Janet Leigh

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-07-06 (77 years old)

Deathday

2004-10-03

Place of Birth

Merced, California, USA

Janet Leigh

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 co...

Acting

1962

The Manchurian Candidate

as Eugenie Rose Chaney

1960

Psycho

as Marion Crane

1958

Touch of Evil

as Susan 'Susie' Vargas

1980

The Fog

as Kathy Williams

1953

The Naked Spur

as Lina Patch

1954

Rogue Cop

as Karen Stephanson

1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Lady Anne of Mackworth

1949

Holiday Affair

as Connie Ennis

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

as Rosie DeLeon

1966

Harper

as Susan Harper

1949

Act of Violence

as Edith Enley

1952

Scaramouche

as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1969

Hello Down There

as Vivian Miller

1949

The Red Danube

as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen

1958

The Vikings

as Morgana

1955

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Ivy Conrad

1955

My Sister Eileen

as Eileen Sherwood

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as June Forsyte

1953

Houdini

as Bess Houdini

1949

2017

Psycho Tom

as Marion Crane

1979

Mirror, Mirror

as Millie Gorman

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Jennifer Paige

1972

Night of the Lepus

as Gerry Bennett

1966

Three on a Couch

as Dr Elizabeth Acord

1954

Prince Valiant

as Princess Aleta

1956

Safari

as Linda Latham

1993

24 Hour Psycho

as Marion Crane (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

Pepe

as Janet Leigh

1951

It's a Big Country

as Rosa Szabo Xenophon

1957

Jet Pilot

as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

1972

One Is a Lonely Number

as Gert Meredith

1967

Grand Slam

as Mary Ann

1949

The Doctor and the Girl

as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon

1966

Kid Rodelo

as Nora

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Who Was That Lady?

as Ann Wilson

1948

Hills of Home

as Margit Mitchell

1951

Two Tickets to Broadway

as Nancy Peterson

1966

An American Dream

as Cherry McMahon

1947

If Winter Comes

as Effie Bright

1979

Boardwalk

as Florence Cohen

1963

Wives and Lovers

as Bertie Austin

1969

1969

The Monk

as Janice Barnes

1971

The Deadly Dream

as Laurel Hanley

1951

Strictly Dishonorable

as Isabelle Perry

1958

The Perfect Furlough

as Lt. Vicki Loren

1952

Fearless Fagan

as Abby Ames

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Lissy Anne MacBean

1953

1967

1970

1953

Confidentially Connie

as Connie Bedloe

1948

Words and Music

as Dorothy Feiner

1952

Just This Once

as Lucy Duncan

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1977

Telethon

as Elaine Cotten

1954

Living It Up

as Wally Cook

2010

The Psycho Legacy

as Self (archive footage)

1977

1997

1956

Nightmare

as Janet

2017

78/52

as Self (archive footage)

1993

The Egg

as The egg (voice) (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Murdock's Gang

as Laura Talbot

1983

Psycho II

as Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited)

Production

1957

Sweet Smell of Success

as Executive Producer

1958

The Vikings

as Executive Producer

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