Janet Leigh
Acting
Born: July 6, 1927 · Merced, California, USA
Died: October 3, 2004 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
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
Psycho
1960
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
The Fog
1980
Touch of Evil
1958
Columbo
1971
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Psycho II
1983
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Psycho III
1986
The Vikings
1958
The Naked Spur
1953
Photos (10)
Movies (71)
Psycho
Marion Crane
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Norma
The Fog
Kathy Williams
Touch of Evil
Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Psycho II
Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Manchurian Candidate
Eugenie Rose Chaney
Little Women
Meg
The Vikings
Morgana
Scaramouche
Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Angels in the Outfield
Jennifer Paige
Psycho III
Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Naked Spur
Lina Patch
Harper
Susan Harper
Bye Bye Birdie
Rosie DeLeon
Holiday Affair
Connie Ennis
Act of Violence
Edith Enley
Jet Pilot
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Houdini
Bess Houdini
The Black Shield of Falworth
Lady Anne of Mackworth
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Living It Up
Wally Cook
Night of the Lepus
Gerry Bennett
Prince Valiant
Princess Aleta
Confidentially Connie
Connie Bedloe
An American Dream
Cherry McMahon
The Perfect Furlough
Vicki Loren
Three on a Couch
Dr Elizabeth Acord
My Sister Eileen
Eileen Sherwood
Hello Down There
Vivian Miller
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Sandra Latham
Who Was That Lady?
Ann Wilson
Fearless Fagan
Abby Ames
Just This Once
Lucy Duncan
Pepe
Janet Leigh
The Doctor and the Girl
Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
Bad Girls from Valley High
Mrs. Witt
Words and Music
Dorothy Feiner
Grand Slam
Mary Ann
The Red Danube
Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
Hills of Home
Margit Mitchell
House on Greenapple Road
Marian Ord
The Monk
Janice Barnes
Walking My Baby Back Home
Chris Hall
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
It's a Big Country
Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Murder at the World Series
Karen Weese
That Forsyte Woman
June Forsyte
The Spy in the Green Hat
Miss Diketon
Boardwalk
Florence Cohen
Two Tickets to Broadway
Nancy Peterson
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
Pete Kelly's Blues
Ivy Conrad
Telethon
Elaine Cotten
Wives and Lovers
Bertie Austin
Safari
Linda Latham
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
The Deadly Dream
Laurel Hanley
The Re-Inforcer
Mary Muck
Unmasking the Horror
1998
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Lissy Anne MacBean
Rogue Cop
Karen Stephanson
The Egg
The egg (voice) (archive footage)
If Winter Comes
Effie Bright
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Mirror, Mirror
Millie Gorman
Strictly Dishonorable
Isabelle Perry
One Is a Lonely Number
Gert Meredith
Kid Rodelo
Nora
Murdock's Gang
Laura Talbot
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage)
In My Sister's Shadow
Kay Connor
TV Shows (12)
Columbo
Grace Wheeler Willis · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Joan Philipps / Gail · 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Cornelia Montaigne Harper · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Vera King · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Barbara LeMay · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Joan Stackpole · 1 eps
Family Law
Mary Sawyer · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Ramona · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Miss Diketon · 2 eps
Ghost Story
Carol · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
3 eps
Self / Appearances (41)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 3 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 4 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 eps
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Pictures of Ghosts
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
People, Hopes, Medals
Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self
The Story of Lassie
Self
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
Self
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Self
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
Herself
