
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