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I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir
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What can I say about this biography? It’s stark, all-encompassing, heartfelt and honest. Ms. Grant lays bare her soul. I wanted to read this because I have always liked her as an actress. My favorite movie with her is Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell. Admittedly, she has a supporting role; but in my opinion, she stole the movie without trying to upstage anyone. Her mere presence on the screen is riveting, and so is this autobiography.
She begins literally at the beginning: her relatives emigrating to Ellis Island, how her parents met, her birth, her parents’ divorce and subsequent remarriage, etc. She explains how difficult it was growing up Jewish in New York, and how she survived it.
She became an actress as a teenager, and was nominated for an academy award in 1952. She married Arnold Manoff, a Communist; and while he attempted to get her to join the party, she was basically apathetic about it. Yet because of him, and friends they socialized with, her career was completely and finally cut off. The marriage was tempestuous, and everything she did had to be with Arnie’s approval. When she finally struggled her way back to acting, she eventually did win
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Lee Grant
American actress and director
For other people named Lee Grant, see Lee Grant (disambiguation).
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s)[a] is an American actress, documentarian, and director. In a career spanning over seven decades, she won an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Directors Guild of America Award, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the last surviving stars of the Hollywood blacklist era.
Grant began her career on Broadway, making her debut in Detective Story (1949) as the Shoplifter. She reprised the role in the film adaptation (1951), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Her career was interrupted when she was blacklisted for 12 years after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. During this period, she worked as an acting teacher and took minor television and theater roles under pseudonyms.
Grant returned to prominence with her role in the television series Peyton Place (1965-1966), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a DramaSeries. She appeared in supporting role