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  Janet Leigh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janet Leigh (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004) born Jeanette Helen Morrison was an American actress.
Leigh married her third husband, Tony Curtis, on June 4, 1951.
Leigh was granted a divorce, and married stockbroker Robert Brandt later that year in Las Vegas; they remained married until her death.
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 Janet Leigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leigh (her new surname was chosen by Louis B. Mayer) evolved from a fetching ingenue into a competent leading lady, turning in creditable performances in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Touch of Evil (1958) and Psycho (1960).
Leigh wrote in her 1995 book "Psycho: Behind the Scenes in the Classic Thriller" that the filming was easy until the last 20 seconds when she had to express total horror as her character was being slashed to death.
Leigh's third husband was American actor Tony Curtis, to whom she was married for eleven years (1951-1962).
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 Janet Leigh at Reel Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her peaches-and-cream complexion earned her the attention of MGM matriarch Norma Shearer and a studio contract at the age of 19 whereupon Janet Leigh displayed an immediate and unaffected acting ability which earned her a number of high-profile ingénue roles throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Though little-remembered today, the film evidenced Leigh's audience appeal, and she was subsequently cast in the studio's all-star biopic of songwriters Rodgers and Hart, WORDS AND MUSIC (1948), in which she played Mrs.
Also in 1949 and in Technicolor, Leigh was cast alongside already- legendary stars Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Young in THAT FORSYTE WOMAN (1949), an expensive costume drama adapted from John Galsworthy's epic novel The Forsyte Saga.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Janet Leigh, best remembered as 'Psycho' victim, dead at 77
LOS ANGELES – Janet Leigh, whose shocking murder in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho," was credited with making generations of film fans think twice about stepping into a motel room shower, has died at her Beverly Hills home, her daughter's publicist confirmed Monday.
Dubbed Janet Leigh (her birth name was Jeanette Helen Morrison), she starred at 19 in her first movie, "The Romance of Rosy Ridge," opposite Van Johnson, and her salary was quickly boosted to $150 a week.
Leigh also appeared opposite her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis in the 1980 thriller "The Fog" and made occasional television appearances in her later years.
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 CNN.com - 'Psycho' star Janet Leigh dies at 77 - Oct 4, 2004
Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, on July 6, 1927.
Leigh had requested that all donations in her name be made to the Motion Picture and Television Foundation.
Leigh's publicist, John Frazer, said the actress served on the board of directors for the fund, which provides health care and medical treatment to those who work in the entertainment industry.
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 Blog of Death: Janet Leigh
Watching actress Janet Leigh scream in terror as a knife slashed her flawless skin inspired millions of moviegoers to swear off showering in motel bathrooms.
Leigh was only 19 years old when she appeared in the 1947 movie, "The Romance of Rosy Ridge." Within two years, she became one of Hollywood's busiest starlets, acting in films opposite Robert Mitchum, Ezio Pinza, James Stewart, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne and Dick Van Dyke.
Leigh, died on Oct. 3 at the age of 77.
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 Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - 'Scream queen' Janet Leigh dies after a 50-year career in movies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ACTRESS Janet Leigh, best known for her role as the screaming victim of a shower slashing scene in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho, has died at the age of 77.
Janet Leigh did have a very long career with a lot of great stuff in there, such as the newlywed in Touch of Evil and she excelled in The Manchurian Candidate, but people will remember her as the original scream queen."
Leigh admitted the disturbing scene "scared the hell" out of her when she saw the final version.
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 Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Janet Leigh
Leigh, whose real name was Jeanette Helen Morrison, had originally been discovered for the movies in a fashion that seems to parallel Hollywood fiction.
Leigh was duly sent for, and despite having no previous acting experience, was signed up to a seven-year contract.
In 1958, Leigh played in the film which, after Psycho, is probably the most celebrated of her career, Orsen Wells's baroque melodrama Touch Of Evil.
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 'Psycho' Star Janet Leigh Dies - CBS News
Leigh, who died Sunday, insisted she always took baths after seeing the finished cut of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," in which her character was slashed to death in a motel shower in what may be the silver screen's most memorable murder.
Leigh had been married twice before coming to Hollywood: to John K. Carlyle, 1942, the marriage later annulled; and Stanley Reames in 1946, whom she divorced two years later.
In recent years, Leigh was very choosy about acting projects and except for her daughter's flicks, declined regular offers to trade on her "Psycho" fame with other horror roles, said her agent, John Frazier.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/10/04/entertainment/main647099.shtml   (899 words)

  
 DVDFILE.COM: Touch Of Evil - Janet Leigh interview
Janet Leigh will always be remembered for letting out some of the best screams during one of the most frightening scenes in cinema history.
Leigh, an only child who skipped several grades and finished high school at 15, was discovered while visiting her parents in Northern California.
JANET LEIGH: I have been very fortunate to have done such a variety of films.
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 Biography for Janet Leigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town.
In 1951 Leigh married Universal contract player Tony Curtis, and they were celebrated as Hollywood's Perfect Young Couple, appearing together in Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Perfect Furlough and The Vikings (both 1958).
