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Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Acting July 6, 1927 (77 years old) October 3, 2004 Merced, California, USA

Biography

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.

Movies 108

Psycho 8.4

Psycho

as Marion Crane

1960
The Fog 6.7

The Fog

as Kathy Williams

1980
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 6.0

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

as Norma

1998
Little Women 7.4

Little Women

as Meg

1949
Touch of Evil 7.7

Touch of Evil

as Susan Vargas

1958
The Manchurian Candidate 7.5

The Manchurian Candidate

as Eugenie Rose Chaney

1962
The Vikings 7.0

The Vikings

as Morgana

1958
Psycho II 6.5

Psycho II

as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Scaramouche 7.0

Scaramouche

as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon

1952
Psycho III 5.6

Psycho III

as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)

1986
Bye Bye Birdie 5.9

Bye Bye Birdie

as Rosie DeLeon

1963
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 7.5

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Harper 6.7

Harper

as Susan Harper

1966
Angels in the Outfield 7.0

Angels in the Outfield

as Jennifer Paige

1951
Night of the Lepus 4.4

Night of the Lepus

as Gerry Bennett

1972
Holiday Affair 6.9

Holiday Affair

as Connie Ennis

1949
The Black Shield of Falworth 6.4

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Lady Anne of Mackworth

1954
Act of Violence 6.9

Act of Violence

as Edith Enley

1949
Who Was That Lady? 6.4

Who Was That Lady?

as Ann Wilson

1960
The Fabulous Allan Carr 5.0

The Fabulous Allan Carr

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Houdini 6.6

Houdini

as Bess Houdini

1953
Jet Pilot 5.5

Jet Pilot

as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

1957
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 6.9

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

as Self

1999
The Naked Spur 7.0

The Naked Spur

as Lina Patch

1953
If Winter Comes 6.7

If Winter Comes

as Effie Bright

1947
House on Greenapple Road 7.5

House on Greenapple Road

as Marian Ord

1970
Living It Up 6.5

Living It Up

as Wally Cook

1954
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 7.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Prince Valiant 6.1

Prince Valiant

as Princess Aleta

1954
Three on a Couch 5.5

Three on a Couch

as Dr Elizabeth Acord

1966
The Spy in the Green Hat 6.5

The Spy in the Green Hat

as Miss Diketon

1967
Words and Music 5.9

Words and Music

as Dorothy Feiner

1948
Night of 100 Stars II 6.8

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

1985
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 5.5

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018
Bad Girls from Valley High 4.0

Bad Girls from Valley High

as Mrs. Witt

2005
The Romance of Rosy Ridge 6.7

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Lissy Anne MacBean

1947
I Am Alfred Hitchcock 7.3

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 6.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

1987
Strictly Dishonorable 5.0

Strictly Dishonorable

as Isabelle Perry

1951
Walking My Baby Back Home 9.0

Walking My Baby Back Home

as Chris Hall

1953
Pepe 6.4

Pepe

as Janet Leigh

1960
The Doctor and the Girl 5.9

The Doctor and the Girl

as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon

1949
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1972
The Perfect Furlough 6.7

The Perfect Furlough

as Vicki Loren

1958
The American Nightmare 6.8

The American Nightmare

as Self

2000
Murder at the World Series 6.7

Murder at the World Series

as Karen Weese

1977
It's a Big Country 5.9

It's a Big Country

as Rosa Szabo Xenophon

1951
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius 8.5

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

as Self

1999
An American Dream 5.0

An American Dream

as Cherry McMahon

1966
Telethon 6.0

Telethon

as Elaine Cotten

1977
Boardwalk 6.9

Boardwalk

as Florence Cohen

1979
Two Tickets to Broadway 4.6

Two Tickets to Broadway

as Nancy Peterson

1951
A Star Is Born World Premiere 8.0

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

1954
Pete Kelly's Blues 6.3

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Ivy Conrad

1955
Hello Down There 5.8

Hello Down There

as Vivian Miller

1969
The Deadly Dream 7.0

The Deadly Dream

as Laurel Hanley

1971
In My Sister's Shadow 6.2

In My Sister's Shadow

as Kay Connor

1997
Honeymoon with a Stranger 7.0

Honeymoon with a Stranger

as Sandra Latham

1969
Inside the Dream Factory 8.0

Inside the Dream Factory

as Self

1995
My Sister Eileen 6.6

My Sister Eileen

as Eileen Sherwood

1955
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film 7.0

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self

2000
One Is a Lonely Number 5.1

One Is a Lonely Number

as Gert Meredith

1972
Rat Pack 9.0

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons 5.0

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

as Self

1995
Pictures of Ghosts 8.0

Pictures of Ghosts

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

1954
The Horror Show 3.4

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1979
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom 7.1

Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal 7.2

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

as Self

1986
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great 7.0

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

as Self

1994
The Red Danube 6.7

The Red Danube

as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen

1949
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' 6.3

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

as Self

2002
Safari 5.6

Safari

as Linda Latham

1956
Grand Slam 7.1

Grand Slam

as Mary Ann

1967
The Story of Lassie 8.0

The Story of Lassie

as Self

1994
Just This Once 4.4

Just This Once

as Lucy Duncan

1952
Confidentially Connie 5.8

Confidentially Connie

as Connie Bedloe

1953
That Forsyte Woman 6.0

That Forsyte Woman

as June Forsyte

1949
Come Back Little Shiksa

Come Back Little Shiksa

1952
The Monk 7.8

The Monk

as Janice Barnes

1969
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

as (archive footage)

2019
Hills of Home 6.9

Hills of Home

as Margit Mitchell

1948
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool

Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool

as Self

1999
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows 8.0

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

as Self

1999
Rogue Cop 5.7

Rogue Cop

as Karen Stephanson

1954
Mirror, Mirror 8.0

Mirror, Mirror

as Millie Gorman

1979
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies 9.0

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

as Self

2000
People, Hopes, Medals 4.6

People, Hopes, Medals

as Self

1960
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown 6.0

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

as Self - Interviewee

1996
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe 7.2

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Fearless Fagan 5.2

Fearless Fagan

as Abby Ames

1952
The Making Of Psycho III

The Making Of Psycho III

as Marion Crane (archive footage)

1986
The Making of 'Psycho' 7.6

The Making of 'Psycho'

as Self

2005
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary

100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary

2026
Bob Hope Christmas Show 7.0

Bob Hope Christmas Show

as Self

1965
The Egg 7.0

The Egg

as The egg (voice) (archive footage)

1993
Murdock's Gang 7.5

Murdock's Gang

as Laura Talbot

1973
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond 6.5

Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond

as Herself

2000
Kid Rodelo 8.0

Kid Rodelo

as Nora

1966
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border 8.0

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1949
The Re-Inforcer 5.5

The Re-Inforcer

as Mary Muck

1951
Watch On The Lime

Watch On The Lime

1951
A Spot In The Shade

A Spot In The Shade

1951
An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

1952
Fairfax Avenue

Fairfax Avenue

1951
Wives and Lovers 4.4

Wives and Lovers

as Bertie Austin

1963
Nightmare

Nightmare

as Janet

1956
Nightmare

Nightmare

1951

TV Shows 30

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