Janet Leigh was born on July 6, 1927 in Merced, California.
On October 3, 2004 Janet Leigh passed away in Beverly Hills,
California from vasculitis.
Janet Leigh's birth name was Jeanette Helen Morrison and
she is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis.
In 1995 Janet Leigh was chosen by Empire magazine as one
of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#99).
Janet Leigh was discovered by Norma Shearer from a photo
on the desk of her father. By Norma Shearer taking the photo,
led Janet Leigh to a screen test at MGM and a starring role
in THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE (1947).
Having several successful movies at the start of Janet Leigh
career would include LITTLE WOMEN(1949), ANGELES IN THE OUTFIELD
(1951), SCARAMOUCHE (1952), HOUDINI (1953), and THE BLACK
SHIELD OF FALWORTH (1954).
For a 45 minute role in the low budget thriller PSYCHO is
how Janet Leigh would be remembered, making women think twice
about hoping into the shower.
The famous PSYCHO shower scene directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
the 1960 thriller even thought Janet Leigh is killed off early
in the picture, she would be nominated for an Academy Award
and receive a Golden Globe.
With a broken arm and every trick in the book to hid it Janet
Leigh was still able to play her role in TOUCH OF EVIL in
1958, with a broken arm. Her arm was in a cast when she showed
up for production, so they took her arm out of the cast to
film.
Janet Leigh's other notable credits include...
A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH (2000)
HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (1998)
THE FOG (1980)
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972)
HELLO DOWN THERE (1969)
WIVES AND LOVERS (1963)
ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1951)
IF WINTER COMES (1947)
