Janet Leigh

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1927-07-06
Place of Birth: Merced, California, USA
Also Known As: Jeanette Helen Morrison

Movies List of Janet Leigh

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Psycho

1960 Movie
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Touch of Evil

1958 Movie
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The Fog

1980 Movie
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The Naked Spur

1953 Movie
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Rogue Cop

1954 Movie
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Holiday Affair

1949 Movie
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Bye Bye Birdie

1963 Movie
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Harper

1966 Movie
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Act of Violence

1949 Movie
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Scaramouche

1952 Movie
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The Horror Show

1979 Movie
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Hello Down There

1969 Movie
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The Red Danube

1949 Movie
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The Vikings

1958 Movie
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People, Hopes, Medals

1960 Movie
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Pete Kelly's Blues

1955 Movie
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My Sister Eileen

1955 Movie
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That Forsyte Woman

1949 Movie
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Little Women

1949 Movie
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Houdini

1953 Movie
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Psycho Tom

2017 Movie
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Mirror, Mirror

1979 Movie
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Night of the Lepus

1972 Movie
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Three on a Couch

1966 Movie
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Prince Valiant

1954 Movie
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Safari

1956 Movie
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24 Hour Psycho

1993 Movie
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Pepe

1960 Movie
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It's a Big Country

1951 Movie
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Jet Pilot

1957 Movie
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Grand Slam

1967 Movie
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Kid Rodelo

1966 Movie
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Who Was That Lady?

1960 Movie
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Hills of Home

1948 Movie
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An American Dream

1966 Movie
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The Story of Lassie

1994 Movie
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If Winter Comes

1947 Movie
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Boardwalk

1979 Movie
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Wives and Lovers

1963 Movie
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The Monk

1969 Movie
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The Deadly Dream

1971 Movie
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Strictly Dishonorable

1951 Movie
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The Perfect Furlough

1958 Movie
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Fearless Fagan

1952 Movie
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Confidentially Connie

1953 Movie
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Words and Music

1948 Movie
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Just This Once

1952 Movie
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Rat Pack

2022 Movie
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Telethon

1977 Movie
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Night of 100 Stars II

1985 Movie
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Living It Up

1954 Movie
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The Psycho Legacy

2010 Movie
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In My Sister's Shadow

1997 Movie
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Fairfax Avenue

1951 Movie
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An Eye for an Eye

1952 Movie
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Nightmare

1956 Movie
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78/52

2017 Movie
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The Egg

1993 Movie
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Murdock's Gang

1973 Movie
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock

2021 Movie
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Night of 100 Stars

1982 Movie