Janet Leigh
Acting
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.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Norma Watson
Age 71 (now 77)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 97 (now 77)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
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Age 91 (now 77)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Age 84 (now 77)
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
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Age 75 (now 77)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
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Age 72 (now 77)
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
as Herself
Age 72 (now 77)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self (uncredited)
Age 72 (now 77)Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
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Age 71 (now 77) Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Norma Watson
Age 71 (now 77)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self - Interviewee
Age 69 (now 77)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
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Age 59 (now 77)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 55 (now 77)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Age 44 (now 77)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
Age 27 (now 77)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Age 45 (now 77)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 77)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Virginia Ballard
Age 36 (now 77)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 35 (now 77)
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Also Known As
Jeanette Helen Morrison, جنت لی
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