at age 21, earning praise for her role as a shoplifter in the play Detective Story which began its run on March 23, 1949. She made her...
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