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- ↑ "Lee Grant". PEOPLE.com.
- ↑ "TCM Festival: Lee Grant on Surviving Both the Blacklist and Aging". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 April 2017.
- ↑ "Oscar-winner Lee Grant talks classic films, the blacklist and being a female director in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. April 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Lee Grant to Receive Split Screens Festival's Inaugural Legacy Award". womenandhollywood.com.