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Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress and author. 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.
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 ...
Janet Leigh. Actress: Psycho. Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped several grades and finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters.
Janet Leigh. Actress: Psycho. Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped several grades and finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters.
Oct 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...
Apr 2, 2014 · Film actress Janet Leigh, once Tony Curtis’s wife, is best remembered for her shower scene as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller, 'Psycho.'
Oct 2, 2023 · Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis’s Real Hollywood Romance. In an excerpt from his new book, Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession, Laurence Leamer...
Aug 20, 2024 · Janet Leigh was an American actor who had a half-century-long career that comprised some 60 motion pictures as well as television appearances but was most remembered for one role in particular, that of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960).
Oct 4, 2004 · Janet Leigh, who took the most famous shower in movie history – in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Psycho – died at her Beverly Hills home on Sunday, a publicist for her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis,...
Oct 5, 2004 · Janet Leigh, Hollywood’s perfect “nice girl” ingenue who memorably changed her acting image and earned an Academy Award nomination with her bloodcurdling screams as she was stabbed to death in...