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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-07-06
- event Death Date 2004-10-03
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 18.3
- info Birth Place Merced, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Janet Leigh
7.5
The Manchurian Candidate
1962-10-24
8.4
Psycho
1960-06-22
7.8
Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
6.7
The Fog
1980-02-07
6.9
The Naked Spur
1953-01-30
5.3
Rogue Cop
1954-09-17
6
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998-08-05
6.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954-09-02
6.9
Holiday Affair
1949-12-12
5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963-04-04
6.7
Harper
1966-02-22
6.9
Act of Violence
1949-01-22
7.1
Scaramouche
1952-05-08
6
The Horror Show
1979-02-06
5.9
Hello Down There
1969-01-01
6.3
The Red Danube
1949-10-14
7
The Vikings
1958-06-11
4.6
People, Hopes, Medals
1960-03-14
6.1
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955-07-31
6.4
My Sister Eileen
1955-09-22
5.7
That Forsyte Woman
1949-11-03
7.4
Little Women
1949-03-10
6.5
Houdini
1953-07-02
0
Psycho Tom
2017-11-06
0
Mirror, Mirror
1979-10-10
6.6
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
4.4
Night of the Lepus
1972-10-04
5.4
Three on a Couch
1966-03-01
5.9
Prince Valiant
1954-04-05
5.6
Safari
1956-06-20
4
24 Hour Psycho
1993-01-01
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
6.1
Pepe
1960-12-21
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
5.5
Jet Pilot
1957-10-11
5.2
One Is a Lonely Number
1972-06-19
6.9
The American Nightmare
2000-09-11
0
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019-02-21
7.1
Grand Slam
1967-09-28
6
The Doctor and the Girl
1949-09-29
7.4
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005-10-26
0
Kid Rodelo
1966-01-01
0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000-09-12
6
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
6.3
Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08
5.8
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000-01-01
6.7
Hills of Home
1948-11-25
4.3
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951-11-20
4.6
An American Dream
1966-08-31
0
The Story of Lassie
1994-08-14
6.6
If Winter Comes
1947-12-31
6.2
Boardwalk
1979-11-14
4.6
Wives and Lovers
1963-08-29
6.5
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969-12-23
7.5
The Monk
1969-10-22
6
The Deadly Dream
1971-09-25
5.2
Strictly Dishonorable
1951-07-03
7.1
The Perfect Furlough
1958-11-30
4.6
Fearless Fagan
1952-08-15
6.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04
9
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953-12-06
3.8
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005-07-17
0
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949-01-01
6.4
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967-02-03
0
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999-01-11
6
House on Greenapple Road
1970-01-11
0
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
1999-12-31
5.3
Confidentially Connie
1953-03-12
5.8
Words and Music
1948-12-31
3.8
Just This Once
1952-02-27
9
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
5
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995-03-20
5
Telethon
1977-11-06
7.5
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986-07-31
8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
8.4
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999-10-13
6.4
Living It Up
1954-07-15
7
The Psycho Legacy
2010-10-19
6
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996-08-18
7
Murder at the World Series
1977-03-20
8
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28
5
In My Sister's Shadow
1997-11-12
0
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952-01-01
0
Fairfax Avenue
1951-01-01
0
An Eye for an Eye
1952-01-02
0
Nightmare
1956-01-01
7.3
78/52
2017-10-13
7
The Egg
1993-01-01
5.8
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002-08-27
4.8
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980-01-01
7
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
6
Murdock's Gang
1973-03-20
6
Inside the Dream Factory
1995-11-01
0
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000-06-27
6.8
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999-09-25
6.9
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021-05-02
6
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
0
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994-07-01
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21
8.2
Family Law
1999-09-20
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
6.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14
6.4
This Is Your Life
1952-10-01
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
5.2
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7.1
Ghost Story
1972-09-15
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
4.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
0
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956-05-22
6
Scene by Scene
1997-05-10
6.3
Honest Trailers
2012-02-13
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
