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Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Actor · Born 1927-07-06 · Merced, California, USA

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Biography

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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Psycho (1960) — Marion Crane
  2. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) — Norma
  3. The Fog (1980) — Kathy Williams
  4. Touch of Evil (1958) — Susan 'Susie' Vargas
  5. Columbo (1971) — Grace Wheeler Willis
  6. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) — Eugenie Rose Chaney
  7. Psycho II (1983) — Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
  8. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Cornelia Montaigne Harper
  9. Psycho III (1986) — Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
  10. The Vikings (1958) — Morgana
  11. The Naked Spur (1953) — Lina Patch
  12. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Barbara LeMay
  13. Little Women (1949) — Meg
  14. Harper (1966) — Susan Harper
  15. The Love Boat (1977) — Joan Philipps / Gail
  16. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Vera King
  17. Night of the Lepus (1972) — Gerry Bennett
  18. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) — Rosie DeLeon
  19. Act of Violence (1949) — Edith Enley
  20. Scaramouche (1952) — Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
  21. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  22. Holiday Affair (1949) — Connie Ennis
  23. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  24. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  25. Houdini (1953) — Bess Houdini
  26. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Miss Diketon
  27. Prince Valiant (1954) — Princess Aleta
  28. Pictures of Ghosts (2023) — Self (archive footage)
  29. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) — Self (archive footage)
  30. Pepe (1960) — Janet Leigh
  31. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Joan Stackpole
  32. Jet Pilot (1957) — Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
  33. Grand Slam (1967) — Mary Ann
  34. The American Nightmare (2000) — Self
  35. Living It Up (1954) — Wally Cook
  36. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self (uncredited)
  37. The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) — Lady Anne of Mackworth
  38. Angels in the Outfield (1951) — Jennifer Paige
  39. Who Was That Lady? (1960) — Ann Wilson
  40. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) — Ivy Conrad