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Birthday: Jul 06, 1927
Place of Birth: Merced, California, USA

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison; July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Her career spanned over five decades. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leigh appeared in radio programs before her first formal foray into acting, making her film debut in the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947). With MGM, she appeared in many films which spanned a wide variety of genres, which include the crime-drama Act of Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952) and the western drama The Naked Spur (1953). She played dramatic roles during the late 1950s, in such films as Safari (1956) and Orson Welles's film noir Touch of Evil (1958). With RKO Radio pictures she co-starred in the romantic comedy Holiday Affair (1949) with Robert Mitchum. Leigh achieved her biggest success starring as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Psycho (1960). For her performance, Leigh won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Intermittently, she continued to appear in films, including Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Harper (1966), Night of the Lepus (1972), and Boardwalk (1979). She made her Broadway debut in 1975 in a production of Murder Among Friends. She would also go on to appear in two horror films with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis: The Fog (1980) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). In addition to her work as an actress, Leigh also wrote four books between 1984 and 2002, two of which were novels. Leigh had two brief marriages as a teenager (one of which was annulled) before marrying actor Tony Curtis in 1951. The pair's highly publicized union ended in divorce in 1962, and after starring in The Manchurian Candidate that same year, Leigh remarried and scaled back her career. She died in October 2004 at age 77, following a year-long battle with vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Manchurian Candidate Eugenie Rose Chaney 1962
Psycho Marion Crane 1960
Touch of Evil Susan 'Susie' Vargas 1958
The Fog Kathy Williams 1980
The Naked Spur Lina Patch 1953
Rogue Cop Karen Stephanson 1954
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Norma Watson 1998
The Black Shield of Falworth Lady Anne of Mackworth 1954
Holiday Affair Connie Ennis 1949
Bye Bye Birdie Rosie DeLeon 1963
Harper Susan Harper 1966
Act of Violence Edith Enley 1949
Scaramouche Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon 1952
The Horror Show (archive footage) 1979
Hello Down There Vivian Miller 1969
The Red Danube Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen 1949
The Vikings Morgana 1958
People, Hopes, Medals Self 1960
Pete Kelly's Blues Ivy Conrad 1955
My Sister Eileen Eileen Sherwood 1955
Houdini Bess Houdini 1953
That Forsyte Woman June Forsyte 1949
Little Women Meg 1949
Psycho Tom Marion Crane 2017
Mirror, Mirror Millie Gorman 1979
Angels in the Outfield Jennifer Paige 1951
Night of the Lepus Gerry Bennett 1972
Three on a Couch Dr Elizabeth Acord 1966
Prince Valiant Princess Aleta 1954
Safari Linda Latham 1956
24 Hour Psycho Marion Crane (archive footage) 1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983
Pepe Janet Leigh 1960
It's a Big Country Rosa Szabo Xenophon 1951
Jet Pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief 1957
One Is a Lonely Number Gert Meredith 1972
The American Nightmare Self 2000
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (archive footage) 2019
Grand Slam Mary Ann 1967
The Doctor and the Girl Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon 1949
The Making of 'Psycho' Self 2005
Kid Rodelo Nora 1966
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Self 2000
Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972
Who Was That Lady? Ann Wilson 1960
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond Herself 2000
Hills of Home Margit Mitchell 1948
Two Tickets to Broadway Nancy Peterson 1951
An American Dream Cherry McMahon 1966
The Story of Lassie Self 1994
If Winter Comes Effie Bright 1947
Boardwalk Florence Cohen 1979
Wives and Lovers Bertie Austin 1963
Honeymoon with a Stranger Sandra Latham 1969
The Deadly Dream Laurel Hanley 1971
The Monk Janice Barnes 1969
Strictly Dishonorable Isabelle Perry 1951
The Perfect Furlough Lt. Vicki Loren 1958
Fearless Fagan Abby Ames 1952
The Romance of Rosy Ridge Lissy Anne MacBean 1947
Walking My Baby Back Home Chris Hall 1953
Bad Girls from Valley High Mrs. Witt 2005
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border 1949
The Spy in the Green Hat Miss Diketon 1967
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows Self 1999
House on Greenapple Road Marian Ord 1970
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool Self 1999
Confidentially Connie Connie Bedloe 1953
Words and Music Dorothy Feiner 1948
Just This Once Lucy Duncan 1952
Rat Pack Self (archive footage) 2022
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons Self 1995
Telethon Elaine Cotten 1977
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal Self 1986
Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius Self 1999
Living It Up Wally Cook 1954
The Psycho Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown Interviewee 1996
Murder at the World Series Karen Weese 1977
A Star Is Born World Premiere Self 1954
In My Sister's Shadow Kay Connor 1997
Come Back Little Shiksa 1952
Fairfax Avenue 1951
An Eye for an Eye 1952
Nightmare Janet 1956
78/52 Self (archive footage) 2017
The Egg The egg (voice) (archive footage) 1993
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' Self 2002
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' Self 1980
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Murdock's Gang Laura Talbot 1973
Inside the Dream Factory Self 1995
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies Self 2000
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special Self (uncredited) 1999
I Am Alfred Hitchcock Self 2021
Night of 100 Stars Self 1982
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great Himself 1994
Bob Hope Christmas Show 1965
Series Cast Year
Columbo Grace Wheeler Willis 1971
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self 1950
The Twilight Zone 1985
Tales of the Unexpected Joan Stackpole 1979
E! True Hollywood Story 1996
Family Law Mary Sawyer 1999
The Hollywood Palace Self - Host 1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Self 1967
Intimate Portrait Self (archive footage) 1993
This Is Your Life Self 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
Matt Houston 1982
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963
The Oscars Self 1953
Ghost Story Carol 1972
Intimate Portrait Self 1993
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self 1973
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
Murder, She Wrote Cornelia Montaigne Harper 1984
The Rosemary Clooney Show Self 1956
Scene by Scene Self 1997
Honest Trailers Marion Crane (archive footage) 2012
The Love Boat Joan Philipps / Gail 1977
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 1950
What's My Line? Self - Panelist 1950
Touched by an Angel Vera King 1994
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Self / Marion Crane 1955
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