Lee Grant on her career's brightest and darkest moments

Oscar-winner Lees Grant, the ever-feisty author of "I Said Yes to Everything," sits down with correspondent Michelle Miller for a look backward and forward at her long career as an actress, director, and documentary filmmaker.

[@KarenMillerAttorney]

Loved her Columbo appearance! She was brilliant in that role!!

[@Archer335]

Yes, she was the heartless attorney. Columbo nailed her a good one!

[@edgarlee2802]

One of the best episodes of a brilliant show.

[@jeepguy220]

beautiful in this episode!!

[@gemster18]

I am with you 100%, she was stunning, and extremely sexy and seductive in that episode of Columbo.... A true treasure

[@NoOne-sn2si]

Whip smart and soulless. Just saw that episode tonight... I think it was the Columbo series pilot.

[@EifertD]

She was great in the Heat of the Night, such a convincing actress. It's sad that she had to go through a time when she was not allowed to work. A huge loss to audiences and her fans. Nice to see she is doing so well today.

[@theresabollman8061]

Ms. Grant, you are still beautiful and are one of the best actors to have graced a stage. God bless you!

[@floydfletcher4313]

whatever

[@Irish-Rose]

floyd fletcher She is brilliant. Someone like you could never understand that , because of your very low I.Q.

[@plasticweapon]

@@Irish-Rose she was an excellent actor who would still be beautiful if she hadn't ruined her face.

[@GGiblet]

Yes Theresa! She is so gorgeous💜🌈💜

[@theresabollman8061]

@@GGiblet I still get angry when I think about what she and so many others had stolen from . Years of work they could never get back. We the public lost so much because of it. So odd to think about this because as a post war Baby Boomer I grew up seeing the Communist Party a voting option. Needless to say most Americans wanted (and still want) NOTHING to do with it. But the openness of it as a voting choice kept it from being a danger. It did not align itself with any foreign government. Much like Socialists today. She was dooped into making that speech by a husband who was probably jealous of her success. She has always been a good human being and a Good American... I will always love her.

[@patford8488]

Miss Grant was brilliant in The Omen 2. The plot twist at the end, and how she handles the immediate change from devoted wife to apostle of Satan, still gives me chills.

[@Covid--ts5cw]

Like your fig flag.

[@eamonndeane587]

"Here are YOUR DAGGERS!!!!"

[@dzanier]

Very depressing ending to an inferior sequel.

[@skullduggery3377]

@@dzanier - it didn't have the charisma of the original. still, it wasn't a worthless film. the rest of the installments, however, were just straight up ludicrous...lol.

[@dzanier]

@@skullduggery3377 no it didn’t. The remake of the first wasn’t that bad. It’s just that Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles can’t hold a candle to Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.

[@gianidoingmebenman2955]

Always thought she had that brilliantly intelligent, beautiful aura about her.

[@Jonathanbroder]

She is an INCREDIBLE actress. Born to be one. Hope you see this Ms. Grant. You're friggin' awesome.

[@kathrynbellerose3925]

Dear Ms. Grant: Brave, Beautiful, and an excellent actress. God Bless you.

[@pnull]

Whenever someone mentions Lee Grant, I always think of In The Heat of The Night.

[@rrook9465]

Have always admired Lee Grant. She is still beautiful inside and out!

[@sambean9765]

I work with the elderly and its very very rare when someone in their 90s and even in their 80s manage to preserve their physical AND mental abilities intact and not deteriorated.

[@felix121984]

That’s because you work with the deteriorated.

[@stevevalkos6308]

she should be proud to say her age, she has looked great at every age

[@trancehi]

Her role in Columbo (Ransom for a Dead Man) was superb I thought.

[@cmcb09]

***** Wasn't it though, I have a screen cap of her firing the gun that I frequently use as the lock screen on my iPhone lol. Brilliant.

[@trancehi]

Chris Johnson Nice one, she was very sultry and sizzling in the film I thought, great actress.

