Lee Grant
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's Detective Story, co-starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. This role earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1952 she was blacklisted from most acting jobs for the next 12 years. She was able to find only occasional work onstage or as a teacher during this period. It also contributed to her divorce. She was removed from the blacklist in 1962 and rebuilt her acting career. She starred in 71 TV episodes of Peyton Place (1965–1966), followed by lead roles in films such as Valley of the Dolls, In the Heat of the Night (both 1967), and Shampoo (1975), for the last of which she won an Oscar. In 1964, she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance in The Maids. During her career she was nominated for the Emmy Award seven times between 1966 and 1993, winning twice.
In 1986 she directed Down and Out in America which tied for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and in the same year she also won a Directors Guild of America Award for Nobody's Child.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 24.503 |
| Birthday | 1925-10-31 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | 李·格兰特, Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, |
2001
Mulholland Drive
7.8/6003
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...
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Mulholland Drive
1967
Valley of the Dolls
6/115
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Valley of the Dolls
1967
In the Heat of the Night
7.63/1015
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In the Heat of the Night
2000
Dr. T & the Women
4.876/315
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Dr. T & the Women
1978
Damien: Omen II
6.447/679
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Damien: Omen II
1951
Detective Story
7/137
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Detective Story
2019
Hal
6.545/11
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Hal
1975
Shampoo
6/202
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1977
Airport '77
5.6/278
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Airport '77
1984
Teachers
5.6/67
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1991
Defending Your Life
7/254
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1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
5.9/23
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1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
6.8/114
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1969
Marooned
5.9/90
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1971
Plaza Suite
6/40
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1970
The Landlord
5.7/41
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1978
The Swarm
4.918/159
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The Swarm
1982
Visiting Hours
5.6/101
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Visiting Hours
1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
5.4/26
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1980
Little Miss Marker
6.5/46
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Little Miss Marker
1979
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
6.2/8
A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1955
Storm Fear
6/18
A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home.
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Storm Fear
1976
Voyage of the Damned
5.937/63
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Voyage of the Damned
1974
The Internecine Project
6.225/20
Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.
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The Internecine Project
1959
Middle of the Night
7/29
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Middle of the Night
1969
The Big Bounce
5.2/8
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The Big Bounce
1963
The Balcony
5.3/15
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film Arch...
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The Balcony
1996
The Substance of Fire
6.3/3
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The Substance of Fire
2001
The Amati Girls
2.5/2
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
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The Amati Girls
1979
You Can't Go Home Again
1/1
An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world o...
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You Can't Go Home Again
1970
Night Slaves
6.2/8
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one un...
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Night Slaves
1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
7/2
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
1973
What Are Best Friends For?
0/0
A married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.
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What Are Best Friends For?
1972
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
0/0
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Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
Portnoy's Complaint
4.5/11
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his...
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1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
5/3
A presentation of Tennessee Williams' three one-act plays: "Moony's Kid Don't Cry", "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches", and "This Property Is Condemn...
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1971
The Neon Ceiling
7.667/3
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The Neon Ceiling
1987
The Big Town
5.427/48
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The Big Town
1992
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer
7.4/19
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that feat...
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1978
The Mafu Cage
6.295/22
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The Mafu Cage
1977
The Spell
4.9/28
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The Spell
1984
A Billion for Boris
6/1
In this family-friendly sequel to Freaky Friday, teenaged Boris realizes that his television set is somehow receiving broadcasts from the future, so h...
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A Billion for Boris
1981
For Ladies Only
4/4
An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.
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2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
0/0
This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the mo...
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1989
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
0/0
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release...
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The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1990
She Said No
6/1
A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office d...
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She Said No
1996
It's My Party
6.3/34
Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function...
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It's My Party
1999
Mulholland Dr.
7.852/466
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a T...
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Mulholland Dr.
1964
Pie in the Sky
0/0
Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
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Pie in the Sky
2005
Going Shopping
4.5/2
A clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictio...
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Going Shopping
1972
Ransom for a Dead Man
7.2/40
A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
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Ransom for a Dead Man
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
4.889/9
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
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Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1976
Perilous Voyage
0/0
A South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and holds all of the passengers hostage.
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Perilous Voyage
1981
The Willmar 8
6/1
Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.
