Lee GrantAKA:
Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
10/31/1927 Birthplace:
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biography
An attractive brunette with angular features, Lee Grant began her career as a child performer with NYC's Metropolitan Opera. By age 11, she had become a member of the American Ballet Theatre. After music studies at Juilliard, she won a scholarship to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse and switched her focus to acting. Grant understudied the role of Ado Annie in a touring production of "Oklahoma!" before landing her breakthrough stage role as a young shoplifter in Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story" in 1949. Hollywood soon beckoned and she recreated the role in William Wyler's 1951 superb film
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1933
First stage performance at Metropolitan Opera
1938
Made member of American Ballet
1944
Professional stage debut as understudy for the character of Ado Annie in the touring production of "Oklahoma!" (date approximate)
1948
Broadway acting debut in "Joy to the World"
1949
Breakthrough stage role, "Detective Story"
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