Janet Leigh Biography (1927-)

Original name, Jeanette Helen Morrison; born July 6, 1927, in Merced, CA; married John K. Carlyle, 1942 (marriage annulled, 1942); married Stanley Reames(a bandleader), 1946 (divorced, 1948); married Tony Curtis (an actor), June 41951 (divorced, c. 1963); married Robert Brant (a stockbroker, director, writer, actor, and producer), c. 1964; children: (third marriage) Kelly Lee (anactress), Jamie Lee (an actress). Addresses: Agent: Amsel Eisenstadt & Frazier, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress, author
Birth Details
July 6, 1927
Merced, California, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • (Film debut) Lissy Anne MacBean, The Romance of Rosy Ridge, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
  • Effie Bright, If Winter Comes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
  • Margit Mitchell, Hills of Home (also known as Master of Lassie), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
  • Dorothy Feiner Rodgers, Words and Music, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
  • Edith Enley, Act of Violence, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
  • Margaret "Meg" March, Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • June Forsyte, That Forsyte Woman (also known as The Forsyte Saga), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • Evelyn "Taffy" Corday, The Doctor and the Girl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • Maria Buhlen, The Red Danube, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • Connie Ennis, Holiday Affair, RKO Radio Pictures, 1949
  • How to Smuggle a Hernia across the Border, 1949
  • Isabelle Dempsey, Strictly Dishonorable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
  • Jennifer Paige, Angels in the Outfield (also known as Angels and the Pirates), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
  • Nancy Peterson, Two Tickets to Broadway, RKO Radio Pictures, 1951
  • Rosa Szabo Xenophon, It's a Big Country, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • Lucille Duncan, Just This Once, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon, Scaramouche, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • Abby Ames, Fearless Fagan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • Lina Patch, The Naked Spur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
  • Connie Bedloe, Confidentially Connie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
  • Bess Houdini, Houdini, Paramount, 1953
  • Chris Hall, Walking My Baby Back Home, Universal, 1953
  • Princess Aleta, Prince Valiant, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
  • Wally Cook, Living It Up, Paramount, 1954
  • Lady Anne, The Black Shield of Falworth, Universal, 1954
  • Karen Stephanson, Rogue Cop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
  • Ivy Conrad, Pete Kelly's Blues, Warner Bros., 1955
  • Eileen Sherwood, My Sister Eileen, Columbia, 1955
  • Linda Latham, Safari, Columbia, 1956
  • Lieutenant Anna Marladovna/Olga, Jet Pilot, Universal, 1957
  • Susan Vargas, Touch of Evil, Universal, 1958
  • Morgana, The Vikings, United Artists, 1958
  • Lieutenant Vicki Loren, The Perfect Furlough (also known as Strictly for Pleasure), Universal, 1958
  • Ann Wilson, Who Was That Lady?, Columbia, 1960
  • Pepe, Columbia, 1960
  • Marion Crane, Psycho (also known as Wimpy), Paramount, 1960
  • Eugenie Rose "Rosie" Chaney, The Manchurian Candidate, United Artists, 1962
  • Rosie DeLeon, Bye Bye, Birdie, Columbia, 1963
  • Bertie Austin, Wives and Lovers, Paramount, 1963
  • Dr. Elizabeth Acord, Three on a Couch, Columbia, 1966
  • Susan Harper, Harper (also known as The Moving Target), Warner Bros., 1966
  • Nora, Kid Rodelo (also known as Fugitivos de Yuma), Paramount, 1966
  • Cherry McMahon, An American Dream (also known as See You in Hell, Darling), Warner Bros., 1966
  • Miss Diketon, The Spy in the Green Hat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
  • Vivian Miller, Hello Down There (also known as Sub-a-Dub-Dub), Paramount, 1968
  • Mary Ann, Grand Slam (also known as Top Job, Ad ogni costo, Diamantes a gogo, and Um jeden Preis), Paramount, 1968
  • Gert Meredith, One Is a Lonely Number (also known as Two Is a Happy Number), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
  • Gerry Bennett, Night of the Lepus, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
  • Aline de Gravillac, The Sea Gypsies, 1978
  • Florence Cohen, Boardwalk, Atlantic Releasing, 1979
  • Kathy Williams, The Fog (also known as John Carpenter's The Fog), Avco Embassy, 1980
  • Marion Crane (in archive footage) Terror in the Aisles (also knownas Time for Terror), 1984
  • The Fantasy Film World of George Pal (documentary), LCA Video, 1985
  • Voice of Das Ei, Das Ei (also known as Janet Leigh Ist das Ei), 1993
  • Stephen Verona: Self Portrait (documentary), 1995
  • Norma Crane, Halloween: H20 (also known as Halloween: Blood IsThicker Than Water, Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later, Halloween 7, Halloween 7: The Revenge of Laurie Strode, and Halloween: TheRevenge of Laurie Strode), Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998
  • Herself and Norma Crane, Unmasking the Horror, 1998
  • Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary), Hugh M. Hefner, 2000
  • A Fate Totally Worse Than Death, Bubble Factory, 2000
  • Also appeared in the film Other Realms.
