| Full Name | Janet Leigh |
| Net Worth | $7 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 6, 1927 |
| Died | October 3, 2004, Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Merced, California, USA |
| Height | 1.66 m |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Profession | Actor, Author |
| Education | University of the Pacific |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Robert Brandt, Tony Curtis, Stanley Reams, John Kenneth Carlisle |
| Children | Jamie Lee Curtis, Kelly Curtis |
| Parents | Helen Lita Westergard, Frederick Robert Morrison |
| Nicknames | Janet Leigh, Leigh, Janet |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001463 |
| Awards | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Movies | Psycho, Touch of Evil, The Manchurian Candidate, The Fog, The Vikings, The Naked Spur, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Bye Bye Birdie, The Romance of Rosy Ridge, Little Women, Holiday Affair, The Black Shield of Falworth, Scaramouche, Act of Violence, My Sister Eileen, Who Was That Lady?, Jet Pilot, ... |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Quote |
|---|
| 1 | [in 1953, on getting second billing to Tony Curtis in Houdini (1953)] I don't care if he's made one picture and I've made a hundred. I will always take second billing to my husband. |
| 2 | [on Night of the Lepus (1972)] I've forgotten as much as I could about that picture. |
| 3 | [on her Psycho (1960) co-star, the late Anthony Perkins] To me he was a leading man. But to the rest of the world, he'll always be "Norman Bates". People just wouldn't let him be anything else. |
| 4 | [on working with Alfred Hitchcock] Hitch relished scaring me. When we were making Psycho (1960), he experimented with the mother's corpse, using me as his gauge. I would return from lunch, open the door to the dressing room and propped up in my chair would be this hideous monstrosity. The horror in my scream, registered on his Richter scale, decided which dummy he'd use as the Madame. |
| 5 | I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am! |
| 6 | Psycho (1960) gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days - 70 setups. At least, he [Alfred Hitchcock] made sure the water was warm. |
| 7 | [when asked if it was true that she doesn't take showers] It's actually, honestly true. And not because of the shooting of it. It was the seeing of it. It never dawned on me how truly vulnerable we are. But that's what [Alfred Hitchcock] did. A shower. A bird. All these things that are absolutely ordinary, he made extraordinary. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Janet Leigh wrote four books: "There Really Was a Hollywood" (1984--an autobiography); "Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller" (1995, co-authored with Christopher Nickens); "House of Destiny" (1996--a novel); and "The Dream Factory" (2002--a novel). |
| 2 | Said on TCM that Van Johnson was responsible for her stage name. While they were filming The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), he suggested she shorten her first name to Janet. He also thought that, since the film they were doing was a civil war drama, Lee would go well as her last name. But then he suggested she spell it Leigh. She was concerned there might a problem in being confused with Vivien Leigh; but then Van Johnson reminded her of Van Heflin. He said "there's two Van's and it hasn't hurt either of us". |
| 3 | Was 2 months pregnant with her daughter Kelly Curtis when she completed filming Safari (1956) and 5 months pregnant with her when she recorded her appearance on The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956). |
| 4 | Became pregnant with her 1st child by husband Tony Curtis in May 1953 but she suffered a miscarriage on July 8, 1953 at age 26. |
| 5 | She was cremated after death and her ashes are interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. |
| 6 | Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 31, a daughter Jamie Lee Curtis on November 22, 1958. Child's father was her 3rd ex-husband, Tony Curtis. |
| 7 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 28, a daughter Kelly Curtis on June 17, 1956. Child's father was her 3rd ex-husband, Tony Curtis. |
| 8 | Was portrayed by Scarlett Johansson in Hitchcock (2012). |
| 9 | She was an active Democrat and appeared alongside Tony Curtis at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California. |
| 10 | She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1777 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 11 | In June 2010, Pacific Theatre, the campus movie theater of the University of the Pacific, was renamed and dedicated as Janet Leigh Theatre. The theater houses Janet Leigh movie posters, movie stills, college and family photos, and a display cabinet with many personal and professional Janet Leigh artifacts. The lavender gown worn by Ms. Leigh to the 1961 Academy Awards (and created by Edith Head) is on display in the cabinet in the lobby. |
| 12 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 326-329. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
| 13 | Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes" (McFarland & Co., 1991). |
| 14 | She was the daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison, and his wife, Helen Lita (Westergard). Her father had English, German, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), and Swiss-German ancestry. Her mother was from a family of Danish immigrants. |
| 15 | In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Renata Marini or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Germana Calderini, Dhia Cristiani, Micaela Giustiniani and Fiorella Betti. |
| 16 | In 2006, the city of Stockton, California renamed and dedicated a downtown cinema and plaza in her honor. "Janet Leigh Plaza" is in the central core of the redeveloped downtown two blocks away from the "Bob Hope Theater". |