[@scvandy3129]

You are so right. I was upset that significant credit is ignored / omitted in her autobiography. How does a celebrated actress/director leave out starring in the second pilot -- as a pilot -- for one of the greatest detective series ("Columbo") of all time opposite such a brilliant actor, Peter Falk, from Broadway, film and television -- just like her. "God, Lee, that could have been an entire chapter." A very entertaining, enlightening chapter. "Revised edition, please!"

[@terrimichaels3018]

Damien stepmother went down in a blaze of glory after screaming his name Mark was his brother so sad to this day

[@m.e.d.7997]

IT was and she looked gorgeous in it.

[@sammyloffredo6414]

I always loved. Lee. Grant God bless her A great. Lady and one of our best actresses. True class

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

I would not have recognized her to be Lee Grant if I hadn't been told. Her face is completely different but then again, for 89 she looks sensational.

[@danseabreeze1404]

Many people blame that on cosmetic surgery but for people that have never had cosmetic surgery, they might also be unrecognizable from their younger years.

[@pnull]

@@danseabreeze1404 good point

[@DoctorShocktor]

Dan Seabreeze Lol what? Her plastic surgery scars and over stretched skin are more obvious than a road map and could be seen by blind people! Are you kidding?

[@danseabreeze1404]

@@DoctorShocktor I don't think you really read and understood my comment

[@theresabollman8061]

I think she looks amazingly like herself. I guess we all see diferently.

[@DA90027]

She looks great for almost 90...sharp as a tack

[@geot4647]

She was already ruining her face here, though. Damned shame, since it was nearly flawless.

[@dobazajr]

She had plastic surgery in her youth.

[@DA90027]

@@dobazajr she didn't overdo most her age look near death she still looks like herself

[@DA90027]

@@geot4647 I work with seniors do you how hard it is just to look human at 90? She looks ok here

[@charlespatrick8650]

she was 88 when this was posted, 94 on Halloween next month, young soul 👻

[@photo161]

not cool of you to say so, Dude...

[@henrymartin4083]

94! I had the hots for her from the first time I saw her in "Shampoo" at age 10. She's still beautiful.

[@johnnyreyes1610]

Henry Martin she sure is

[@boborrahood]

She's the same age as another Oscar winning actress beauty, Eva Marie Saint.

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Had no idea Lee Grant is Jewish .she was gorgeous when she was young .fav 🎥 of her .Airport 77. Damien Omen 11

[@jimbranca1565]

Lee Grant is one of my favorite actors and a great lady!!

[@50franny]

Always loved her acting.

[@kllwc7772]

Funny,insightful,informative interview 😍I loved her in the 🎭Omen🎭 film and I am curious about her film work.Very cool that her documentary won an Oscar ...

[@humboldtharry4248]

She was intense in The Omen, I’ll never forget those eyes

[@lindaackerman3507]

I love Lee Grant, she looks amazing what ever age she is really who cares. Her fabulous daughter dinah manoff was a main character in the movie Grease with John travolta, she was one of the pink ladies..best movie ever..♥

[@TopandTang]

I've always loved her...watch the pilot for "Columbo"!!!!

[@michaelneel4828]

My cousin Joe Fioretti is married to Lee & they used to come back to his home in Wilmington & throw the best party's !

[@evasivy855]

I am in the middle of her autobiography right now, and it starts kind of slow and confusing, and then picks up. When it picks up, you're in for a ride!

[@reesemorgan2259]

She lost the most fertile years as an actress - hence the early facelift. I understand why she won't give her age now. What the government did to her and many others was cruel.

[@skygazer6898]

Lee is happy to reveal her age. She is 94 now.

[@jessewarren7404]

A real honest to goodness beauty with tremendous class, she was/is great in everything she does. Valley of the Dolls, Columbo I saw again recently, she was soo good.... Introduced once to her by Harvey Perry in NYC at the play he was directing, Of Mice and Men. Unforgettable!

[@johnfachy393]

What a great lady, no BS, loved this!

[@iamjetl]

I just absolutely ADORE Lee Grant!!

