Lee Grant, Actress: Mulholland Dr.. Academy Award winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City on October 31, 1925, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and actress, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee made her stage debut at age 4 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, playing the abducted princess in "...