Janet Leigh: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Jeanette Helen Morrison
Born	July 6, 1927 • Merced • California
Died	October 3, 2004 (aged 77) • Beverly Hills • California
Notable Family Members	spouse Tony Curtis • daughter Jamie Lee Curtis
Married To	Stanley Harold Reames (1945–1949) • John Carlisle (1942–1942) • Tony Curtis (1951–1962) • Robert Jay Brandt (married 1962)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Love Story" (1973) • "The Name of the Game" (1971) • "Bracken's World" (1970) • "The Black Shield of Falworth" (1954) • "Ghost Story" (1973) • "Bad Girls from Valley High" (2005) • "Starman" (1986) • "The Fog" (1980) • "Family Law" (2001) • "An American Dream" (1966) • "Two Tickets to Broadway" (1951) • "The Red Danube" (1949) • "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1964–1966) • "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) • "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1966) • "Ad ogni costo" (1967) • "The Naked Spur" (1953) • "The Spy in the Green Hat" (1967) • "Just This Once" (1952) • "It's a Big Country: An American Anthology" (1951) • "Pepe" (1960) • "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1967) • "Touch of Evil" (1958) • "The Doctor and the Girl" (1949) • "Matt Houston" (1982) • "Murder, She Wrote" (1987) • "Kid Rodelo" (1966) • "Columbo" (1975) • "Three on a Couch" (1966) • "The Love Boat" (1978–1985) • "Harper" (1966) • "Scaramouche" (1952) • "Boardwalk" (1979) • "Movin' On" (1975) • "Walking My Baby Back Home" (1953) • "The Vikings" (1958) • "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963) • "Prince Valiant" (1954) • "The Perfect Furlough" (1958) • "Houdini" (1953) • "Confidentially Connie" (1953) • "Rogue Cop" (1954) • "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" (1998) • "My Sister Eileen" (1955) • "Hello Down There" (1969) • "The Danny Thomas Hour" (1968) • "Holiday Affair" (1949) • "Living It Up" (1954) • "Touched by an Angel" (1997) • "Strictly Dishonorable" (1951) • "Who Was That Lady?" (1960) • "Hills of Home" (1948) • "Jet Pilot" (1957) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957) • "That Forsyte Woman" (1949) • "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" (1947) • "The Twilight Zone" (1989) • "Safari" (1956) • "Night of the Lepus" (1972) • "Little Women" (1949) • "If Winter Comes" (1947) • "The Red Skelton Show" (1966–1969) • "Words and Music" (1948) • "Psycho" (1960) • "One Is a Lonely Number" (1972) • "Angels in the Outfield" (1951) • "Fearless Fagan" (1952) • "Wives and Lovers" (1963) • "Tales of the Unexpected" (1982–1984) • "The Virginian" (1970) • "Fantasy Island" (1979–1982) • "Act of Violence" (1949) • "Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955)

Top Questions

When was Janet Leigh born?

Janet Leigh was born on July 6, 1927.

Where was Janet Leigh born?

Janet Leigh was born in Merced, California, United States.

Is Janet Leigh married?

Tony Curtis (1951–1962), Robert Jay Brandt (married 1962), Stanley Harold Reames (1945–1949), John Carlisle (1942–1942)

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Janet Leigh, about 1955

Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960)

Kirk Douglas as Einar holds Janet Leigh as Morgana in an intense scene from the film The Vikings, with a stone wall and rugged landscape in the background.

The Manchurian Candidate

Promotional photo from Scaramouche (1952) showing Eleanor Parker, Stewart Granger, and Janet Leigh smiling and posing together, with Leigh holding a theatrical mask.

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