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Lee Grant's hair

posted 11 years ago by vikkisings
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Maybe this has been discussed here before, but it looks like Lee Grant is wearing a wig. Her hair was beautiful and thick. Just wondering why she wore a wig.

[–] mmcvey1 11 years ago

Definitely a wig, and she overacted horribly.

[–] vikkisings 11 years ago

I agree! It was too much. I don't think she felt comfortable in the role at all. Great movie though! :)

[–] rosarypliers 11 years ago

Her reaction, when she was told her husband was dead, is quite the same as in the Columbo episode "Ransom for a dead man". Almost frame by frame. But on Columbo she was faking being upset, she had murdered her husband after all.

[–] loy-9 11 years ago

Her husband had been killed; she's in the police station not knowing surrounded by idiots and a black man offering comfort so her acting was a real challenge and I think she did fine

[–] Montmartre1 10 years ago

Agree completely.
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[–] hammer4 9 years ago

I think she did okay. It was a very small part.

To be honest I didn't notice her hair.

[–] Harold_Robbins 10 years ago

Same hair-do she had in the same year's VALLEY OF THE DOLL's, wasn't it?

"In my case, self-absorption is completely justified."

[–] moosefeathers 8 years ago

Same hair-do she had in the same year's VALLEY OF THE DOLL's, wasn't it?

Same hair style she's had for 50 years. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. LOL.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] Danusha_Goska 8 years ago

Wig, and no idea why.

Maybe she overacted or maybe she was just doing what the director told her to do.

http://www.amazon.com/Save-Send-Delete-Danusha-Goska/dp/1846949866

[–] ridge-m-1 7 years ago

Another ignorant post by someone completely devoid of anything relevant to say but yet feels the need to advertise the lack of knowledge. IMDb is infamous for such musings.

1. During the decade of the 60's, most female leads used "wigs" both in film and on TV series.
One does not see "hairstylist" credits in these films as opposed to today when even the
dishwasher of the catering company gets a credit.

For other challenged viewers of this film.......

2. Rod Steiger praised Lee Grant's performance in the picture.

[–] liscarkat (16966) a year ago

Wow, talk about advertising a lack of knowledge! Hairstylist credits go back to the 1930s, when Sydney Guilaroff was one of the first hairstylists to be named in a film's credits. Giving stylists screen credit soon became common. By the time "In the Heat of the Night" was made it had been ubiquitous for decades.