Meet Lee Grant's two children - including very famous actress daughter who starred in Grease


Lee Grant's career covered acting, directing and writing – but her oldest daughter earned fame of her own with 1978 musical comedy 'Grease'


Black and white portrait of Lee Grant in the 1970s. © Getty Images
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Daisy FinchAudience Writer
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Lee Grant built a career in front of the camera and behind the scenes, appearing in David Lynch classic Mulholland Drive (2001) and '60s hit In the Heat of the Night. But it's not just Lee that brought the star power to the Grant family roster: her oldest daughter is an equally familiar face.

Don't worry about where the camera is, just keep on dancin' – we're jiving through Lee Grant's two marriages and the daughters she welcomed in each.

Lee Grant in a pink slip dress and a colourful jacket. © Getty Images

Lee Grant is an Oscar-winning actress with star roles in 'Mulholland Drive' and 'In the Heat of the Night'

Who is Lee Grant?

Oscar winning actress Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on 31 October, 1925. She got her start on Actor's Studio in 1948 and Primetime Emmy nominated series The Web

She is best known for roles in 1967 mystery In the Heat of the Night and David Lynch thriller Mulholland Drive. 

Lee Grant holds an Oscar between clasped hands, wearing a lace dress.© Getty Images

Lee Grant's worked on projects like 'Mulholland Drive' and 'In the Heat of the Night'

Star career

Lee Grant won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the prize three additional times. 

Her best-known roles include parts on In the Heat of the Night in 1967, 2001 thriller Mulholland Drive and starring appearance in Damien: Omen II.

Publicity portrait of actor Lee Grant holding a roll of paper in her right hand.© Getty Images

Lee Grant first said 'I do' in 1951, wedding screenwriter Arnold Manoff

Lee's marriage to Arnold Manoff

Lee tied the knot with screenwriter and novelist Arnold Manoff in 1951. During their marriage they welcomed daughter Dinah, going their separate ways in 1960.

Born on 25 April 1914, Arnold Manoff co-wrote 1944 war drama Man from Frisco, penned crime feature My Buddy (1944) and wrote 1948 comedy No Minor Vices. 

American actress Lee Grant wearing a black coat over a blue velvet top with a long pearl necklace, and her daughter, American actress Dinah Manoff, wearing a black jacket over a bronze-coloured top.© Getty Images

Dinah Manoff is best recognised as Marty Maraschino in 'Grease'

Dinah Manoff

Actress Dinah Manoff was born on 25 January 1956. She got her start on '70s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and drama series Visions. 

Dinah is best known for her role as Marty Maraschino in Greaseas Maggie Peterson in Child's Play and casting as Carol Weston in 170 episodes of Empty Nest.

Dinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino in a still from the movie 'Grease'.© CBS via Getty Images

Dinah Manoff joined the rest of the Pink Ladies in hit musical movie 'Grease'

Grease is the word

Grease wouldn't be the classic it is today without the Pink Ladies, and one key member who had her eyes firmly set on presenter Vince Fontaine when his TV crew appears to film the Rydell High dance. 

When not flirting with Vince, Marty was happily coupled up with T-Bird Sonny LaTierri and the two seem to have found their high school happily ever after by the film's end.

Dinah Manoff in jeans and a pink check shirt smiling against a red background.© Getty Images

Dinah is happily married to husband Arthur Mortell

Dinah's personal life

Dinah is a mother of three and has tied the knot twice, marrying Jean-Marc Joubert in 1980 and splitting five years later, then wedding now-husband, real estate broker Arthur Mortell, in 1997. 

She and Arthur moved away from the limelight to raise their three children, sons Dashiell, Oliver and Desi. 

Lee Grant wears a sheer top and black embellished jacket, standing close to husband Joe Feury who wears a textured jacket and a white shirt.© Corbis via Getty Images

Lee's husband Joseph is a well-regarded producer and actor

Lee's marriage to Joseph Feury

After Lee Grant's split from her first husband, the actress found love again with Joseph Feury, saying 'I do' in 1962. The film producer and TV actor worked as assistant director to Lee on Oscar-winning documentary film Down and Out in America. 

He is also credited as a producer on Kirk and Michael Douglas documentary A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood alongside Lee, who also directed the feature.


Black and white publicity headshot of Lee Grant.© Getty Images

Belinda is the second child of Lee Grant and her husband Joseph

Belinda Feury

Belinda Feury is Lee Grant's second daughter, the only child who she shares with her second and now-husband Joseph.

Unlike her famous sister, Belinda has opted for a life away from the spotlight and has shared little information about her private life.

Lee Grant in a black sparkly shirt with her blonde hair bobbed.© Getty Images for Charmaine Blake

Lee Grant celebrated her 100th birthday in 2025, taking on a voice acting role just five years before

Where is Lee Grant now?

Now centenarian Lee Grant continued working into the early 2000s, with credits on Mulholland Drive (2001) and rom-com Going Shopping (2005). 

In 2020, she returned to performance briefly with a voice acting role in Killian & the Comeback Kids.

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