Janet Leigh

Movie Actress

Birthday July 6, 1927

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Merced, CA

DEATH DATE Oct 3, 2004 (77)

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About

Actress who shocked movie audiences with her role as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. In 1980, she played Kathy Williams in The Fog. She amassed more than 80 acting credits throughout her long on-screen career. 

Before Fame

She studied music and psychology at the University of the Pacific before securing a contract with MGM.

Trivia

She played Eugenie Rose Chaney in the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate. The film received universal critical acclaim upon its release. 

Family Life

She married Tony Curtis in 1951, and the couple had two daughters before their divorce in 1962.

Associated With

She starred opposite Charlton Heston and Orson Welles in the 1958 film Touch of Evil.