Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Janet Leigh
1927-07-06
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Merced, California, USA
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
Pictures of Ghosts
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005 · Movie
as Self
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005 · Movie
as Mrs. Witt
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002 · Movie
as Self
The American Nightmare
2000 · Movie
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Movie
as Self
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000 · Movie
as Herself
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · Movie
as Self
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Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 · Movie
as Self
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Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
1999 · Movie
as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · Movie
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Family Law
1999 · TV Show
as Mary Sawyer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Movie
as Norma
Unmasking the Horror
1998 · Movie
In My Sister's Shadow
1997 · Movie
as Kay Connor
Scene by Scene
1997 · TV Show
as Self
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Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996 · Movie
as Self - Interviewee
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995 · Movie
as Self
Inside the Dream Factory
1995 · Movie
as Self
The Story of Lassie
1994 · Movie
as Self
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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994 · Movie
as Himself
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Vera King
The Egg
1993 · Movie
as The egg (voice) (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage), Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
as Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986 · Movie
as Self
Psycho III
1986 · Movie
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as Barbara LeMay
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Cornelia Montaigne Harper
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Psycho II
1983 · Movie
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
Matt Houston
1982 · TV Show
as Ramona
The Fog
1980 · Movie
as Kathy Williams
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980 · Movie
as Self
The Horror Show
1979 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Mirror, Mirror
1979 · Movie
as Millie Gorman
Boardwalk
1979 · Movie
as Florence Cohen
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as Joan Stackpole
Telethon
1977 · Movie
as Elaine Cotten
Murder at the World Series
1977 · Movie
as Karen Weese
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Joan Philipps / Gail
Murdock's Gang
1973 · Movie
as Laura Talbot
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Night of the Lepus
1972 · Movie
as Gerry Bennett
One Is a Lonely Number
1972 · Movie
as Gert Meredith
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ghost Story
1972 · TV Show
as Carol
The Deadly Dream
1971 · Movie
as Laurel Hanley
Columbo
1971 · TV Show
as Grace Wheeler Willis
House on Greenapple Road
1970 · Movie
as Marian Ord
Hello Down There
1969 · Movie
as Vivian Miller
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969 · Movie
as Sandra Latham
The Monk
1969 · Movie
as Janice Barnes
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited), Self
Grand Slam
1967 · Movie
as Mary Ann
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · Movie
as Miss Diketon
Harper
1966 · Movie
as Susan Harper
Three on a Couch
1966 · Movie
as Dr Elizabeth Acord
Kid Rodelo
1966 · Movie
as Nora
An American Dream
1966 · Movie
as Cherry McMahon
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Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965 · Movie
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV Show
as Miss Diketon
Bye Bye Birdie
1963 · Movie
as Rosie DeLeon
Wives and Lovers
1963 · Movie
as Bertie Austin
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
as Virginia Ballard
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Movie
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Psycho
1960 · Movie
as Marion Crane
People, Hopes, Medals
1960 · Movie
as Self
Pepe
1960 · Movie
as Janet Leigh
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Movie
as Ann Wilson
Touch of Evil
1958 · Movie
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
The Vikings
1958 · Movie
as Morgana
The Perfect Furlough
1958 · Movie
as Vicki Loren
Jet Pilot
1957 · Movie
as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
Safari
1956 · Movie
as Linda Latham
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Nightmare
1956 · Movie
as Janet
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The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955 · Movie
as Ivy Conrad
My Sister Eileen
1955 · Movie
as Eileen Sherwood
Rogue Cop
1954 · Movie
as Karen Stephanson
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954 · Movie
as Lady Anne of Mackworth
Prince Valiant
1954 · Movie
as Princess Aleta
Living It Up
1954 · Movie
as Wally Cook
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
as Self
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954 · Movie
The Naked Spur
1953 · Movie
as Lina Patch
Houdini
1953 · Movie
as Bess Houdini
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 · Movie
as Chris Hall
Confidentially Connie
1953 · Movie
as Connie Bedloe
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Scaramouche
1952 · Movie
as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Fearless Fagan
1952 · Movie
as Abby Ames
Just This Once
1952 · Movie
as Lucy Duncan
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952 · Movie
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An Eye for an Eye
1952 · Movie
This Is Your Life
1952 · TV Show
as Self
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Movie
as Jennifer Paige
It's a Big Country
1951 · Movie
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951 · Movie
as Nancy Peterson
Strictly Dishonorable
1951 · Movie
as Isabelle Perry
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Fairfax Avenue
1951 · Movie
The Re-Inforcer
1951 · Movie
as Mary Muck
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV Show
as Self
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
Holiday Affair
1949 · Movie
as Connie Ennis
Act of Violence
1949 · Movie
as Edith Enley
The Red Danube
1949 · Movie
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
That Forsyte Woman
1949 · Movie
as June Forsyte
Little Women
1949 · Movie
as Meg
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Movie
as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949 · Movie
Hills of Home
1948 · Movie
as Margit Mitchell
Words and Music
1948 · Movie
as Dorothy Feiner
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
If Winter Comes
1947 · Movie
as Effie Bright
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Movie
as Lissy Anne MacBean
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self
