She’s been one of our most treasured classic movie character actors for more than 60 years—so it’s about time someone did a blogathon for the beautiful and amazing Lee Grant. Join co-hosts Gill of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Chris of Angelman’s Place August 20-23, 2018 to celebrate the illustrious career of the versatile and prolific Academy Award-winning actress.
From comedy to tragedy, soap opera to adventure to grand guignol thriller, Lee Grant has run the gamut in her six decades in show business—her aptly titled memoir I Said Yes To Everything tells the story of a determined actress, mother, activist, director and survivor of the Communist blacklist of the 1950s, who triumphed over adversity by carving out one of the most unique careers in filmdom.
If you have a favorite Lee Grant performance, you’re invited! Up to three bloggers can choose the same Grant film. If you’ve written previously written about one of Ms. Grant’s films, that’s OK too—just send us the link. And grab one of Gill’s lovely banners below, too, if you have mind to, and post it on your blog. Hope you can join us!
Selected filmography (Check IMDB for a complete list)
Detective Story (1951)
Storm Fear (1955)
Middle of the Night (1959)
The Balcony (1963)
Pie in the Sky (1964)
Terror in the City (1964)
Divorce American Style (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
The Big Bounce (1969)
Marooned (1969)
The Landlord (1970)
There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
The Neon Ceiling (1971)
Plaza Suite (1971)
The Internecine Project (1974)
Shampoo (1975)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The Spell (1977)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
The Swarm (1978)
The Mafu Cage (1978)
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
Little Miss Marker (1980)
For Ladies Only (1981)
Bare Essence (1982)
Visiting Hours (1982)
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
Teachers (1984)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
It's My Party (1996)
The Substance of Fire (1996)
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
The Amati Girls (2000)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Going Shopping (2005)
The Lee Grant Blogroll:
Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews... Voyage of the Damned
Chris from Angelman's Place... Shampoo
Bill at Great Old Movies…The Spell
Ken at Le Cinema Dreams …Portnoy's Complaint
Quiggy at The Midnite Drive-In …Portnoy's Complaint
Maedez at A Small Press Life… "Ransom for A Dead Man" (Columbo, 1971)
Andrew at The Stop Button… Middle of the Night
Debbie at Moon in Gemini... Defending Your Life
Andrew at The Stop Button… Middle of the Night
Debbie at Moon in Gemini... Defending Your Life
Paul from Return to the 80s… Teachers
The Craggus from What the Craggus Saw... In The Heat Of The Night
Dick from The Oak Drive In… The Mafu Cage
Hakuna Mocata at Synthetic Cinema… The Swarm
Shroud of Thoughts... Detective Story
Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood… Divorce American Style
Down Among the Z Movies… "Ransom for A Dead Man" (Columbo, 1971)
Caftan Woman… "Eat, Drink and Be Buried" (Ironside, 1967)
Movie Rob… Shampoo, Portnoy’s Complaint and Divorce: American Style
Jenny at Silver Screen Suppers… "Ransom for A Dead Man" (Columbo, 1971)
30 Hertz Rumble … The Landlord
Dubsism… Airport ’77
The Craggus from What the Craggus Saw... In The Heat Of The Night
Dick from The Oak Drive In… The Mafu Cage
Hakuna Mocata at Synthetic Cinema… The Swarm
Shroud of Thoughts... Detective Story
Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood… Divorce American Style
Down Among the Z Movies… "Ransom for A Dead Man" (Columbo, 1971)
Caftan Woman… "Eat, Drink and Be Buried" (Ironside, 1967)
Movie Rob… Shampoo, Portnoy’s Complaint and Divorce: American Style
Jenny at Silver Screen Suppers… "Ransom for A Dead Man" (Columbo, 1971)
30 Hertz Rumble … The Landlord
Dubsism… Airport ’77
Paula at Paula’s Cinema Club … Terror in the City
Stabford Deathrage… Airport ’77
Nuwansenfilmsen… Detective Story
The Vern at Video Vortex… Mulholland Drive
Movie Movie Blog Blog… Valley of the Dolls
Rebecca at Taking Up Room… Damien: Omen II
Silver Screenings… Plaza Suite
The Wonderful World of Cinema… Airport ’77
Life Daily Lessons Blog… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
W.B. Kelso… When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder
Crítica Retrô…Valley of the Dolls
Words Seem Out of Place… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Poppity from Film Exodus... The Big Bounce
Pop Culture Reverie… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Stabford Deathrage… Airport ’77
Nuwansenfilmsen… Detective Story
The Vern at Video Vortex… Mulholland Drive
Movie Movie Blog Blog… Valley of the Dolls
Rebecca at Taking Up Room… Damien: Omen II
Silver Screenings… Plaza Suite
The Wonderful World of Cinema… Airport ’77
Life Daily Lessons Blog… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
W.B. Kelso… When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder
Crítica Retrô…Valley of the Dolls
Words Seem Out of Place… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Poppity from Film Exodus... The Big Bounce
Pop Culture Reverie… Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Looking forward to this!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see at least one person taking "Teachers". That's the movie that inspired me to want to teach. (Of course I wanted to be Richard Mulligan's character, but then I've always been a little weird...) Am excited about delving into Portnoy's Complaint, now,
ReplyDeleteMe too, guys! Should be fun, thank you for joining!!
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I've signed up for this blog-a-thon with Realweegiemidget Reviews to do Airport 1977. But looking at your ;list, I'd totally forgotten Lee Grant was also in "Marooned." I'd volunteer for that as well, but I'm saving it for another project I have in my drafts file :)
ReplyDeleteHi J-Dub, if you change your mind, just let us know! Thanks so much for joining us!
ReplyDelete-Chris
Hi Carlos - welcome. Thank you for visiting and saying hello!
ReplyDeleteHope the blogathon will be a great success!
Also check out my cohosts amazing movie blog here: https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/
-Chris
I love this idea and good luck with it. I'm not a blogger but I hope someone grabs hold of The Neon Ceiling--one of those 1970s TV movies everybody was talking about the next day at school.
ReplyDeleteHi Max - will pass on that request! I have never seen nor heard of it, but it seems interesting!
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My entry is up.
ReplyDeletehttp://midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2018/08/obsessive-behavior.html
Thanks, Quiggy, got it!
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