In 1968, Grant appeared in the TV series "Mission Impossible," portraying the wife of a U.S. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama for that role. She then appeared in the television series "Peyton Place" as Stella Chernak. She made her film debut in the movie version of Detective Story, receiving her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and winning the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Grant studied acting at NYC's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of famed acting coach Sanford Meisner before establishing herself as a dramatic actress on and off Broadway, earning praise for her role as a shoplifter in the play Detective Story which began its run on March 23, 1949. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Carp in the film "Shampoo." Lee Grant is an American stage, film and television actress, and film director.
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