Cast
Janet Leigh
Acting
Cast
Janet Leigh
Known for
Acting
Born
1927-07-06
From
Merced, California, USA
Died
2004-10-03
Also known as Jeanette Helen Morrison, Ψ¬ΩΨͺ ΩΫ
Biography
Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison; July 6, 1927 β 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.
Psycho
as Marion Crane
Little Women
as Meg
The Fog
as Kathy Williams
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Norma Watson
Touch of Evil
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
The Vikings
as Morgana
The Manchurian Candidate
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Angels in the Outfield
as Jennifer Paige
Psycho II
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Psycho III
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bye Bye Birdie
as Rosie DeLeon
Safari
as Linda Latham
Harper
as Susan Harper
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Act of Violence
as Edith Enley
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self (uncredited)
Houdini
as Bess Houdini
The Monk
as Janice Barnes
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Scaramouche
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Night of the Lepus
as Gerry Bennett
Kid Rodelo
as Nora
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Naked Spur
as Lina Patch
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Prince Valiant
as Princess Aleta
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
Holiday Affair
as Connie Ennis
Pepe
as Janet Leigh
Telethon
as Elaine Cotten
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Hello Down There
as Vivian Miller
Jet Pilot
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Who Was That Lady?
as Ann Wilson
Walking My Baby Back Home
as Chris Hall
Fearless Fagan
as Abby Ames
The Deadly Dream
as Laurel Hanley
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bad Girls from Valley High
as Mrs. Witt
Words and Music
as Dorothy Feiner
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Ivy Conrad
Mirror, Mirror
as Millie Gorman
Rogue Cop
as Karen Stephanson
My Sister Eileen
as Eileen Sherwood
One Is a Lonely Number
as Gert Meredith
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
as Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Miss Diketon
It's a Big Country
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Living It Up
as Wally Cook
That Forsyte Woman
as June Forsyte
The Red Danube
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Lissy Anne MacBean
Pictures of Ghosts
as Self (archive footage)
Grand Slam
as Mary Ann
If Winter Comes
as Effie Bright
Three on a Couch
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
The Perfect Furlough
as Lt. Vicki Loren
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
House on Greenapple Road
as Marian Ord
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
People, Hopes, Medals
as Self
An American Dream
as Cherry McMahon
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trumpβs "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Murdock's Gang
as Laura Talbot
The Egg
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self
The Doctor and the Girl
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
Hills of Home
as Margit Mitchell
Just This Once
as Lucy Duncan
The Story of Lassie
as Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self
Two Tickets to Broadway
as Nancy Peterson
Confidentially Connie
as Connie Bedloe
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
as Self
Murder at the World Series
as Karen Weese
Come Back Little Shiksa
Wives and Lovers
as Bertie Austin
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self
Fairfax Avenue
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
Boardwalk
as Florence Cohen
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
as Self
The Re-Inforcer
as Mary Muck
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self - Interviewee
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
as Herself
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Sandra Latham
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
In My Sister's Shadow
as Kay Connor
Nightmare
as Janet
Strictly Dishonorable
as Isabelle Perry
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
Unmasking the Horror
An Eye for an Eye
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self