Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Lee Grant I Said Yes To Everything

She was one of the first women of Hollywood to hold her own. It opened the door for her to reach beyond acting and straight into directing. But what happens when Hollywood is accused of being connected to Communism? Her life suddenly went silent. But the fight to succeed didn't. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Hollywood legend Lee Grant. I SAID YES TO EVERYTHING is both a compelling memoir of a singular life and an affecting universal story of a tenacious woman overcoming considerable obstacles to come into her own. It offers a revealing and highly personal glimpse into some of the most fraught days of America’s political history, as well as a time when women were just beginning to assert their own worth and to break into the top levels of the film business. Through it all, Lee Grant navigates her travails, triumphs, and romances with heart and humor, embracing kismet and celebrating life. About the Author: Lee Grant won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Shampoo and directed the Oscar winning Documentary Down and Out in America. She has appeared many times on Broadway and in such memorable films as Detective Story (for which she received her first Oscar nomination and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival), In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls, The Landlord, Plaza Suite, Portnoy’s Complaint, Voyage of the Damned, Airport 77, and Defending Your Life. She has also appeared on many television shows, including, Peyton Place (for which she won an Emmy), The Neon Ceiling (her second Emmy win), and the innovative 1970s series Fay. She has directed Nobody’s Child (winner of a Director’s Guild Award), The Stronger, Tell Me a Riddle, What Sex Am I?, The Willmar 8, When Women Kill, The Gun Deadlock, and many other documentaries, as well as more than forty episodes of Intimate Portrait for Lifetime. She founded her production company, Feury/Grant Entertainment, with her husband, Joe Feury. In 1989, Women in Film honored Grant with their first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. An adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she lives in New York City with her husband.

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