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Janet Leigh
Actor, Producer
Born July 6, 1927Died October 3, 2004 (77 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Janet Leigh Filmography
| 2024 | Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · as Marion Crane In Psycho |
| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic · as Rosie Deleon |
| 2019 | Hitchcock Confidential · as Marion Crane |
| 2019 | Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" · as (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Marion Crane |
| 2011 | A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! · as Cast |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Marion Crane |
| 2009 | A Single Man · as Marion Crane |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Double Take · as Marion Crane |
| 2005 | Bad Girls from Valley High · as Mrs. Witt |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Morgana |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Mary Sawyer |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · as Norma Watson |
| 1997 | In My Sister's Shadow · as Kay Connor |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Vera King |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho · as Marion Crane (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Starman (TV Series) · as Antonia Weyburn |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Cornelia Montaigne Harper |
| 1983 | Psycho II · as Marion Crane (archival Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) · as Ramona |
| 1980 | The Fog · as Kathy Williams |
| 1979 | Boardwalk · as Florence Cohen |
| 1979 | Mirror, Mirror · as Millie Gorman |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Joan Stackpole |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as (archive Footage) |
| 1977 | Telethon · as Elaine Cotten |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Joan Philipps / Gail |
| 1977 | Murder at the World Series · as Karen Weese |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Carol Gates |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) · as Nina Smith |
| 1973 | Love Story (TV Series) · as Leonie |
| 1972 | Night of the Lepus · as Gerry Bennett |
| 1972 | One Is a Lonely Number · as Gert Meredith |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 1971 | The Deadly Dream · as Laurel Hanley |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Grace Wheeler Willis |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road · as Marian Ord |
| 1969 | Honeymoon with a Stranger · as Sandra Latham |
| 1969 | The Monk · as Janice Barnes |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Maggie Morgan |
| 1969 | Hello Down There · as Vivian Miller |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Glory Bates |
| 1967 | Grand Slam · as Mary Ann |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) · as Liza Merrick |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat · as Miss Diketon |
| 1966 | An American Dream · as Cherry Mcmahon |
| 1966 | Kid Rodelo · as Nora |
| 1966 | Harper · as Susan Harper |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch · as Dr Elizabeth Acord |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Miss Diketon |
| 1963 | Wives and Lovers · as Bertie Austin |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Bye Bye Birdie · as Rosie Deleon |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Eugenie Rose Chaney |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jenny Davis |
| 1960 | Psycho · as Marion Crane |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? · as Ann Wilson |
| 1959 | Take a Good Look (TV Series) · as Panelist |
| 1958 | The Perfect Furlough · as Lt. Vicki Loren |
| 1958 | The Vikings · as Morgana |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil · as Susan 'susie' Vargas |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot · as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief |
| 1956 | Safari · as Linda Latham |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen · as Eileen Sherwood |
| 1955 | Pete Kelly's Blues · as Ivy Conrad |
| 1954 | Rogue Cop · as Karen Stephanson |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth · as Lady Anne Of Mackworth |
| 1954 | Living It Up · as Wally Cook |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant · as Princess Aleta |
| 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home · as Chris Hall |
| 1953 | Houdini · as Bess Houdini |
| 1953 | Confidentially Connie · as Connie Bedloe |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur · as Lina Patch |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan · as Abby Ames |
| 1952 | Scaramouche · as Aline De Gavrillac De Bourbon |
| 1952 | Just This Once · as Lucy Duncan |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology · as Rosa Szabo Xenophon |
| 1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway · as Nancy Peterson |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield · as Jennifer Paige |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Clara Appleby-George Skit |
| 1951 | Strictly Dishonorable · as Isabelle Perry |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair · as Connie Ennis |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman · as June Forsyte |
| 1949 | The Red Danube · as Olga Alexandrova Aka Maria Buhlen |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl · as Evelyn 'taffy' Heldon |
| 1949 | Little Women · as Meg |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Dorothy Feiner |
| 1948 | Act of Violence · as Edith Enley |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Margit Mitchell |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes · as Effie Bright |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Lissy Anne Macbean |
| 2023 | Pictures of Ghosts · as Self |
| 2022 | My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr · as Self |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom · as Self |
| 2010 | The Psycho Legacy · as Self |
| 2010 | Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger · as Self |
| 2008 | Psycho: Hitchcock/Truffaut · as Self - Marion Crane |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Sinatra: Dark Star · as Self |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2005 | 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2004 | 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self - #85 Psycho: The Remake |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Scary Moments · as Self |
| 2003 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip · as Self |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond · as Herself |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare · as Self |
| 2000 | Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies · as Self |
| 1999 | Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool · as Self |
| 1999 | Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius · as Self |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1999 | The Century: America's Time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | The Rat Pack (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Best of Film Noir · as Self |
| 1998 | Psycho Path · as Self |
| 1998 | E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | The Best of Hollywood · as Self |
| 1998 | Unmasking the Horror · as Self |
| 1997 | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film · as Self |
| 1997 | Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Scene by Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Making of 'Psycho' · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1995 | Inside the Dream Factory · as Self |
| 1995 | Charlton Heston: For All Seasons · as Self |
| 1995 | 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1994 | The Story of Lassie · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Hitchcock: Alfred the Great · as Himself |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | The Horror Hall of Fame · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1987 | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self - Under Contract To Hughes 1949-51 |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The Electronic Press Kit: Psycho II · as Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor · as Self |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The 33rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1960 | Pepe · as Janet Leigh |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | The 32nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1960 | People, Hopes, Medals · as Self |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA · as Self |
| 1959 | The 31st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1958 | The 30th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The 25th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Olympic Fund Telethon · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba · as Executive Producer |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones · as Executive Producer |
| 1958 | The Vikings · as Executive Producer |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success · as Executive Producer |
| 1957 | Mister Cory · as Executive Producer |