[@marygraham3189]

Lee Grant is the most beautiful 80 year old I have ever seen!

[@marckunz5197]

She is 95 by the way ;-)

[@elizabethmelchor7764]

An awesome actress and lady who looks absolutely amazing!

[@scvandy3129]

Yes, an amazing actress. Agreed. But her "amazing" looks are just that, frighteningly amazing. Self induced.

[@twerkinthecityhuh6340]

Good for her at her age having her hair fabulously colored

[@Irish-Rose]

Ryan Wrong. My grandmothers hair was thick & gorgeous in her 90’s. It just depends on your genes. And how you take care of yourself. No one in our family shows their age. My grandmother looked like she was 60, & at that time she was 85. Barely a wrinkle. She didn’t have any wrinkles until her 80’s, & even then very few. It’s the same for everyone in our family, but it’s the genes, & none of us smoke

[@fd4576]

Always loved Lee Grant. I never knew the "disgusting" details of the years that she lost on stage and screen due to idiotic ignorance. A disgrace that could easily happen again if you pay attention to our current social dis-function and lack of empathy for difference. Love you Lee, you're still lovely and brilliant !...... Rock on Girl !!! ( P.S. - check her out in that crazy episode of the "Mod Squad" as the tortured artist mother of a "young" and brilliantly twisted "Richard Dreyfuss", awesome ! Her cinematic skill and character realism was just as impressive here on the small screen as it was on the big. a truly gifted lady.

[@bettiebryant8157]

F D me to l0

[@bobkrohn8053]

She got what she deserved. Trying to destroy the Country that made her wealthy. $15,000,000

[@poussinhamzah4013]

I always remember her in Peyton Place as Stella Chernak, especially when she lied at Rodney Harrington's trial !

[@simon5005]

Always liked Lee Grant...........she definitely had a presence on the screen.

[@rgs6236]

Lee grant is a beautiful and brilliant actress

[@alexanderpatrick4866]

Wonderful in every way!

[@laurastrobel718]

Wow judging from the comment section people either loved her or didn't I always liked her a lot Thought she was beautiful and admired her spirit... Elegant and gritty at the same time So rude of the interviewer to keep grilling her about her age It's really no one's business Clearly Lee always preferred to keep that private She was wise enough to realize early in her career that ageism is part of the game in Hollywood As they say... "A lady never tells her age"...😘

[@janspell2516]

Laura Strobel Ageism is alive & well everywhere.

[@laurastrobel718]

@@janspell2516 sadlly it is😳

[@PungiFungi]

But I think that is one of the major points in her autobio. Her own age obsession as a result of being black listed.

[@laurastrobel718]

@@PungiFungi Thanks for your input🙂

[@zoeyblu111]

Cant believe that reporter made such a big deal about her AGE...and had to put her on the spot... Come on michelle really ?

[@Ann-cb2qx]

I always enjoyed the work of this actress. I felt intuitively, that she was someone of real substance .Thank you for the entertainment and education Madam.

[@mariavela3398]

She knew how to express herself as an actress. I always wondered what had happened to her. Now I know. Barbara Streisand always reminded me of her. I thought it was only Arthur Miller that was black listed as a communist. She could not work for 12 years. Once I do not see any of my favorite actors any more, I have a feeling something is going on with them.

[@HelloooThere]

Lee Grant was the original casting for Dorothy on the Golden Girls...that is, if they were unable to get Bea Arthur

[@cinemalover575]

I loved her bit, yet memorable part in "Mulholland Dr."

[@JosephRGrych]

I always love seeing her, a great actress!

[@theresag1969]

Lee Grant, is one smart woman.

[@hastingsgal]

One of my favourite actresses. She is so good as the mum in Plaza Suite! Just hilarious. Also loved her in Columbo. Didn't know about the blacklist but always wondered why her roles seemed fewer than expected.

[@felix121984]

Dick Gladwish I love her very steely gray eyes !

[@AndyMangele]

Love the moment at 3:15 - "Well, I'm in good company"! :)

[@alanmcneill2407]

Lee Grant is still gorgeous...love all of her work!!!

