Read I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir Online
Authors: Lee Grant
Douglas, Paul,
106
–7
Down and Out in America,
364
,
369
–72,
383
–84
Downey, Robert, Jr.,
370
Dugan, Dennis,
408
Dukakis, Olympia,
204
Duke, Patty,
243
–44
Duke (school friend),
49
Dunn, Jimmy,
210
Dvorak, Miss (high school principal),
44
Edison Hotel theater,
79
education and arts training
Art Students League,
43
ballet classes at Metropolitan Opera House,
18
elementary schools,
21
–25
George Washington High School,
44
,
49
High School of Music & Art,
43
–44
Neighborhood Playhouse,
51
–57,
62
,
192
,
275
,
318
School of American Ballet,
19
Walton High School,
44
–45
Edwards, Gus,
13
–14
Eldridge, Ronnie,
358
Electra,
202
–4
Emmy nominations and awards,
212
,
297
,
432
Englund, George,
85
Falk, Peter,
173
,
175
–76,
268
–69,
272
–74,
276
Farrow, Mia,
205
,
207
,
211
–12,
414
Faulk, John Henry,
135
–36,
140
–42
Fawcett, Farrah,
417
–19
Fay,
296
–97
fears
failure,
288
forgetting lines,
131
,
272
–76,
306
,
386
heights,
214
–16
loss of custody of Dinah to Manoff,
157
,
201
,
390
–91
loss of youth and beauty,
154
–56,
205
,
207
–8,
213
,
238
–39,
303
,
320
Manoff’s anger,
435
pervasive “Nameless Fear,”
164
–65,
306
,
398
unwitting damage to another person,
131
use of fear in acting,
57
Feury, Joey
devotion to LG,
189
,
240
,
241
,
445
Broadway Brawler
film failure,
401
–10
Catholic upbringing,
270
–71
commercial production business,
241
,
268
,
270
,
276
,
317
easy nature of relationship with LG,
189
–90,
192
,
227
–28,
240
–42,
276
Feury/Grant Entertainment,
343
,
358
,
360
–61,
389
–90,
411
–12
financial savvy,
317
,
351
,
370
,
413
first film partnership with LG,
299
–300
“the girl,”
335
–38,
347
,
361
,
367
,
376
–77
Green House,
314
–15,
317
–18,
319
,
343
–44
LG’s family with,
447
painting,
230
passion for food,
222
protectiveness and possessiveness,
190
,
252
–53
as role model for Dinah,
251
–52
sensitivity and thoughtfulness,
213
,
379
,
395
Feury/Grant Entertainment,
343
,
358
,
360
–61,
389
–90,
411
–12
Fioretti, Belinda
adoption of,
279
–83
car accident,
406
visit with birth family,
286
withholding of affection from LG,
285
–87
work with Feury/Grant Entertainment,
412
Fioretti, Joey.
See
Feury, Joey
Fioretti, Phyllis,
253
,
271
,
412
,
442
,
444
–45
Fioretti, Rachel,
253
,
285
,
333
,
336
,
403
,
442
Fisher, Carrie,
289
Flynn, Errol,
27
–28
Following Her Heart,
393
–94
Forster, Mr. (elementary school teacher),
35
Foster (classmate),
22
–23
Fouchard, Madame (voice teacher),
50
Franciosa, Tony,
98
–99
Frankenheimer, John,
123
–24,
125
Frawley, Jim,
170
Frederick, Lynne,
302
Friebus, Florida,
135
Friedan, Betty,
411
Friedlander, Len and Jenny,
285
,
344
Front, The,
101
Fuchs, Michael,
369
Fugitive, The,
195
–98
Furth, George,
312
Gang, Martin,
128
–31
Garbus, Marty,
183
–84
Garfield, Alan,
234
–35
Garland, Judy,
419
Garrett, Betty,
440
Gates, Gary,
183
Gazzara, Ben,
301
George Washington High School,
44
,
49
Gest, David,
414
–16
Gibson, William,
118
Gilardi, Jack,
255
Ginsberg, Milton,
364
“the girl,”
335
–38,
347
,
361
,
367
,
376
–77,
379
Godmothers movie company,
324
–25
Good Doctor, The,
307
Goodman, Miles,
381
Grace, Princess,
217
Graham, Billy,
197
Grant, Lee
children (
see
Fioretti, Belinda; Manoff, Dinah)
on concealment of affairs,
241
–42,
335
contentment in domestic life,
89
–90,
94
,
437
cosmetic procedures,
87
,
155
–56,
230
craving for love,
42
,
198
,
294
–95
drinking and smoking,
32
–33,
47
–48,
51
–52,
128
,
254
,
271
,
281
driver’s license and passport,
232
,
364
–66
education (
see
education and arts training)
emotional disconnection,
127
,
155
,
347
family background,
3
–8
freedom from control by men,
168
,
192
,
227
,
240
–41
heart problems and pacemaker,
394
–96
impractical upbringing and financial ignorance,
21
,
76
,
92
,
317
,
320
,
351
love for Russian literature,
34
,
94
marriages (
see
Feury, Joey; Manoff, Arnie)
mastoid operation,
33
–34
memory loss,
130
–31,
271
,
275
,
328
migraines,
229
–31,
289
,
327
–28,
398
Neo-Synephrine overdose,
271
original name,
5
painting,
43
,
127
,
152
–53,
166
,
189
party drugs,
225
–26,
251
,
254
,
359
,
419
popularity with boys,
40
–42,
45
–47
religion (
see
Judaism)
romantic Heathcliff-model of men,
30
–31,
59
,
105
,
148
,
171
saying yes to everything,
230
self-appreciation of beauty and charm,
40
–41,
44
,
49
sleeping pills,
70
,
271
,
281
,
309
,
328
thyroid problem,
405
–6
on turning sixty-five,
412
–13
on youth and beauty,
154
–56,
205
,
207
–8,
213
,
238
–39,
303
,
320
,
396
Green Mansions theater,
59
Hansberry, Lorraine,
160
Hardin, Rusty,
389
Harris, Susan,
296
Harrison, Greg,
397
Harrison, Rex,
341
–42
Hartnett, Vincent,
134
–36,
139
–41
Haskell, Dora,
5
–6,
41
,
44
,
45
,
47
,
81
–82
Haskell, Fremo
adoration of and plans for LG,
21
,
27
,
45
,
47
,
52
Haskell Nursery School,
5
–6
as inspiration for LG’s character in
The Landlord,
247
in Italy,
221
–22
marriage,
95
–96
in Paris,
16
–18
Havel, Václav,
356
–57
Hayden, Terry,
98
Haynie, Jim,
380
Hayward, Susan,
419
Hayworth, Vinton,
139
HBO,
358
–60,
362
–64,
369
,
371
–72,
388
–90
Hedren, Tippi,
324
Hefner, Hugh,
177
Helm, Levon,
380
High School of Music & Art,
43
–44
Hole in the Head, A,
106
–7
Hollenbeck, Don,
440
Hopkins, Anthony,
415
Hopper, Dennis,
307
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
See also
blacklist
first actor to testify,
439
focus on Hollywood,
83
interrogation of LG,
108
–13,
129
–32
manipulation by legal advisor,
186
pressure tactics to obtain names,
178
–79
speakers against, at Bromberg memorial,
85
–86
Hunter, Holly,
339
Hunter, Ian McLellan,
434
Huston, Anjelica,
315
Internecine Project, The,
280
In the Heat of the Night,
236
–37,
239
,
414
Intimate Portrait
series,
411
–12,
414
,
421
–23
Irola, Judy,
322
Ironside, Michael,
319
Italy,
220
–26