Lee Grant was born as Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on the 31st October 1927 in New York City, USA, and is an Oscar Aand Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress and film director, best known to the world for roles such roles as Mrs. Enders in the film “The Landlord” (1970), then as Felicia in “Shampoo” (1975), and as Lili Rosen in “Voyage of the Damned” (1976), among many other differing appearances.
Have you ever wondered how rich Lee Grant is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Grant’s net worth is as high as $15 million, an amount earned through her successful acting career, which started in 1950. In addition to being an actress, Grants has also worked as a director, which improved her wealth too.
Lee Grant Net Worth $15 Million
Lee Grant was the only child of Abraham W. Rosenthal, a realtor and educator, and Witia, an actress and teacher. When she was only four years of age, Lee debuted at the Metropolitan Opera and later studied at the Art Students League of New York. After that, Grant continued her education at The High School of Music & Art and Juilliard School of Music and then matriculated from the George Washington High School.
Lee performed ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House in her teens, and later made it to Broadway before her first on-screen credit in an episode of the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated “Actor’s Studio” in 1950. Grant’s first feature movie was William Wyler’s Oscar Award-nominated “Detective Story” (1951), alongside Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. However, as a result of her refusal to testify against her husband at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, Grant’s career suffered as many Hollywood producers blacklisted her, so she found it hard to secure notable roles. After numerous roles on television, Lee co-starred with Fredric March, Kim Novak and Glenda Farrell in Delbert Mann’s Golden Globe Award-nominated “Middle of the Night” (1959).
From 1965 to 1966, she played Stella Chernak in 70 episodes of the Golden Globe Award-nominated series “Peyton Place”, She then appeared alongside Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, and Jason Robards in Bud Yorkin’s Oscar -nominated comedy “Divorce American Style” (1967), and continued as Mrs. Colbert in Norman Jewison’s Oscar Award-winning mystery called “In the Heat of the Night” (1967) starring Sidney Poitier. By the end of the ‘60s, Grant had played in a Golden Globe Award-nominated “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968) with Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, and Phil Silvers, and in John Sturges’ Oscar Award-winning “Marooned” (1969) starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, and David Janssen, so her net worth was rising steadily.
In 1970, Grant received her second Oscar Award nomination for her role as Mrs. Enders in Hal Ashby’s romantic comedy “The Landlord” with Beau Bridges. The following year, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Frank Pierson’s “The Neon Ceiling”, and then teamed up with Hal Ashby again in 1975 in the comedy “Shampoo” with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie; the role of Felicia secured Lee her first and only Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Thanks to the successful characters and movies in the 70’s, Grant’s net worth significantly increased as she became a millionaire.
The next year, Lee earned another Oscar Award nomination for her role of Lili Rosen in Stuart Rosenberg’s war-drama called the “Voyage of the Damned” (1976) with Faye Dunaway and Oskar Werner, and ended the decade with parts in such films as Jerry Jameson’s Oscar Award-nominated “Airport ’77” (1977) and “Damien: Omen II” (1978), in which she played alongside William Holden.
Grant’s career took a step down in the ’80s, but she managed to get parts in several notable movies such as “Visiting Hours” (1982) and Arthur Hiller’s comedy “Teachers” (1984) starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams and Judd Hirsch. In 1991, she appeared alongside Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep and Rip Torn in “Defending Your Life”, and then played Dora Cohn in Frank Pierson’s Golden Globe Award-nominated TV movie “Citizen Cohn” (1992) with John Wood in the lead. Lee portrayed Louise Bonner in both TV and feature movie versions of David Lynch’s Oscar Award-nominated “Mulholland Drive”, while her latest film was “Going Shopping” (2005).
Grant also worked as a movie director and made some popular films including Golden Globe Award-nominated “Nobody’s Child” (1986) and Golden Globe Award-winning “No Place Like Home” (1989).
Regarding her personal life, Lee Grant was married to Arnold Manoff from 1951 to 1960 and has a child with him, while since 1962, she’s been married to Joseph Feury.
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Cannes Best Actress Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Obie Award for Performance, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding...
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program,...
Movies
“In the Heat of the Night” (1967), “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968), “Marooned” (1969), “The Landlord” (1970), “Shampoo” (1975), “Voyage of the Damned” (1976),“Visiting Hours” (1982), “Teachers” (1984), “Defending Your Life” (1991), “Citizen Cohn” (1992), �...
TV Shows
“Mussolini: The Untold Story” (1985), “For Ladies Only” (1981), “Backstairs at the White House” (1979), “Fay” (1975-1976), “Mission: Impossible” (1968)
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Red hair
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Her youthful appearance
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Her deep, sexy voice
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New York City accent
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I was married to a Marxist and I was married to a fascist, and neither one of them ever took out the garbage.
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Documentaries give you the arrogant privilege of opening someone's door and exposing the real person. The people in my films were involved with issues so important to them that they decided (a documentary) was the only way they could reach out and tell the world what was happening to them.
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[Academy Award acceptance speech]: Thank you. I really must have wanted, otherwise: Why would I worn all wedding dress? (laughter from the audience) I think we had a fight twenty years ago (referring to her being blacklisted), but he's changed, I know I haven't. But I would like to thank the artistic community for sustaining me in my wins and losses and sitting on the curb, whatever it was. I don't think there is an award for what Warren Beatty had to do to get Shampoo on, but I respect him and love him, and Robert Towne, and my director Hal Ashby who encourages an actor to fly without a net because you know that he's there to catch you. Thank you.
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The Oscar has endured because of our yearning for excellence. Getting one is like being appointed valedictorian from the bottom of the class. The "outs", like me, get their moment to be "in", for as long as it lasts.
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Many of the things I accomplished in life are because I was dead set on proving somebody wrong.
The William Wyler version of "Wuthering Heights" is her favorite movie.
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Declined the lead role that ultimately went to Beatrice Arthur on "The Golden Girls" (1985). Ironically, Grant's daughter Dinah Manoff went on to have a supporting on the TV series "Empty Nest" (1988), which is a spin-off of "The Golden Girls".
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On the August 3, 2014 broadcast of CBS News Sunday Morning (1979), Grant stated that she now has five grandchildren. She did not say whether any of those were step-grandchildren.
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On the August 3, 2014 broadcast of CBS News Sunday Morning (1979), Grant admitted to having her first face lift at age 30.
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Was the 76th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Shampoo (1975) at The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976) on March 29, 1976.
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Is a staunch liberal Democrat.
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Was 3 months pregnant with her daughter Dinah Manoff when she completed her run of the Broadway play "A Hole in the Head".
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Has three grandsons - Dashiell (b. 1997), Oliver (b. 2002) and Desi (b. 2002) - via her daughter Dinah Manoff.
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Revealed in 1978, along with many other actresses, that she had undergone an abortion early in her career.
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She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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Turned down the role of Dorothy in The Golden Girls (1985), because she didn't want to play a grandmother.
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Was blacklisted in 1951 by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for refusing to testify against her husband, blacklisted playwright/screenwriter Arnold Manoff. As a result, she got very little work for about 12 years.
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Gave birth to her only child at age 32, a daughter Dinah Manoff on January 25, 1958. Child's father is her 1st [now ex] husband, Arnold Manoff.