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Arnold Manoff (born Pismenoff; April 25, 1914 – February 10, 1965) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. [ 2 ] As a result of the blacklist, he wrote under a pseudonym, Joel Carpenter, through the 1960s.
Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal [2] [3] in Manhattan, the only child of Witia (née Haskell), a child care worker, and Abraham W. Rosenthal, a realtor and educator. . Her father was born in New York City, to Polish Jewish immigrants, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant [4] who, along with her sister Fremo, left Odessa to escape the pogro
Manoff was born in New York City to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, the daughter of actress, director, and writer Lee Grant (born Lyova Rosenthal) and screenwriter Arnold Manoff (born Pismenoff). [2] [3] Her mother was of Polish and Ukrainian Jewish descent, and her father's parents emigrated from Vilnius. [4]
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The film centers around an Italian American family of four sisters (Mercedes Ruehl, Dinah Manoff, Sean Young, and Lily Knight) who reside in Philadelphia.After their father's death, in trying to convince their mother (Cloris Leachman) that her life is still worth living, each sister grapples with her own ideas on love, faith, and ultimately, the meaning of life.
Staying Together is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Lee Grant and produced by Joseph Feury (Grant's husband) and Milton Justice. The film stars Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Levon Helm (of The Band), Dermot Mulroney, Tim Quill, and Daphne Zuniga. Grant's daughter, Dinah Manoff makes a brief appearance
Plenty of 'True Lies' jokes were made by fans eager to see the two work together again.
It is Lee's third year in a row to grant a swath of December clemency decisions. The governor in 2020 loosened criteria to qualify for a review. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issues 22 pardons ...