Janet Leigh

Birthday:
07/06/1927
Place of birth:
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.

Credits

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Retratos Fantasmas (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Lee Curtis, un cri de liberté à Hollywood (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
as Self
Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)
as Mrs. Witt
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
as Self
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000)
as Herself
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool (1999)
as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self (uncredited)
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows (1999)
as Self
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
as Norma
Unmasking the Horror (1998)
In My Sister's Shadow (1997)
as Kay Connor
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)
as Self - Interviewee
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
as Self
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons (1995)
as Self
The Story of Lassie (1994)
as Self
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Himself
Das Ei (1993)
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
as Self
Psycho III (1986)
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Psycho II (1983)
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
The Fog (1980)
as Kathy Williams
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980)
as Self
Boardwalk (1979)
as Florence Cohen
Mirror, Mirror (1979)
as Millie Gorman
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Telethon (1977)
as Elaine Cotten
Murder at the World Series (1977)
as Karen Weese
Murdock's Gang (1973)
as Laura Talbot
Night of the Lepus (1972)
as Gerry Bennett
One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
as Gert Meredith
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Dream (1971)
as Laurel Hanley
House on Greenapple Road (1970)
as Marian Ord
Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)
as Sandra Latham
The Monk (1969)
as Janice Barnes
Hello Down There (1969)
as Vivian Miller
Ad ogni costo (1967)
as Mary Ann
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
as Miss Diketon
An American Dream (1966)
as Cherry McMahon
Three on a Couch (1966)
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
Harper (1966)
as Susan Harper
Kid Rodelo (1966)
as Nora
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
Wives and Lovers (1963)
as Bertie Austin
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
as Rosie DeLeon
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Pepe (1960)
as Janet Leigh
Psycho (1960)
as Marion Crane
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Ann Wilson
Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen (1960)
as Self
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
as Vicki Loren
The Vikings (1958)
as Morgana
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Jet Pilot (1957)
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Safari (1956)
as Linda Latham
Nightmare (1956)
as Janet
My Sister Eileen (1955)
as Eileen Sherwood
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
as Ivy Conrad
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Rogue Cop (1954)
as Karen Stephanson
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
Living It Up (1954)
as Wally Cook
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood (1954)
Prince Valiant (1954)
as Princess Aleta
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
as Chris Hall
Houdini (1953)
as Bess Houdini
Confidentially Connie (1953)
as Connie Bedloe
The Naked Spur (1953)
as Lina Patch
Fearless Fagan (1952)
as Abby Ames
Scaramouche (1952)
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Just This Once (1952)
as Lucy Duncan
An Eye for an Eye (1952)
Come Back Little Shiksa (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
as Nancy Peterson
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Jennifer Paige
The Re-Inforcer (1951)
as Mary Muck
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
as Isabelle Perry
Fairfax Avenue (1951)
Holiday Affair (1949)
as Connie Ennis
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
as June Forsyte
The Red Danube (1949)
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
Little Women (1949)
as Meg
Act of Violence (1949)
as Edith Enley
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
as Dorothy Feiner
Hills of Home (1948)
as Margit Mitchell
If Winter Comes (1947)
as Effie Bright
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
as Lissy Anne MacBean
The Vikings
Executive Producer
Sweet Smell of Success
Executive Producer

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