Leigh was more active on TV than in features from the late 1960s on, as an attractive, mature lead or in strong secondary roles.
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 Janet Leigh - MovieActors.com
Janet Leigh was born on July 6, 1927 in Merced, California.
Janet Leigh's birth name was Jeanette Helen Morrison and she is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis.
Janet Leigh was discovered by Norma Shearer from a photo on the desk of her father.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Psycho actress Janet Leigh dies
Actress Janet Leigh, best known for her role in classic thriller Psycho, has died at the age of 77.
Leigh died peacefully at her Beverly Hills home on Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for her daughter, Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis.
Leigh admitted the chilling scene "scared the hell" out of her when she first saw the finished version.
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 Janet Leigh, star of ‘Psycho,’ dies at age 77 - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com
Janet Leigh is shown screaming in the famous shower scene of Alfred Hitchcocks 1960 thriller 'Psycho' in this undated fl and white handout photo.
Janet Leigh poses for a photo in Beverly Hills in Feb. 7, 2003.
Leigh appeared with Jamie Lee in the 1980 thriller “The Fog” and made occasional television appearances in her later years.
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 CNN.com - 'Psycho' star Janet Leigh dies - Oct 4, 2004
Leigh was surrounded by daughters Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis and her fourth husband, Robert Brandt, Schaeffer said.
John Frazer, Leigh's publicist, told CNN she served on the board of directors for the fund, which provides health care and medical treatment to those who work in the entertainment industry.
Leigh married Brandt in 1962 after an 11 year marriage to actor Tony Curtis, the father of her two children.
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 Janet Leigh News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Janet Leigh's chilling murder in the Alfred Hitchcock classic topped a poll by UCI cinemas.
She was a charming lady and proud of her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, said producer Harry Sherman when notified of Janet Leigh s death at the age of 77.
THE death of the actress Janet Leigh this week revived memories of the movie "Psycho," and for most people that meant recalling the famous shower scene.
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 The Biography Channel - Janet Leigh Biography
Janet Leigh is perhaps best known for her infamous shower scene in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, 'Psycho', and for her marriage to actor Tony Curtis.
Leigh was discovered by retired MGM actress, Norma Shearer, who saw a picture of her at a ski resort and recommended her for a screen test, through which she landed an MGM contract.
Leigh died in October 2004 after suffering for a year from vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels.
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 CBS News | Janet Leigh Loves The Shower Scene | May 30, 2003 14:52:32
At 75, Janet Leigh may not have the girlish looks of her early film career, but she remains strikingly beautiful.
Leigh no longer appears on screen, but does make occasional personal appearances at film festivals or to promote her books.
Leigh appears to have a deficiency that is rare in Hollywood: an inability to badmouth anyone.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/05/30/entertainment/main556309.shtml   (1303 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis Biography
Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis were a glittering Hollywood couple, the Cruise and Kidman of the 1950’s.
As the work piled up Leigh discovered she was pregnant with her first daughter Kelly in 1956, two years later she gave birth to their second daughter Jamie Lee.
In 1960 alone Leigh was famously butchered in the shower in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Curtis stared in Stanely Kubrick’s mighty Spartacus.
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 'Psycho' Slashing Star Janet Leigh Dies at Age 77 (washingtonpost.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Janet Leigh, the actress best known for being hacked to death in a motel room shower in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho," died Oct. 3 at her Beverly Hills home.
Janet Leigh won a Golden Globe for her role in "Psycho," directed in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock.
Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, Calif., the only child of a young married couple.
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 Janet Leigh pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia
Janet Leigh began making movies in 1947, and was married to actor Tony Curtis from 1951 to 1962.
Leigh made over fifty films, mostly light fare, but with a few notable exceptions: Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958), Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Leigh and Tony Curtis are the parents of actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
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 Janet Leigh
The Late Janet Leigh was famous, no legendary, for her portrayal of Marion Crane and particularly that memorable shower scene in the Hitchcock classic Psycho.
Janet's career started as a discovery of actress Norma Shearer, quickly being absorbed into the Hollywood star-making apparatus (with a customary name change) and a varied career in musicals, comedies and swashbucklers.
This is now reinforced by saying "God Bless Janet" as she departs this life leaving many sad fans but with many happy memories of her work and her personality.
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 Psycho's 40th Anniversary
As part of Universal Studio's tribute to Hitchcock, Janet Leigh returned to that notorious Room 1 of the Bates Motel set (located in the backlot of Universal Studios and accessible via the park's tour tram).
For the occasion, AMC scream contest winner, Sue Pelinski of Park Ridge, IL, was given the high honor of recreating that famous bathroom drama.
Leigh who was a good sport and a sharp interviewee had this too say...
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Janet was an only child of a couple who often moved from town to town.
Janet would appear in many types of films, from comedies to westerns to musicals to dramas.
Even though Janet is killed off early in the picture, she would be nominated for an Academy Award and receive a Golden Globe.
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Coming clean: Janet Leigh, still shower-shy, tells all about Psycho.
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