| 17 | She and her actress daughter Jamie Lee Curtis appear together in John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), though they do not meet until the film's end. They also appear together in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) early in the film when Janet reports to Jamie on a problem with the girls' shower at a private school. |
| 18 | Attended and graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. |
| 19 | She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on May 14, 2004. She delivered an inspirational speech to graduating students, faculty, and administrators in accepting her award. Author Maxine Hong Kingston and US Solicitor General Ted Olson were also awarded honorary degrees on the same day. |
| 20 | Actually made Touch of Evil (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 and used every trick they could to hide it. |
| 21 | Eloped at the age of 14 - marriage was later annulled. Thus, Tony Curtis was her third husband when she married him at 23. |
| 22 | Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#99) (1995). |
| 23 | Had appeared with third husband Tony Curtis in five films: Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Vikings (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1958) and Who Was That Lady? (1960). |
| 24 | Was 'discovered' by Norma Shearer from a photo on the desk of Janet's father. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Bad Girls from Valley High | 2005 | | Mrs. Witt |
| Family Law | 2001 | TV Series | Mary Sawyer |
| Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | 1998 | | Norma |
| In My Sister's Shadow | 1998 | TV Movie | Kay Connor |
| Touched by an Angel | 1997 | TV Series | Vera King |
| Das Ei | 1993 | Short | Das Ei (voice) |
| The Twilight Zone | 1989 | TV Series | Barbara LeMay |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1987 | TV Series | Cornelia Montaigne Harper |
| Starman | 1986 | TV Series | Antonia Weyburn |
| On Our Way | 1985 | TV Movie | Kate Walsh |
| The Love Boat | 1978-1985 | TV Series | Joan Philipps / Gail |
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1982-1984 | TV Series | Joan Stackpole |
| Fantasy Island | 1979-1982 | TV Series | Suzanne King / Carol Gates |
| Matt Houston | 1982 | TV Series | Ramona Launders |
| The Fog | 1980 | | Kathy Williams |
| Boardwalk | 1979 | | Florence Cohen |
| Mirror, Mirror | 1979 | TV Movie | Millie Gorman |
| Telethon | 1977 | TV Movie | Elaine Cotten |
| Murder at the World Series | 1977 | TV Movie | Karen Weese |
| Columbo | 1975 | TV Series | Grace Wheeler Willis |
| Movin' On | 1975 | TV Series | Nina Smith |
| Love Story | 1973 | TV Series | Leonie |
| Murdock's Gang | 1973 | TV Movie | Laura Talbot |
| Circle of Fear | 1973 | TV Series | Carol |
| Night of the Lepus | 1972 | | Gerry Bennett |
| Two Is a Happy Number | 1972 | | Gert Meredith |
| The Deadly Dream | 1971 | TV Movie | Laurel Hanley |
| My Wives Jane | 1971 | TV Movie | Jane Franklin |
| The Name of the Game | 1971 | TV Series | Glory Bates |
| Bracken's World | 1970 | TV Series | Maggie Morgan |
| The Virginian | 1970 | TV Series | Jenny Davis |
| House on Greenapple Road | 1970 | TV Movie | Marian Ord |
| Honeymoon with a Stranger | 1969 | TV Movie | Sandra Latham |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Daisy June Clara Appleby |
| The Monk | 1969 | TV Movie | Janice Barnes |
| Hello Down There | 1969 | | Vivian Miller |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1968 | TV Series | Liza Merrick |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | 1967 | TV Series | |
| Grand Slam | 1967 | | Mary Ann |
| The Spy in the Green Hat | 1967 | | Miss Diketon |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Miss Diketon |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Virginia Ballard / Carol Hartley |
| See You in Hell, Darling | 1966 | | Cherry McMahon |
| Three on a Couch | 1966 | | Dr. Elizabeth Acord |
| Harper | 1966 | | Susan Harper |
| 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 | | Janet Leigh |
| Psycho | 1960 | | Marion Crane |
| Who Was That Lady? | 1960 | | Ann Wilson |
| The Perfect Furlough | 1958 | | Lt. Vicki Loren |
| The Vikings | 1958 | | Morgana |
| Touch of Evil | 1958 | | Susan Vargas |
| Jet Pilot | 1957 | | Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon Olga Orlief |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Safari | 1956 | | Linda |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Just This Once | 1952 | | Lucy Duncan |
| It's a Big Country: An American Anthology | 1951 | | Rosa Szabo Xenophon |
| Two Tickets to Broadway | 1951 | | Nancy Peterson |
| Angels in the Outfield | 1951 | | Jennifer Paige |
| Strictly Dishonorable | 1951 | | Isabelle Perry |
| How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | 1949 | Short | |
| Holiday Affair | 1949 | | Connie |
| That Forsyte Woman | 1949 | | June Forsyte |
| The Doctor and the Girl | 1949 | | Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon |
| The Red Danube | 1949 | | Olga Alexandrova / Maria Buhlen |
| Little Women | 1949 | | Meg |
| Act of Violence | 1948 | | Edith Enley |
| Words and Music | 1948 | | Dorothy Feiner Rodgers |
| Hills of Home | 1948 | | Margit Mitchell |
| If Winter Comes | 1947 | | Effie Bright |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | 1947 | | Lissy Anne MacBean |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Columbo | 1975 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| See You in Hell, Darling | 1966 | performer: "A Time for Love" | |
| Bye Bye Birdie | 1963 | "One Boy" / performer: "Put On a Happy Face", "The Shriner's Ballet", "Everything Is Rosie/Everything Is Hugo" | |
| My Sister Eileen | 1955 | "There's Nothin' Like Love" / performer: "I'm Great", "There's Nothin' Like Love", "Give Me A Band And My Baby", "Conga" | |
| Pete Kelly's Blues | 1955 | performer: "I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" - uncredited | |
| Walking My Baby Back Home | 1953 | performer: "The Glow-Worm", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "South Rampart Street Parade", "De Camptown Races" uncredited | |
| Fearless Fagan | 1952 | performer: "What Do You Think I Am?" | |
