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Leonara Elizabeth Grant (3 August 1931 – 22 July 2016), known professionally as Lee Grant or Miss Lee Grant, was an English-born New Zealand actress and singer. Born in Carshalton, Surrey, England, on 3 August 1931, Grant moved to New Zealand in the 1960s and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in December 1980. She was best known as a stage actress in Auckland from the 1960s onwards—being particularly associated with the Mercury Theatre—but also appeared with Chic Littlewood in cabaret performances, and in New Zealand's first television sitcom, Buck House, in 1974. Her film appearances included Trial Run (1984) starring Annie Whittle, Constance (1984), Arriving Tuesday (1986) and Zilch! (1989). Grant was also a singer, although she suffered a recurrent throat problem and underwent a minor throat operation in 1969. She appeared in musicals at the Mercury including the 1975 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and as Velma Kelly in Chicago. As well as singing and acting, Grant pursued a career as a choreographer, and was awarded a grant of $4000 by the Arts Council for a study trip to Canada.

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Also known as Leonara Elizabeth Grant

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“I was a bird imitating the birds. And so it was their kind of imaginary world that I was raised in, and it was part delicious and part confusing.”
— Lee speak about her mother and aunt in 2014.
“It was like, one day you were an actress who could do anything, and the very next day, you could not work in film or television again. And that was the temper of the times.”
— Lee speak on being a part of the blacklist in 2014.
“I think the most important impetus in life, is that it not be boring. The fear of boredom drove me more than any yearning for something I wanted to achieve.”
— Lee speak on boredom in 2015.
“The work she did in the film was very sensitive. There was something in her character that struck a chord with her. I found her fascinating.”
— Lee speak about her late co-star in 2017.
“For an actor, you sometimes have to say yes to these type of jobs. Especially when you get older, and are a woman.”
— Lee speak on type of job as an actor in 2019.
“I don't know. Just walk. Just walk. My daughter Dinah just found out that a book she’s written, a novel, is being published. It’s very exiting. Maybe we’ll get to go to some great New York bookstore once everything’s back and see it up their on the shelves. That would be fun to walk to.”
— Lee speak on what she would do after the lockdown in 2020.

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Notable quotes

“I was a bird imitating the birds. And so it was their kind of imaginary world that I was raised in, and it was part delicious and part confusing.”
— Lee speak about her mother and aunt in 2014.
“It was like, one day you were an actress who could do anything, and the very next day, you could not work in film or television again. And that was the temper of the times.”
— Lee speak on being a part of the blacklist in 2014.
“I think the most important impetus in life, is that it not be boring. The fear of boredom drove me more than any yearning for something I wanted to achieve.”
— Lee speak on boredom in 2015.
“The work she did in the film was very sensitive. There was something in her character that struck a chord with her. I found her fascinating.”
— Lee speak about her late co-star in 2017.
“For an actor, you sometimes have to say yes to these type of jobs. Especially when you get older, and are a woman.”
— Lee speak on type of job as an actor in 2019.
“I don't know. Just walk. Just walk. My daughter Dinah just found out that a book she’s written, a novel, is being published. It’s very exiting. Maybe we’ll get to go to some great New York bookstore once everything’s back and see it up their on the shelves. That would be fun to walk to.”
— Lee speak on what she would do after the lockdown in 2020.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Lee Grant across IJR