[@omarchandler4983]

America is funny and sad. I bet that a lot of people on the “red list” were probably left-leaning liberals. But there’s NEVER been a reckoning, condemnation, or barely a discussion about America’s deep seeded right-wing racism. This country was founded on racism, it’s in every facet of American life, and it’s part of why we have this embarrassment, trump, in the White House. But I never knew about Lee Grant. She’s fascinating!

[@kaycox5555]

Pretty lady, always....loved her acting and miss her to this day.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

love u lee uve alwys been so awesome !!!!

[@boborrahood]

No mention in this, or in comments here, of one of her best roles as the prosecuting attorney in Albert Brooks's Defending Your Life, 1991, also with Brooks, Meryl Streep and Rip Torn.

[@eddiem6975]

I just watched it again.. one of my favorite movies. She stole the whole movie. Brilliant actress! If you get a chance, watch Mafu Cage. She and Carol Kane plays sisters. It's really good

[@lebusraconte3040]

I really like Lee Grant. Her Columbo role was fantastic as a perverse woman! Wish you The Best, greetings from France 🇫🇷 💐🍀💐🍀💐🍀❤️💜💕

[@coreypowell2434]

My gosh that was so good! I was just a kid when she caught her second wave in Hollywood so I mostly caught these films on TV later in life. She is amazing and seems like a terrific human being ❤

[@dobazajr]

She was also brilliant in Voyage of the Damned. Underrated film but she was good in it.

[@eamonndeane587]

Enough to earn her an Oscar Nomination.

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Lee Grant IS ONE COOL, TOUGH AND HUGELY INTELLIGENT, BRAVE AND TALENTED WOMAN!!!

[@juanitaperla5603]

Her hair still looked very nice here, but her face was unrecognizable -- too much plastic, pulling, and fillers.

[@jaysmith6305]

Plaza suite ... wonderful actress ...hilarious love her

[@terrenceragin5555]

I love her

[@TheWaterfallprincess]

what a find...Lee Grant is a favourite actress of mine.... thanks for the upload.

[@johnflynn9619]

Lee is a Brilliant Actress.

[@frederickcombs8661]

the book is wonderful

[@rondaswindell7130]

I was blacklisted at that age too. This horrible man ruined what could have been a great career! Karma got him for it years later!

[@carter7937]

I've never seen a 90 + year old lady look so great.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

??? Her face is masklike ... how is that great???????

[@dmitryst5902]

@@maxvolokitin4573 глаза такие же живые и молодые как и в Коломбо, даже та пластика движений сохранилась в 90 лет.

[@DoctorShocktor]

Максим Волокитин What does 90 have to do with horribly overdone plastic surgery?lol. Blind people can see the layers of stretching and stitching ffs.

[@johnnycash578]

she was great in colombo if its on i will watch it no matter how many times ive seen it

[@christhomas5761]

She got a facelift at 30 ? There shouldn`t be anything to lift at that age.

[@piustwelfth]

It's apparent from the video that she obviously has a hang-up with age and aging.

[@juanitaperla5603]

Jews start plastic surgery early -- usually with a nose job in high school.

[@CatsArePeopleToo]

chris thomas- Exactly what I said!

[@paulettebilly5941]

Your still beautiful, we should all be so lucky!!

[@katiejo1095]

Yes, you are beautiful.

[@ethannielson942]

Lee Grant was always one of my favorite actresses. Her Oscar nominated performance in VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED was magnificent.

[@Irish-Rose]

She’s just Brilliant!

[@alexisdiva9]

She's also great in "Valley of the Dolls", "Plaza Suite", "Airport '77" - after Olivia de Haviland's passing she's the oldest surviving cast member and "The Spell". IMO she should have passed on getting a face lift at age 30 - how could she afford it anyway seeing it was during the years she was blacklisted? I do get her feelings about ageism and feel with the ageism still present in the industry she was smart to pivot over to directing.

[@danielmorse6597]

Amazing woman. Thank you.

