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
Credits
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self
- 2019 · Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" as (archive footage)
- 2017 · Psycho Tom as Marion Crane
- 2017 · 78/52 as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Marion Crane (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Psycho Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Making of 'Psycho' as Self
- 2005 · Bad Girls from Valley High as Mrs. Witt
- 2002 · Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' as Self
- 2000 · Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
- 2000 · The American Nightmare as Self
- 2000 · Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- 2000 · Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond as Herself
- 1999 · Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool as Self
- 1999 · Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius as Self
- 1999 · Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self (uncredited)
- 1999 · Family Law as Mary Sawyer
- 1999 · Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows as Self
- 1998 · Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Norma Watson
- 1997 · In My Sister's Shadow as Kay Connor
- 1997 · Scene by Scene as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Interviewee
- 1995 · Inside the Dream Factory as Self
- 1995 · Charlton Heston: For All Seasons as Self
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Vera King
- 1994 · The Story of Lassie as Self
- 1994 · Hitchcock: Alfred the Great as Himself
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · 24 Hour Psycho as Marion Crane (archive footage)
- 1993 · The Egg as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
- 1986 · The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Cornelia Montaigne Harper
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1980 · The Fog as Kathy Williams
- 1980 · Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' as Self
- 1979 · Boardwalk as Florence Cohen
- 1979 · Mirror, Mirror as Millie Gorman
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Joan Stackpole
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977 · Telethon as Elaine Cotten
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Joan Philipps / Gail
- 1977 · Murder at the World Series as Karen Weese
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · Murdock's Gang as Laura Talbot
- 1972 · Night of the Lepus as Gerry Bennett
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Carol
- 1972 · One Is a Lonely Number as Gert Meredith
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · The Deadly Dream as Laurel Hanley
- 1971 · Columbo as Grace Wheeler Willis
- 1970 · House on Greenapple Road as Marian Ord
- 1969 · Honeymoon with a Stranger as Sandra Latham
- 1969 · The Monk as Janice Barnes
- 1969 · Hello Down There as Vivian Miller
- 1967 · Grand Slam as Mary Ann
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · The Spy in the Green Hat as Miss Diketon
- 1966 · An American Dream as Cherry McMahon
- 1966 · Three on a Couch as Dr Elizabeth Acord
- 1966 · Harper as Susan Harper
- 1966 · Kid Rodelo as Nora
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · Wives and Lovers as Bertie Austin
- 1963 · Bye Bye Birdie as Rosie DeLeon
- 1962 · The Manchurian Candidate as Eugenie Rose Chaney
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1960 · Pepe as Janet Leigh
- 1960 · Psycho as Marion Crane
- 1960 · Who Was That Lady? as Ann Wilson
- 1960 · People, Hopes, Medals as Self
- 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
- 1956 · The Rosemary Clooney Show as Self
- 1956 · Nightmare as Janet
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self / Marion Crane
- 1955 · My Sister Eileen as Eileen Sherwood
- 1955 · Pete Kelly's Blues as Ivy Conrad
- 1954 · A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 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 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · Confidentially Connie as Connie Bedloe
- 1953 · The Naked Spur as Lina Patch
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · Fearless Fagan as Abby Ames
- 1952 · Scaramouche as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
- 1952 · Just This Once as Lucy Duncan
- 1952 · An Eye for an Eye as
- 1952 · Come Back Little Shiksa as
- 1951 · It's a Big Country 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 as
- 1951 · Strictly Dishonorable as Isabelle Perry
- 1951 · Fairfax Avenue as
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 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 · Act of Violence as Edith Enley
- 1949 · How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border as
- 1948 · Words and Music as Dorothy Feiner
- 1948 · Hills of Home as Margit Mitchell
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · If Winter Comes as Effie Bright
- 1947 · The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Lissy Anne MacBean