Bonnie Franklin

She began acting when she was a child. Grant is the mother of the actress Dinah Manoff. She was born in Santa Monica, California. Her other film roles include:. Additionally, she has starred in stage plays both on and off Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination in 1970 for her work on the musical Applause. In recent years she has directed a series of Intimate Portrait episodes, that celebrate a diverse range of accomplished women. Franklin has also been a guest star on a number of other television series and directed several episodes of the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge. She has also directed several documentary films, including Down and Out in America (1986) which won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

Bonnie Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of the divorced mother Ann Romano on the long-running television situation comedy (or, since so many of its episodes dealt with serious topics, some have called it a "dramedy") One Day at a Time (1975-1984). She won an Oscar for Shampoo (1975). She received Academy Award nominations for The Landlord (1970), and Voyage of the Damned (1977). She continued to work in theater and resumed her film career in the early 1960s, and also appeared in the television series Peyton Place, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama. Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to testify against her husband, the playwright Arnold Manoff, Grant refused to testify and was ultimately blacklisted.

She made her film debut in the movie version and received her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, and won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She established herself as a dramatic actress on Broadway while a teenager and was praised for her role as a shoplifter in the play Detective Story. Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, Grant performed as a ballerina with the New York Metropolitan Opera at the age of four, and during her childhood studied dance and acting. Lee Grant (October 31, 1927 in New York, New York) is an American theater, film and television actress, and film director.

Mulholland Drive (2001). Defending Your Life (1992) and. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979),. Damien:Omen II (1978),.

Airport '77 (1977),. Portnoy's Complaint (1972),. Plaza Suite (1971),. Valley of the Dolls (1967),.

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