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Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Janet Leigh
Also known as: Jeanette Helen Morrison
Acting
Born:July 6, 1927
Died:October 3, 2004(aged 77)
Birthplace:Merced, California, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:5'5" (166 cm)
Education:University of the Pacific, Stockton High School, Merced High School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (89 movies)
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Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Chris Hall
8.4
8.4
Psycho
1960
as Marion Crane
8.4
8.4
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
7.8
7.8
Touch of Evil
1958
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
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7.6
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
Executive Producer
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7.5
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
7.5
7.5
The Monk
1969
as Janice Barnes
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7.5
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
7.4
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The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
as Self
7.4
7.4
Little Women
1949
as Meg
7.2
7.2
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self
7.1
7.1
Grand Slam
1967
as Mary Ann
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7.0
The Vikings
1958
Executive Producer
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The Egg
1993
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
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Scaramouche
1952
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
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6.9
The Naked Spur
1953
as Lina Patch
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6.9
Act of Violence
1949
as Edith Enley
6.8
6.8
Holiday Affair
1949
as Connie Ennis
6.7
6.7
The Fog
1980
as Kathy Williams
6.7
6.7
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Jennifer Paige
6.7
6.7
Hills of Home
1948
as Margit Mitchell
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6.7
The Perfect Furlough
1958
as Lt. Vicki Loren
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If Winter Comes
1947
as Effie Bright
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6.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Lissy Anne MacBean
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Harper
1966
as Susan Harper
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Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Sandra Latham
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6.5
My Sister Eileen
1955
as Eileen Sherwood
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Murder at the World Series
1977
as Karen Weese
6.5
6.5
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Miss Diketon
6.5
6.5
Houdini
1953
as Bess Houdini
6.4
6.4
Living It Up
1954
as Wally Cook
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6.3
Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Ann Wilson
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6.3
The Red Danube
1949
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
6.2
6.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
6.2
6.2
Boardwalk
1979
as Florence Cohen
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Pete Kelly's Blues
1955
as Ivy Conrad
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Inside the Dream Factory
1995
as Self
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The Deadly Dream
1971
as Laurel Hanley
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Norma Watson
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Murdock's Gang
1973
as Laura Talbot
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
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Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Interviewee
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House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Marian Ord
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6.0
Prince Valiant
1954
as Princess Aleta
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Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000
as Herself
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5.8
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
as Self
5.8
5.8
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
as Rosie DeLeon
5.7
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Words and Music
1948
as Dorothy Feiner
5.7
5.7
The Doctor and the Girl
1949
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
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5.7
Hello Down There
1969
as Vivian Miller
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5.7
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as June Forsyte
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Safari
1956
as Linda Latham
5.4
5.4
Jet Pilot
1957
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
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Confidentially Connie
1953
as Connie Bedloe
5.3
5.3
Rogue Cop
1954
as Karen Stephanson
5.3
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
5.3
5.3
Three on a Couch
1966
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
5.0
5.0
In My Sister's Shadow
1997
as Kay Connor
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Telethon
1977
as Elaine Cotten
5.0
5.0
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
as Self
4.8
4.8
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980
as Self
4.7
4.7
An American Dream
1966
as Cherry McMahon
4.6
4.6
Fearless Fagan
1952
as Abby Ames
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4.6
People, Hopes, Medals
1960
as Self
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One Is a Lonely Number
1972
as Gert Meredith
4.4
4.4
Night of the Lepus
1972
as Gerry Bennett
4.4
4.4
Strictly Dishonorable
1951
as Isabelle Perry
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Wives and Lovers
1963
as Bertie Austin
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Two Tickets to Broadway
1951
as Nancy Peterson
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24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Marion Crane (archive footage)
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Bad Girls from Valley High
2005
as Mrs. Witt
3.8
3.8
Just This Once
1952
as Lucy Duncan
The Story of Lassie
1994
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self
Nightmare
1956
as Janet
An Eye for an Eye
1952
Mirror, Mirror
1979
as Millie Gorman
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
as (archive footage)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
as Self
Fairfax Avenue
1951
Kid Rodelo
1966
as Nora
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
1999
as Self
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
as Self
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
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