| Two Tickets to Broadway | 1951 | performer: "The Worry Bird", "Big Chief Hole-in-the-Ground" | |
| Little Women | 1949 | performer: "Merry Christmastime Is Here", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" 1850 - uncredited | |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Sinatra: Dark Star | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Biography | 1999-2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1998-2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Love Hollywood Style | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Actress |
| The 100 Greatest Scary Moments | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' | 2002 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Intimate Portrait | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Autograph | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hollywood Greats | 1978-2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 100 Greatest Films | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Howard Stern | 2001 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Howard Stern Radio Show | 2001 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond | 2000 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
| Scene by Scene | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Rat Pack | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Reputations | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Marion Crane |
| The Century: America's Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself |
| Celebrity Profile | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Unmasking the Horror | 1998 | Video | Herself |
| Comme au cinéma | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| A-Z of Horror | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | 1997 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Making of 'Psycho' | 1997 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The Daily Show | 1996 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Le club | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Inside the Dream Factory | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Story of Lassie | 1994 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Vicki! | 1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Donahue | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 35th Annual Thalians Gala | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Presenter |
| Larry King Live | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Good Morning America | 1980-1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | 1987 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Cinéma cinémas | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
| Hitchcock: il brividio del genio | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | 1985 | Documentary | Herself |
| The 57th Annual Academy Awards | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Presenter: Scientific / Technical Awards |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Breakaway | 1984 | TV Series | Herself |
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Herself |
| Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny | 1982 | TV Movie | Herself |
| All-Star Salute to Mother's Day | 1981 | TV Special | Herself |
| Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| All-Star Family Feud Special | 1980 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock | 1979 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Look Magazine Gala Party | 1979 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1978 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Actress |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart | 1978 | TV Special | Herself |
| Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena | 1978 | TV Special | Herself |
| An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Dinah! | 1977 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1971-1977 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Panelist |
| Circus of the Stars | 1977 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Performer |
| Gala de l'union | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrity Tennis | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | 1975 | TV Special | Herself |
| ABC Late Night | 1974 | TV Series | Herself |
| Laugh-In | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Herself |
| Jerry Visits | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Tim Conway Comedy Hour | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1964-1968 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bob Hope Christmas Show | 1965 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1965 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Bob Hope Comedy Special | 1963 | TV Special | Herself |
| Password All-Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Panelist / Herself |
| Talent Scouts | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
| Today | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1954-1962 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| What's My Line? | 1954-1961 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards |
| Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign | 1960 | TV Movie | Herself - Performer |
| The 32nd Annual Academy Awards | 1960 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards |
| Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen | 1960 | Documentary | Herself |
| This Is Your Life | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 31st Annual Academy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film |
| The 30th Annual Academy Awards | 1958 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Actress / Herself - Cameo Appearance |
| Person to Person | 1954 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| A Star Is Born World Premiere | 1954 | TV Short | Herself |
| The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Olympic Fund Telethon | 1952 | TV Special | Herself |
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