[@BujoldComa78]

I always liked her. She made any movie she was in entertaining. Watch her in Airport"77 and imagine if she wasn't in the role. She lit up the screen in everything she was in.

[@Jehovahsway]

She was brilliant in Columbo and the heat of the night . In 2025 she will be 100 years old shes looks grrat ❤

[@dudley5533]

What a shame for her being unfairly blacklisted. Such a waste of talent and spoil of a good reputation. Both as brilliant actress and director, she lost many years of her career because of the treatment she wrongly received.

[@1trschaefer78]

A survivor if every there was one!

[@frothe42]

Just finished Reading "I Said Yes To Everything". Haunting. Hoping to meet this great woman one day soon.

[@frothe42]

She seems like it. This was an actress I forgot about, as she hasn't done anything in years. But her story is compelling, Warren Read​.

[@belindajones1665]

Frederick Rothe III that’s my grandma

[@suzeauster2223]

May Avinu Continue to Bless You 🌈

[@rah62]

Damn, she's had more work done than my kitchen remodel.

[@bgueberdenteich5206]

Well worth it !

[@donbrassco301]

Da Heat Of The Nite😤

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

Since the sixties people have been absolutely obsessed with age. Case in point: I see a woman I know and someone says how old do you think she is? I say 35 and the guy gasps...WOW. I only thought she was 34. I mean..Please! The number of years you are on the earth should not matter in the slightest. We are all the same. Until people get over the "numbers racket" then the most virulent form of discrimination will continue.

[@boborrahood]

Except in Hollywood. Comic Rita Rudner : Out here a marriage is a success if it oulasts milk. ...I tell people I've been married two months and they say What's your secret?

[@lisacotton322]

Lady Grant, you look beautiful. I’m willing to bet you are in your 80s. The 80s is the new 50s.😘

[@smallfry7743]

Lyova Haskell Rosenthal October 31, during the mid-1920s.. Age 94-96 approx.

[@freemindthinkerezrapound5071]

Class and style never fades

[@chrispaschal7955]

Love this lady, beautiful and excellent actress.

[@williamking8033]

She's still got it!

[@ziggy33399]

I just love her, as is...and to ask her age is rude. Bad manners. Let’s restore civility & some sense of etiquette please. You know, it’s about thinking of OTHER people’s feelings, not you own (that’s what etiquette does).

[@danielstanwyck2812]

i don't know if michelle miller is still doing these kinds of interviews or any kind of interviews, but she is not adept at it at all; the little smirk that crosses her lips has to go.

[@pbohearn]

A very good profile on Lee Grant and I thought the interviewer was excellent. Very engaging.

[@mylindacasbarro777]

Lee Grant I remember her and she is a remarkable actress.

[@heru-deshet359]

She's 89 here. Looks good for her age and kudos to her for aging naturally.

[@73grapes]

She was such a beautiful woman I wish she would never touch plastic surgery and aged naturally she would’ve looked a lot better but to each his own

[@redmustangredmustang]

As I am writing this she's still alive at 97.

[@AB-vv7fl]

94 in 2019

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

I love her ❤

[@kathleensilva2414]

So sweet!

[@Chriszlaststand]

Something about those Manhattan penthouses. Maybe the air. She looks great. God bless her. What a run she's had.

[@DoctorShocktor]

The air? In the layers of her plastic surgery? It’s scary.

[@paulcatania1315]

She's an inspiration! I always had the biggest crush on her. She's the same age as my father. In fact I'm the same age as her oldest daughter! My father is a few months older than Lee. My dad still works out every day with weights and aerobics. Now I have him doing 3 sets of pull-ups every day! He's a machine! Lee looks different these days but still healthy and attractive! God bless her!!

[@geoffjoffy]

I worked out she was 90 in the video and 98 now.

[@PrincessDiana1256]

Still beautiful, girlie! I always remember that cute 😊 love that boom I said yes to everything....love it.

[@pedromuga4992]

A legend!

[@MrRJMGREEN]

She is truly timeless.