Janet Leigh Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress and author. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a contract with MGM and made her film debut with a starring role in The Romance of Rosy Ridge in 1947. Over the following years, she appeared in several popular films of a wide variety of genres, including Act of Violence, Little Women, Holiday...  MORE

Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress and author. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a contract with MGM and made her film debut with a starring role in The Romance of Rosy Ridge in 1947. Over the following years, she appeared in several popular films of a wide variety of genres, including Act of Violence, Little Women, Holiday Affair, Angels in the Outfield, Scaramouche, The Naked Spur, and Living It Up. After two brief marriages at a young age, Leigh married actor Tony Curtis in 1951. The couple received significant media attention and starred in five films together: Houdini, The Black Shield of Falworth, The Vikings, The Perfect Furlough and Who Was That Lady?. Leigh played mostly dramatic roles during the latter half of the 1950s, in films such as Safari, Touch of Evil, and Psycho, for which she was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued to appear occasionally in films and television, including The Manchurian Candidate and two films with her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis: The Fog and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. LESS