Janet Leigh
Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She is best known for her role in Psycho, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Leigh in 1954 | |
| Born | Jeanette Helen Morrison July 6, 1927 Merced, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 3, 2004 (aged 77) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1946–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | John Carlisle (1942–1942) Stanley Reames (1945–1949) Tony Curtis (1951–1962) Robert Brandt (1962–2004) |
| Children | Kelly Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis |
Early life
Leigh was born in Merced, California, and grew up in Merced. She was the only child of Helen Lita (née Westergaard) and Frederick Robert Morrison. Her birth name was Jeanette Helen Morrison. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from Denmark.[1] In winter 1945, she was discovered by actress Norma Shearer, whose late husband Irving Thalberg had been a senior executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Marriage and family
Leigh married actor Tony Curtis in 1951. They had two daughters, actresses Kelly Curtis (born 1956) and Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958). The couple divorced in 1962.
Death
Leigh died on October 3, 2004 of vasculitis in Beverly Hills, California, aged 77.
Janet Leigh Media
9-month-old Janet Leigh, c. April 1928
Leigh pictured at age eighteen, c. 1945; actress Norma Shearer helped facilitate her contract with MGM based on this photo.
Janet Leigh posing for a publicity photo, c. 1948
Left to right: Eleanor Parker, Henry Wilcoxon, and Janet Leigh in Scaramouche (1952)
Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil (1958)
Leigh receiving instructions from Alfred Hitchcock to film the shower scene in Psycho (1960)
Janet Leigh with her daughters Kelly Curtis (left) and Jamie Lee Curtis (right) in May 1979
Leigh with third husband Tony Curtis at the 25th Academy Awards in March 1953
Janet Leigh grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California. December 2011.
October 28, 1998 Washington D.C.
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References
- ↑ There/Hollywood, page 6, 1985, by Janet Leigh
Other websites
- Janet Leigh on IMDb
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