OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS/FILMMAKER LEE GRANT
IN PERSON AT “DETECTIVE STORY”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 AT 7:15 PM

Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker (and five-time Oscar-nominee) LEE GRANT will appear in person on Wednesday, October 9 at the 7:15 show of Wyler’s DETECTIVE STORY, the movie in which she made her film debut.

Born in New York City, Ms. Grant made her stage debut at age 4 at the Metropolitan Opera. After graduating from high school, she won a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. While still a teenager she won The Critics' Circle Award for her portrayal of the jittery shoplifter in the original Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story." She made her film debut repising that role (for director William Wyler), in a performance that won her the Best Actress award at Cannes, along with her first Oscar nomination. But shortly after, she became a victim of the McCarthy blacklists and would work only sporadically for the next 10 years.

She became more active again in the 1960s with a recurring role (as Stella Chernak) on the TV series "Peyton Place," which won her an Emmy Award. In addition to her Oscar nomination for DETECTIVE STORY, she has also been nominated three other times: for Hal Ashby's THE LANDLORD (1970), VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (1976), and Ashby's SHAMPOO, taking home the Best Supporting Oscar for the latter.

From the late 1970s, Ms. Grant turned to filmmaking as part of the Women's Project at The American Film Institute (AFI); her adaptation of Strindberg's THE STRONGER was later selected as one of the 10 best films ever produced for the AFI. She would later receive a an Academy Award for the documentary DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA (1987) and a Directors Guild Award for NOBODY'S CHILD (1986). In 1983, she was the recipient of the Congressional Arts Caucus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting and Independent Filmmaking and in 1989 was honored by Women in Film with their first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. For television, she has created over 35 intimate portraits of women ranging from Marlo Thomas and Mia Farrow to Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug.

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