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Janet LeighJeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), better known as Janet Leigh, was an American actress.

Early life
Leigh was born in Merced, California, the only child of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita Westergard. She was discovered by actress Norma Shearer, whose late husband Irving Thalberg had been a senior executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Shearer showed talent agent Lew Wasserman the photograph she had seen of Leigh while vacationing at the ski resort where the girl's parents worked. She left College of the Pacific, where she was studying music and psychology, after Wasserman secured a contract with MGM.

Career
Leigh's best-known role was in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. Years later, she wrote a book about the making of that film, in which she dispelled the urban legends which had popped up around it, notably, about the immortal "shower scene". Her performance earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.

Leigh appeared in two horror films with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, playing a major role in 1980's The Fog and making a cameo appearance in 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. These were her last two films.

Private life
Leigh married her third husband, Tony Curtis, on June 4, 1951. They had two children, Kelly and Jamie Lee. Curtis, who has admitted to cheating on her throughout their marriage, left Leigh in 1962 for Christine Kaufmann, the 17 year-old Austrian co-star of his then-latest film. Leigh was granted a divorce, and married stockbroker Robert Brandt later that year in Las Vegas; they remained married until her death. Leigh served on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Foundation, a medical-services provider for actors.

She died at her home from vasculitis at age 77. Her family was at her side.

  A Fate Totally Worse Than Death (2005) .... Mrs. Witt
... aka Bad Girls from Valley High (USA: DVD title)
"Family Law"
- The Quality of Mercy (2001) TV Episode .... Mary Sawyer

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) .... Norma Watson
... aka Halloween: H20 (USA: promotional title)
... aka Halloween: H20 (20 Years Later) (USA: promotional title)
"Touched by an Angel"
- Charades (1997) TV Episode .... Vera Galser
In My Sister's Shadow (1997) (TV) .... Kay Connor
Ei, Das (1993) (voice) .... Das Ei
... aka Janet Leigh ist das Ei (Germany)

"The Twilight Zone"
- Rendezvous in a Dark Place (1989) TV Episode .... Barbara LeMay
"Murder, She Wrote"
- Doom with a View (1987) TV Episode .... Cornelia Montaigne Harper
"Starman"
- Society's Pet (1986) TV Episode .... Antonia Weyburn
"The Love Boat"
- Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/BOS (1985) TV Episode
- Till Death Do Us Part, Maybe/Chubs/Locked Away (1978) TV Episode .... Gail
"Fantasy Island"
- Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million (1982) TV Episode
- Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker (1979) TV Episode .... Carol Gates
"Matt Houston"
- Who Would Kill Ramona? (1982) TV Episode .... Ramona Landers
"Tales of the Unexpected"
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- Light Fingers (1982) TV Episode .... Joan Stackpole
The Fog (1980) .... Kathy Williams
... aka John Carpenter's The Fog (USA: complete title)

Boardwalk (1979) .... Florence Cohen
Mirror, Mirror (1979) (TV) .... Millie Gorman
Telethon (1977) (TV) .... Elaine Cotten
Murder at the World Series (1977) (TV) .... Karen Weese
... aka The Woman in Box 359
Columbo: Forgotten Lady (1975) (TV) .... Grace Wheeler Willis
"Movin' On"
- Wedding Bells (1975) TV Episode .... Nina Smith
"Love Story"
- Beginner's Luck (1973) TV Episode .... Leonie
Murdock's Gang (1973) (TV) .... Laura Talbot
"Ghost Story"
... aka Circle of Fear (USA: second season title)
- Death's Hand (1973) TV Episode .... Carol
Night of the Lepus (1972) .... Gerry Bennett
One Is a Lonely Number (1972) .... Gert Meredith
... aka Two Is a Happy Number (USA: changed title)
Deadly Dream (1971) (TV) .... Laurel Hanley
"The Name of the Game"
- The Man Who Killed a Ghost (1971) TV Episode .... Glory Bates
"Bracken's World"
- The Anonymous Star (1970) TV Episode .... Maggie Morgan
"The Virginian"
... aka The Men from Shiloh (new title)
- Jenny (1970) TV Episode .... Jenny Davis
The House on Greenapple Road (1970) (TV) .... Marian Ord

Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) (TV) .... Sandra Latham
The Monk (1969) (TV) .... Janice Barnes
Hello Down There (1969) .... Vivian Miller
... aka Sub-A-Dub-Dub (USA: reissue title)
"The Danny Thomas Hour"
- One for My Baby (1968) TV Episode .... Liza Merrick
Ad ogni costo (1967) .... Mary Ann
... aka Diamantes a gogó (Spain)
... aka Grand Slam (USA)
... aka Top Job (West Germany)
... aka Top Job - Diamantenraub in Rio (West Germany)
... aka Um jeden Preis (West Germany)
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
- The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part 2 (1966) TV Episode .... Mrs. Diketon
- The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part 1 (1966) TV Episode .... Miss Diketon
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- Dear Deductible (1966) TV Episode .... Virginia Ballard
- Murder in the First (1964) TV Episode .... Carol Hartley
An American Dream (1966) .... Cherry McMahon
... aka See You in Hell, Darling (UK)
Three on a Couch (1966) .... Dr. Elizabeth Acord
Harper (1966) .... Susan Harper
... aka The Moving Target (UK)
Kid Rodelo (1966) .... Nora
Wives and Lovers (1963) .... Bertie Austin
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) .... Rosie DeLeon
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) .... Eugenie Rose Chaney
Pepe (1960) .... Cameo appearance
Psycho (1960) .... Marion Crane
Who Was That Lady? (1960) .... Ann Wilson

The Perfect Furlough (1958) .... Lt. Vicki Loren
... aka Strictly for Pleasure (UK)
The Vikings (1958) .... Morgana
Touch of Evil (1958) .... Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Jet Pilot (1957) .... Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon/Olga Orlief
"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- Carriage from Britain (1957) TV Episode
Safari (1956) .... Linda Latham
My Sister Eileen (1955) .... Eileen Sherwood
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) .... Ivy Conrad
Rogue Cop (1954) .... Karen Stephanson
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) .... Lady Anne of Mackworth
Living It Up (1954) .... Wally Cook
Prince Valiant (1954) .... Princess Aleta
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) .... Chris Hall
Houdini (1953) .... Bess Houdini
Confidentially Connie (1953) .... Connie Bedloe
The Naked Spur (1953) .... Lina Patch
Fearless Fagan (1952) .... Abby Ames
Scaramouche (1952) .... Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Just This Once (1952) .... Lucille Duncan
It's a Big Country (1951) .... Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) .... Nancy Peterson
Angels in the Outfield (1951) .... Jennifer Paige
... aka Angels and the Pirates (UK)
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) .... Isabelle Perry

Holiday Affair (1949) .... Connie Ennis
That Forsyte Woman (1949) .... June Forsyte
... aka The Forsyte Saga (UK)
The Doctor and the Girl (1949) .... Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
The Red Danube (1949) .... Maria Buhlen
Little Women (1949) .... Meg March
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Act of Violence (1948) .... Edith Enley
Words and Music (1948) .... Dorothy Feiner Rodgers
Hills of Home (1948) .... Margit Mitchell
... aka Master of Lassie (UK)
If Winter Comes (1947) .... Effie Bright
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) .... Lissy Anne MacBean