Janet Leigh
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
Retratos fantasma
Self (archive footage) (2023)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage) (2022)
Yo soy Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage) (2021)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage) (2019)
Hollywood, ¡sexo no, por favor!
(2018)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) (2012)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self (2005)
Las chicas malas del valle
Mrs. Witt (2005)
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (2002)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self (2000)
The American Nightmare
Self (2000)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self (2000)
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
Herself (2000)
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
Self (1999)
Hitchcock: La sombra detrás del genio
Self (1999)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self (uncredited) (1999)
Leyes de familia
Mary Sawyer (1999)
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Self (1999)
Halloween: H20. Veinte años después
Norma Watson (1998)
In My Sister's Shadow
Kay Connor (1997)
Scene by Scene
Self (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story
(1996)
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Self - Interviewee (1996)
Inside the Dream Factory
Self (1995)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self (1995)
Tocados por un ángel
Vera King (1994)
The Story of Lassie
Self (1994)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Himself (1994)
Intimate Portrait
Self (1993)
Das Ei
The egg (voice) (archive footage) (1993)
24 Hour Psycho
Marion Crane (archive footage) (1993)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self (1987)
Los mundos fantásticos de George Pal
Self (1986)
Más allá de los límites de la realidad
Barbara LeMay (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self (1985)
Se ha escrito un crimen
Cornelia Montaigne Harper (1984)
Psicosis II: El regreso de Norman
Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited) (1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (1983)
Matt Houston
Ramona (1982)
Night of 100 Stars
Self (1982)
La niebla
Kathy Williams (1980)
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (1980)
Boardwalk
Florence Cohen (1979)
Mirror, Mirror
Millie Gorman (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected
Joan Stackpole (1979)
The Horror Show
(archive footage) (1979)
Telethon
Elaine Cotten (1977)
Vacaciones en el mar
Joan Philipps / Gail (1977)
Murder at the World Series
Karen Weese (1977)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self (1973)
Murdock's Gang
Laura Talbot (1973)
La larga noche de la furia
Gerry Bennett (1972)
Ghost Story
Carol (1972)
One Is a Lonely Number
Gert Meredith (1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage) (1972)
The Deadly Dream
Laurel Hanley (1971)
Colombo
Grace Wheeler Willis (1971)
House on Greenapple Road
Marian Ord (1970)
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Sandra Latham (1969)
The Monk
Janice Barnes (1969)
Hello Down There
Vivian Miller (1969)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (1968)
Diamantes a gogó
Mary Ann (1967)
El Espía del Sombrero Verde
Miss Diketon (1967)
Esclavos del pecado
Cherry McMahon (1966)
Tres en un sofá
Dr Elizabeth Acord (1966)
Harper, investigador privado
Susan Harper (1966)
Kid Rodelo
Nora (1966)
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Self (1965)
El agente de CIPOL
Miss Diketon (1964)
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host (1964)
La hora de los famosos
(1963)
Wives and Lovers
Bertie Austin (1963)
Un beso para Birdie
Rosie DeLeon (1963)
El mensajero del miedo
Eugenie Rose Chaney (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (1962)
Pepe
Janet Leigh (1960)
Psicosis
Marion Crane (1960)
¿Quién era esa chica?
Ann Wilson (1960)
Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen
Self (1960)
Vacaciones sin novia
Lt. Vicki Loren (1958)
Los Vikingos
Morgana (1958)
Sed de mal
Susan 'Susie' Vargas (1958)
Amor a reacción
Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief (1957)
Safari
Linda Latham (1956)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self (1956)
Nightmare
Janet (1956)
Mi hermana Elena
Eileen Sherwood (1955)
Los blues de Pete Kelly
Ivy Conrad (1955)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self (1954)
Prisionero de su traición
Karen Stephanson (1954)
Coraza negra
Lady Anne of Mackworth (1954)
Viviendo su vida
Wally Cook (1954)
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
(1954)
El príncipe valiente
Princess Aleta (1954)
Walking My Baby Back Home
Chris Hall (1953)
El gran Houdini
Bess Houdini (1953)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Confidentially Connie
Connie Bedloe (1953)
Colorado Jim
Lina Patch (1953)
This Is Your Life
Self (1952)
Fearless Fagan
Abby Ames (1952)
Scaramouche
Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon (1952)
Just This Once
Lucy Duncan (1952)
An Eye for an Eye
(1952)
Come Back Little Shiksa
(1952)
Un gran país
Rosa Szabo Xenophon (1951)
Two Tickets to Broadway
Nancy Peterson (1951)
Ángeles en el campo abierto
Jennifer Paige (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1951)
Strictly Dishonorable
Isabelle Perry (1951)
Fairfax Avenue
(1951)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self (1950)
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist (1950)
Negocio en vacaciones
Connie Ennis (1949)
La dinastía de los Forsyte
June Forsyte (1949)
El Danubio rojo
Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen (1949)
Cuerpos y almas
Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon (1949)
Mujercitas
Meg (1949)
Acto de violencia
Edith Enley (1949)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
(1949)
Letra y Música
Dorothy Feiner (1948)
Las colinas de mi tierra
Margit Mitchell (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self (1948)
If Winter Comes
Effie Bright (1947)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Lissy Anne MacBean (1947)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self (1944)