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Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Her career spanned over five decades.
Janet Leigh was an American actress who starred in over 50 movies, including Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate and Touch of Evil. She was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in Psycho and died in 2004 at age 77.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Janet Leigh, who starred in Psycho and other classic films. Find out about her marriages, awards, and death from this comprehensive biography.
Learn about the life and career of Janet Leigh, the actress who starred in Psycho (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Find out her birth name, family, husbands, children, awards, trivia and quotes.
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Janet Leigh was an American actress of film, television, stage, and radio, whose career spanned over five decades. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh began her career appearing in several popular films for MGM which spanned a wide variety of genres, including Act of Violence (1948), Little Women (1949), Angels in the Outfield (1951 ...
YearTitleRoleDirector (s)1947Lissy Anne MacBean1947Effie Bright1948Margit Mitchell1948Dorothy Feiner RodgersOct 4, 2004 · Janet Leigh, the actress who turned the mundane act of getting clean in a shower into one of cinema’s most enduring images of gore and horror, died Sunday with her family at her bedside. She was...
Oct 4, 2004 · The actress, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as the shower victim in Hitchcock's classic thriller, passed away in 2004 from vasculitis. She also appeared in films like \"The Manchurian Candidate\" and \"Touch of Evil\" and was married to Tony Curtis.