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Is Lee Grant born in 1925 or 1927? I'm confused. IMDB says 1927. Something else sats 1925. Ask Dinah Manoff. She knows, I think.--E2e3v6 (talk) 19:27, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Lee Grant was born in 1925. She lies about her age, like many actresses. She used to claim 1931 as her year of birth.The Intelius reflink I provided should show she is 86 as of today, her birthday. Happy 86th, Lee!!Quis separabit?21:20, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well if you care to explain just exactly how you know I will be happy to digest that info, but IMDb is NOT always right. Census records and Intelius records are more reliable. Quis separabit?00:50, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Turns out we were both wrong; according to Intelius search today, she was born in 1928, and is thus 83 years old! (WHO WOULDA GUESSED IT?) Given how rapidly Intelius changed the year of birth, I suspect Grant or someone on her behalf must have faxed a copy of something sufficiently trustworthy for Intelius to make the adjustment. Wow. Quis separabit?20:34, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Mad programmer" comment
Shouldn't there be some mention of this incident? For a good while over the years--before I came to think of her first for her memorable turn in the memorable "In the Heat of the Night"--I must admit that this was the first, and pretty much only, thing I would think of when hearing the name Lee Grant.
I don't know all the details, but my usually-pretty-reliable recollection is as follows: she appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" a while after a sitcom in which she starred--which I presume but don't know for a fact was "Fay" on NBC--had been cancelled. Now, I never saw a "Fay" episode, nor did I watch that edition of "Tonight", and indeed can't even confirm it was Carson, rather than one of his various guest hosts, that she was talking to that particular evening. In any case, the conversation on "Tonight" somehow came around to her recently-shuttered show. It was then that she uttered one of the most famous off-air quotes in TV history, attributing its cancellation to an unnamed "mad programmer" at the network. (While I didn't see "Tonight" that evening or in repeat--though I doubt it was ever repeated by NBC, given its notorious nature--I did read about it a day or so later, and then would see frequent references to it for several years thereafter.) Supposedly the outburst made her persona non grata throughout the television industry for years at least, which is understandable, especially if "Fay" was the sitcom in question, given that "Tonight" was also an NBC property. Can anyone add any details to this? Thanks in advance. [signed] FLORIDA BRYAN
