Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1927-07-06
- Day of Death2004-10-03 (77 years)
- Place of Birth Merced, California, USA
- Also Known AsJeanette Helen Morrisonجنت لی
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2017
Psycho Tom
As: Marion Crane
- 2005
Bad Girls from Valley High
As: Mrs. Witt
- 1999
Family Law
As: Mary Sawyer
- 1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
As: Norma Watson
- 1997
In My Sister's Shadow
As: Kay Connor
- 1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
As: Interviewee
- 1994
Touched by an Angel
As: Vera King
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Cornelia Montaigne Harper
1983Psycho II
As: Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited)
- 1980
The Fog
As: Kathy Williams
1979Boardwalk
As: Florence Cohen
1979Mirror, Mirror
As: Millie Gorman
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: Joan Stackpole
1977Telethon
As: Elaine Cotten
1977The Love Boat
As: Joan Philipps / Gail
1977Murder at the World Series
As: Karen Weese
1973Murdock's Gang
As: Laura Talbot
1972Night of the Lepus
As: Gerry Bennett
1972Ghost Story
As: Carol
1972One Is a Lonely Number
As: Gert Meredith
1971The Deadly Dream
As: Laurel Hanley
1971Columbo
As: Grace Wheeler Willis
1970House on Greenapple Road
As: Marian Ord
1969Honeymoon with a Stranger
As: Sandra Latham
1969The Monk
As: Janice Barnes
1969Hello Down There
As: Vivian Miller
1967Grand Slam
As: Mary Ann
1967The Spy in the Green Hat
As: Miss Diketon
1966An American Dream
As: Cherry McMahon
1966Three on a Couch
As: Dr Elizabeth Acord
1966Harper
As: Susan Harper
1966Kid Rodelo
As: Nora
1963Wives and Lovers
As: Bertie Austin
1963Bye Bye Birdie
As: Rosie DeLeon
- 1962
The Manchurian Candidate
As: Eugenie Rose Chaney
1960Pepe
As: Janet Leigh
- 1960
Psycho
As: Marion Crane
1960Who Was That Lady?
As: Ann Wilson
1958The Perfect Furlough
As: Lt. Vicki Loren
1958The Vikings
As: Morgana
- 1958
Touch of Evil
As: Susan 'Susie' Vargas
1957Jet Pilot
As: Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief
1956Safari
As: Linda Latham
1955My Sister Eileen
As: Eileen Sherwood
1955Pete Kelly's Blues
As: Ivy Conrad
1954Rogue Cop
As: Karen Stephanson
1954The Black Shield of Falworth
As: Lady Anne of Mackworth
1954Living It Up
As: Wally Cook
1954Prince Valiant
As: Princess Aleta
1953Walking My Baby Back Home
As: Chris Hall
1953Houdini
As: Bess Houdini
1953Confidentially Connie
As: Connie Bedloe
1953The Naked Spur
As: Lina Patch
1952Fearless Fagan
As: Abby Ames
1952Scaramouche
As: Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
1952Just This Once
As: Lucy Duncan
1951It's a Big Country
As: Rosa Szabo Xenophon
1951Two Tickets to Broadway
As: Nancy Peterson
1951Angels in the Outfield
As: Jennifer Paige
1951Strictly Dishonorable
As: Isabelle Perry
1949Holiday Affair
As: Connie Ennis
1949That Forsyte Woman
As: June Forsyte
1949The Red Danube
As: Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
1949The Doctor and the Girl
As: Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
1949Little Women
As: Meg
1949Act of Violence
As: Edith Enley
1948Words and Music
As: Dorothy Feiner
1948Hills of Home
As: Margit Mitchell
1947If Winter Comes
As: Effie Bright
1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge
As: Lissy Anne MacBean