  • Television Appearances
  • Movies
  • Janice Barnes, The Monk, ABC, 1969
  • Sandra Latham, Honeymoon with a Stranger, ABC, 1969
  • Marian Ord, The House on Greenapple Road, ABC, 1970
  • Laurel Hanley, Deadly Dream, ABC, 1971
  • Laura Talbot, Murdock's Gang, CBS, 1973
  • Grace Wheeler Willis, Columbo: Forgotten Lady, NBC, 1975
  • Karen Weese, Murder at the World Series (also known as The Woman in Box 359), ABC, 1977
  • Elaine Cotten, Telethon, ABC, 1977
  • Millie Gorman, Mirror, Mirror, NBC, 1979
  • Host, Psycho IV: The Beginning, Showtime, 1990
  • Kay Connor, In My Sister's Shadow, CBS, 1997
  • Specials
  • The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1964
  • The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1965
  • The Bob Hope Show (two specials), NBC, 1968
  • For Love or $$$, NBC, 1968
  • Looking Back, CBS, 1969
  • A Salute to Orson Welles (also known as The 3rd American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Orson Welles), 1975
  • Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1977
  • Gene Kelly ... An American in Pasadena, CBS, 1978
  • A Salute to Alfred Hitchcock (also known as The 7th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Alfred Hitchcock), 1979
  • All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, NBC, 1981
  • Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Women I Love--Beautiful but Funny, NBC, 1982
  • The Screen Actor's Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 1984
  • Night of 100 Stars II, 1985
  • The Thrill of Genius (also known as Hitchcock: Il brividio delgenio), 1985
  • Happy Birthday Hollywood!, ABC, 1987
  • Hollywood: The Golden Years (documentary), Arts and Entertainment,1988
  • A Salute to Jack Lemmon (also known as The 16th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Jack Lemmon), 1988
  • Superstars and Their Moms, TBS, 1989
  • Presenter, The Horror Hall of Fame, 1990
  • The Thalians (documentary), American Movie Classics, 1991
  • The Story of Lassie (documentary), PBS, 1994
  • Inside the Dream Factory (documentary), TNT, 1995
  • Grace, Caroline, Stephanie: The Curse of the Royal Family--The E! TrueHollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
  • Anthony Perkins: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (also known as Dial H for Hitchcock and Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius behind the Showman), TCM, 1999
  • Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies, TCM, 2000
  • AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001
  • Episodic
  • Person to Person, CBS, 1954
  • "Carriage from Britain," Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, CBS, 1957
  • The Andy Williams Show, 1963 and 1964
  • "Murder in the First," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1964
  • "Dear Deductible," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1965
  • Mrs. Diketon, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
  • "One for My Baby," The Danny Thomas Hour, NBC, 1968
  • "Jenny," Men from Shiloh, NBC, 1970
  • "The Anonymous Star," Bracken's World, NBC, 1970
  • Title role, "Jenny," The Virginian, 1970
  • "The Man Who Killed a Ghost," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1971
  • Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1971, 1972, 1975, and 1978
  • Carol, "Death's Head," Circle of Fear (also known as Ghost Story), NBC, 1973
  • Leonie, "Beginner's Luck," Love Story, NBC, 1973
  • "Tattoos," Movin' On, NBC, 1975
  • "Ghost Breaker," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1979
  • "Locked Away," The Love Boat, ABC, 1979
  • "I Like It Here in Wilmington," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicated, 1981
  • Ramona Landers, "Who Killed Ramona?" Matt Houston, ABC, 1982
  • "Thanks a Million," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1982
  • "Unmade for Each Other," The Love Boat, ABC, 1985
  • "Society's Pet," Starman, ABC, 1986
  • Cornelia Montaigne Harper, "Doom with a View," Murder, She Wrote,CBS, 1987
  • Barbara LeMay, "Rendezvous in a Dark Place," The New Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1989
  • Rachel Scofield, Okevango, syndicated, 1993
  • "Charlton Heston," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
  • "Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
  • "Jamie Lee Curtis," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
  • Vera Galser, "Charades," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1997
  • Mary Sawyer, "The Quality of Mercy," Family Law, CBS, 2001
  • Pilots
  • My Wives Jane, CBS, 1971
  • Kate Walsh, On Our Way, CBS, 1985
  • Other
  • Also appeared in Catch Me If You Can, The Chairman, On the Road, and This Is Maggie Mulligan.
  • Stage Appearances
  • Murder among Friends, 1976
  • Night of 100 Stars II, Theatre at Radio City Music Hall, New YorkCity, 1985
  • Melissa Gardner, Love Letters, 1991
  • RECORDINGS
  • Albums
  • Records include Bye Bye, Birdie (original soundtrack recording), Victor.
  • WRITINGS
  • There Really Was a Hollywood (autobiography), Doubleday (New YorkCity), 1984
  • (With Christopher Nickens) Behind the Scenes of Psycho (also published as Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller), Harmony Books (New York City), 1995
  • House of Destiny (novel), Harlequin (Tarrytown, NY), 1995
  • The Dream Factory (novel), Harlequin, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996
    • Leigh, Janet, There Really Was a Hollywood (autobiography), Doubleday (New York City), 1984
    Periodicals
    • Interview, September, 1998, p. 66
    • Los Angeles, July, 1990
    • Movieline, September, 1998, p. 36
    • New York Times, May 1, 1995
    • People Weekly, August 7, 1995, p. 85; May 30, 1997, p. 88; November 9, 1998, p. 33

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