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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 6, 1927
Died
October 3, 2004
Place of Birth
Merced, California, USA
Also Known As
- Jeanette Helen Morrison
- جنت لی
Janet Leigh
2.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.2
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
0.0
(archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
7.4
Self
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
3.9
Mrs. Witt
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005
5.8
Self
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
0.0
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
6.8
Self
The American Nightmare
2000
0.0
Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
Credits
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
2021
7.2
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self
2005
7.4
Bad Girls from Valley High
as Mrs. Witt
2005
3.9
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self
2002
5.8
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000
0.0
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
6.8
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self
2000
0.0
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
as Herself
2000
5.8
🎬
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
as Self
1999
0.0
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
as Self
1999
8.4
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self (uncredited)
1999
6.8
Family Law
as Mary Sawyer
1999
8.2
🎬
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
1999
0.0
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Norma Watson
1998
6.0
In My Sister's Shadow
as Kay Connor
1997
5.0
Scene by Scene
as Self
1997
6.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self - Interviewee
1996
6.0
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
1995
6.0
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
1995
5.0
Touched by an Angel
as Vera King
1994
7.2
The Story of Lassie
as Self
1994
0.0
🎬
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
1994
0.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
1993
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
The Egg
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
1993
6.0
24 Hour Psycho
as Marion Crane (archive footage)
1993
4.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
1986
7.5
The Twilight Zone
as Barbara LeMay
1985
7.8
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Cornelia Montaigne Harper
1984
7.5
Psycho II
as Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Matt Houston
as Ramona
1982
6.2
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Fog
as Kathy Williams
1980
6.7
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self
1980
4.8
Boardwalk
as Florence Cohen
1979
6.2
Mirror, Mirror
as Millie Gorman
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Joan Stackpole
1979
6.7
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
Telethon
as Elaine Cotten
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Joan Philipps / Gail
1977
6.3
Murder at the World Series
as Karen Weese
1977
6.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Murdock's Gang
as Laura Talbot
1973
6.0
Night of the Lepus
as Gerry Bennett
1972
4.4
Ghost Story
as Carol
1972
7.1
One Is a Lonely Number
as Gert Meredith
1972
4.6
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Deadly Dream
as Laurel Hanley
1971
6.0
Columbo
as Grace Wheeler Willis
1971
8.1
House on Greenapple Road
as Marian Ord
1970
7.0
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Sandra Latham
1969
6.7
The Monk
as Janice Barnes
1969
7.5
Hello Down There
as Vivian Miller
1969
5.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Grand Slam
as Mary Ann
1967
7.1
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Miss Diketon
1967
6.6
An American Dream
as Cherry McMahon
1966
4.7
Three on a Couch
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
1966
5.3
Harper
as Susan Harper
1966
6.6
Kid Rodelo
as Nora
1966
0.0
🎬
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
1965
0.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Miss Diketon
1964
7.1
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
1964
4.5
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Wives and Lovers
as Bertie Austin
1963
4.1
Bye Bye Birdie
as Rosie DeLeon
1963
5.8
The Manchurian Candidate
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Pepe
as Janet Leigh
1960
6.3
Psycho
as Marion Crane
1960
8.4
Who Was That Lady?
as Ann Wilson
1960
6.3
People, Hopes, Medals
as Self
1960
4.6
The Perfect Furlough
as Lt. Vicki Loren
1958
6.7
The Vikings
as Morgana
1958
7.0
Touch of Evil
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
1958
7.8
Jet Pilot
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
1957
5.4
Safari
as Linda Latham
1956
5.6
🎬
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
1956
0.0
🎬
Nightmare
as Janet
1956
0.0
My Sister Eileen
as Eileen Sherwood
1955
6.5
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Ivy Conrad
1955
6.1
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
Rogue Cop
as Karen Stephanson
1954
5.3
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
1954
6.2
Living It Up
as Wally Cook
1954
6.4
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
0.0
Prince Valiant
as Princess Aleta
1954
6.0
Walking My Baby Back Home
as Chris Hall
1953
9.0
Houdini
as Bess Houdini
1953
6.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Confidentially Connie
as Connie Bedloe
1953
5.3
The Naked Spur
as Lina Patch
1953
6.9
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Fearless Fagan
as Abby Ames
1952
4.6
Scaramouche
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
1952
7.0
Just This Once
as Lucy Duncan
1952
3.8
🎬
An Eye for an Eye
1952
0.0
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
0.0
It's a Big Country
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
1951
5.3
Two Tickets to Broadway
as Nancy Peterson
1951
4.1
Angels in the Outfield
as Jennifer Paige
1951
6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Strictly Dishonorable
as Isabelle Perry
1951
4.4
🎬
Fairfax Avenue
1951
0.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Holiday Affair
as Connie Ennis
1949
6.8
That Forsyte Woman
as June Forsyte
1949
5.7
The Red Danube
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
1949
6.3
The Doctor and the Girl
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
1949
5.7
Little Women
as Meg
1949
7.4
Act of Violence
as Edith Enley
1949
6.9
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
0.0
Words and Music
as Dorothy Feiner
1948
5.7
Hills of Home
as Margit Mitchell
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
If Winter Comes
as Effie Bright
1947
6.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Lissy Anne MacBean
1947
6.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2