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Lee Grant

American actress

Lee Grant is an American actress, documentarian and director whose career spans more than eight decades, with an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award. She made her Broadway debut as the Shoplifter in Detective Story and reprised the role on film, earning an Academy Award nomination and the Cannes Best Actress award. Her films also include In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls and Mulholland Drive.

Lee Grant appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1951 to 2001. Most of that work is in drama, mystery and crime.

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What movies and TV shows has Lee Grant been in?
Lee Grant appears in Mulholland Drive (2001), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Valley of the Dolls (1967) and Detective Story (1951) on The Remote.
When was Lee Grant born?
Lee Grant was born on 31 October 1925.

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