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The Willmar 8
1982
Plaza Suite
0/0
HBO filmed version of the Neil Simon play (filmed in front of a live audience) has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza...
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Plaza Suite
1983
When Women Kill
6/1
When Women Kill is a poignant documentary exploring the shocking violence that seven women fell victim to at the hands of men. The program profiles th...
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When Women Kill
1985
What Sex Am I?
5.6/4
"What Sex Am I?" follows a group of Transgender individuals struggling to make their way in every strata of 1980s America. From finding employment to...
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What Sex Am I?
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
7/48
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And the Oscar Goes To...
1992
Citizen Cohn
6.3/21
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves...
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Citizen Cohn
2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
5.2/4
This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen. The...
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Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
1992
Women on Trial
0/0
"Women On Trail" exposes the innate corruption and sexism in the family court system as children are removed from their mothers and given to fathers w...
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Women on Trial
1963
An Affair of the Skin
0/0
A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
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An Affair of the Skin
1992
In My Daughter's Name
5.3/3
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
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In My Daughter's Name
1992
Earth and the American Dream
6.667/3
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness l...
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Earth and the American Dream
2003
The John Garfield Story
8/4
This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the roug...
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The John Garfield Story
1967
Divorce American Style
5.7/21
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
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Divorce American Style
1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill
6.5/2
A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
1973
Partners in Crime
2/1
A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.
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Partners in Crime
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6/2
Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City a...
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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
1975
The Seagull
0/0
Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konst...
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The Seagull
1981
The Million Dollar Face
0/0
Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to b...
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The Million Dollar Face
2020
Killian & the Comeback Kids
0/0
Forced to return to his struggling hometown after an expensive college degree, Killian gathers former childhood friends to audition for a music festiv...
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Killian & the Comeback Kids
1989
Battered
0/0
Lee Grant's acclaimed 1989 investigation of domestic violence in American Homes. Battered is the powerful, if harrowing portrait of a life lived in co...
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Battered
1986
Down and Out in America
6.5/6
The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live i...
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Down and Out in America
1994
Under Heat
4/2
Dean is 36 and recently diagnosed as HIV positive. He has come home to tell his mother and his older brother Milo.
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Under Heat
1978
The Good Doctor
0.5/1
A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.
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The Good Doctor
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6/3
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind th...
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2003
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
0/0
Director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller were once best friends and professional colleagues, to most that knew them then in both capacities as...
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Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
6.6/5
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1959
The World of Sholom Aleichem
0/0
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and televisi...
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The World of Sholom Aleichem
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
8/4
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting...
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
7/1
The life and career of the renowned television writer and creator of the classic science fiction series, "The Twilight Zone."
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Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
2000
Poor Liza
0/0
A beautiful peasant girl is romanced and abandoned by a young nobleman.
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Poor Liza
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
6/1
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the...
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
0/0
A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Th...
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1982
A Crime to Fit the Punishment
0/0
This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly...
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A Crime to Fit the Punishment
2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
9/1
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Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2014
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
0/0
From Mary Pickford to Barbra Streisand the successful actress turned producer/director is one of Hollywood's longest standing traditions.
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Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
1974
Why Me?
0/0
Why Me? a one-hour documentary on breast cancer narrated by actress Lee Grant. First broadcast on May 13, 1974 on CBS in Los Angeles, it was the first...
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Why Me?
1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
0/0
On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the...
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1988
Hello Actors Studio
6/1
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For...
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Hello Actors Studio
1967
Deadlock
0/0
A woman walks into a police station with a pistol and a vial of nitroglycerin. It turns out that she is the widow of an infamous criminal shot and kil...
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Deadlock
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
0/0
Documentary that examines whether America is failing children by not making child care an issue of national priority.
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Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1997
Say It, Fight It, Cure It
0/0
Documentary on breast cancer featuring a series of interviews with survivors and their families. Director and host Lee Grant speaks with support group...
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Say It, Fight It, Cure It
1988
Calling the Shots
0/0
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
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Calling the Shots
1980
Tell Me a Riddle
6/4
Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their grandda...
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Tell Me a Riddle
2017
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
0/0
“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.Au...
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Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2006
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
6/1
The cast of Rocky (1976) pays tribute to actor Burgess Meredith.
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