Janet Leigh
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.
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Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
as (archive footage)
Psycho Tom
2017
as Marion Crane
78/52
2017
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Honest Trailers
2012
as Marion Crane (archive footage)
The Psycho Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
as Self
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005
as Mrs. Witt
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000
as Herself
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
1999
as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self (uncredited)
Family Law
1999
as Mary Sawyer
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
as Self
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Norma Watson
In My Sister's Shadow
1997
as Kay Connor
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Interviewee
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Vera King
The Story of Lassie
1994
as Self
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Marion Crane (archive footage)
The Egg
1993
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cornelia Montaigne Harper
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Houston
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
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The Fog
1980
as Kathy Williams
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980
as Self
Boardwalk
1979
as Florence Cohen
Mirror, Mirror
1979
as Millie Gorman
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Joan Stackpole
The Horror Show
1979
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Telethon
1977
as Elaine Cotten
The Love Boat
1977
as Joan Philipps / Gail
Murder at the World Series
1977
as Karen Weese
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Murdock's Gang
1973
as Laura Talbot
Night of the Lepus
1972
as Gerry Bennett
Ghost Story
1972
as Carol
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
as Gert Meredith
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Dream
1971
as Laurel Hanley
Columbo
1971
as Grace Wheeler Willis
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Marian Ord
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Sandra Latham
The Monk
1969
as Janice Barnes
Hello Down There
1969
as Vivian Miller
Grand Slam
1967
as Mary Ann
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Miss Diketon
An American Dream
1966
as Cherry McMahon
Three on a Couch
1966
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
Harper
1966
as Susan Harper
Kid Rodelo
1966
as Nora
The Hollywood Palace
1964
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Wives and Lovers
1963
as Bertie Austin
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
as Rosie DeLeon
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
Pepe
1960
as Janet Leigh
Psycho
1960
as Marion Crane
Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Ann Wilson
People, Hopes, Medals
1960
as Self
The Perfect Furlough
1958
as Lt. Vicki Loren
The Vikings
1958
as Morgana
Touch of Evil
1958
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Jet Pilot
1957
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Safari
1956
as Linda Latham
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
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Nightmare
1956
as Janet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Self / Marion Crane
My Sister Eileen
1955
as Eileen Sherwood
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955
as Ivy Conrad
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
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Rogue Cop
1954
as Karen Stephanson
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
Living It Up
1954
as Wally Cook
Prince Valiant
1954
as Princess Aleta
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Chris Hall
Houdini
1953
as Bess Houdini
The Oscars
1953
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Confidentially Connie
1953
as Connie Bedloe
The Naked Spur
1953
as Lina Patch
This Is Your Life
1952
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Fearless Fagan
1952
as Abby Ames
Scaramouche
1952
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Just This Once
1952
as Lucy Duncan
An Eye for an Eye
1952
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951
as Nancy Peterson
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Jennifer Paige
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Strictly Dishonorable
1951
as Isabelle Perry
Fairfax Avenue
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
Holiday Affair
1949
as Connie Ennis
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as June Forsyte
The Red Danube
1949
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
The Doctor and the Girl
1949
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
Little Women
1949
as Meg
Act of Violence
1949
as Edith Enley
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Words and Music
1948
as Dorothy Feiner
Hills of Home
1948
as Margit Mitchell
If Winter Comes
1947
as Effie Bright
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Lissy Anne MacBean