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Janet Leigh (1927–2004)


Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison on July 6, 1927 in Merced, California. She was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments, Jeanette was a bright child who skipped several grades and finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (87 titles)
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High
Mrs. Witt
 
2001 Family Law (TV series)
Mary Sawyer
The Quality of Mercy (2001) … Mary Sawyer
 
2000 Scene by Scene (TV series)
Janet Leigh (2000)
 
1998 In My Sister's Shadow (TV movie)
Kay Connor
 
1997 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Vera Galser
Charades (1997) … Vera Galser
 
1993 Das Ei (short)
Das Ei (voice)
 
1989 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Barbara LeMay
Rendezvous in a Dark Place (1989) … Barbara LeMay
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Cornelia Montaigne Harper
Doom with a View (1987) … Cornelia Montaigne Harper
 
1986 Starman (TV series)
Antonia Weyburn
Society's Pet (1986) … Antonia Weyburn
 
1985 On Our Way (TV movie)
Kate Walsh
 
1978-1985 The Love Boat (TV series)
Gail / Joan Philipps
Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/BOS (1985) … Joan Philipps
 
1982-1984 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Joan Stackpole
I Like It Here in Wilmington (1984) (uncredited)
Light Fingers (1982) … Joan Stackpole
 
1979-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Carol Gates / Suzanne King
Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million (1982) … Suzanne King
Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker (1979) … Carol Gates
 
1982 Matt Houston (TV series)
Ramona Launders
Who Would Kill Ramona? (1982) … Ramona Launders
 
1979 Boardwalk
Florence Cohen
 
1979 Mirror, Mirror (TV movie)
Millie Gorman
 
1977 Telethon (TV movie)
Elaine Cotten
 
1977 Murder at the World Series (TV movie)
Karen Weese
 
1975 Columbo (TV series)
Grace Wheeler Willis
Forgotten Lady (1975) … Grace Wheeler Willis
 
1975 Movin' On (TV series)
Nina Smith
Weddin' Bells (1975) … Nina Smith
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
Leonie
Beginner's Luck (1973) … Leonie
 
1973 Murdock's Gang (TV movie)
Laura Talbot
 
1973 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Carol
Death's Head (1973) … Carol
 
1972 Night of the Lepus
Gerry Bennett
 
1972 Two Is a Happy Number
Gert Meredith
 
1971 Deadly Dream (TV movie)
Laurel Hanley
 
1971 My Wives Jane (TV movie)
Jane Franklin
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Glory Bates
The Man Who Killed a Ghost (1971) … Glory Bates
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Maggie Morgan
The Anonymous Star (1970) … Maggie Morgan
 
1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1970)
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Jenny Davis
Jenny (1970) … Jenny Davis
 
1970 House on Greenapple Road (TV movie)
Marian Ord
 
1969 Honeymoon with a Stranger (TV movie)
Sandra Latham
 
1966-1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Daisy June / Clara Appleby
Jerk Be Nimble (1966) … Daisy June
 
1969 The Monk (TV movie)
Janice Barnes
 
1969 Hello Down There
Vivian Miller
 
1968 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
 
1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Liza Merrick
One for My Baby (1968) … Liza Merrick
 
1967 Grand Slam
Mary Ann
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Miss Diketon / Mrs. Diketon
 
1964-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Carol Hartley / Virginia Ballard
Dear Deductible (1966) … Virginia Ballard
Murder in the First (1964) … Carol Hartley
 
1966 An American Dream
Cherry McMahon
 
1966 Three on a Couch
Dr. Elizabeth Acord
 
1966 Kid Rodelo
Nora
 
1963 Wives and Lovers
Bertie Austin
 
1960 Pepe
Janet Leigh
 
1960 Who Was That Lady?
Ann Wilson
 
1958 The Perfect Furlough
Lt. Vicki Loren
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
 
1956 Safari
Linda
 
1954 Rogue Cop
Karen Stephanson
 
1954 Prince Valiant
Princess Aleta
 
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
Chris Hall
 
1953 Confidentially Connie
Connie Bedloe
 
1952 Fearless Fagan
Abby Ames
 
1952 Just This Once
Lucy Duncan
 
1951 It's a Big Country
Rosa Szabo Xenophon
 
1949 Holiday Affair
Connie
 
1949 The Doctor and the Girl
Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon
 
1949 The Red Danube
Olga Alexandrova/Maria Buhlen
 
1949 Little Women
Meg
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Lissy Anne MacBean
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (9 titles)
1975 Columbo (TV series)
Forgotten Lady (1975) (performer: "Speak Low" - uncredited, "Camptown Races" 1850 - uncredited, "Glow Worm" - uncredited)
 
1966 An American Dream (performer: "A Time for Love")
 
1963 Bye Bye Birdie (performer: "Put On a Happy Face", "The Shriner's Ballet", "Everything Is Rosie/Everything Is Hugo" / "One Boy")
 
1955 My Sister Eileen (performer: "I'm Great", "There's Nothin' Like Love", "Give Me A Band And My Baby", "Conga" / "There's Nothin' Like Love")
 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues (performer: "I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" - uncredited)
 
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home (performer: "The Glow-Worm", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "South Rampart Street Parade", "De Camptown Races")
 
1952 Fearless Fagan (performer: "What Do You Think I Am?")
 
1951 Two Tickets to Broadway (performer: "The Worry Bird, or Let the Worry Bird Worry For You", "Big Chief Hole-In-the-Ground")
 
1949 Little Women (performer: "Merry Christmastime Is Here" - uncredited, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" 1850 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1990 Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies (short) (creative consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
Comparativa: Psicosis (2011) (in memory of)
 
2005 The Master's Preference (short) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (94 titles)
2005 Sinatra: Dark Star (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999-2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Ava Gardner: Another Touch of Venus (2004) … Herself
Janet Leigh (2003) … Herself
Elizabeth Taylor: Facets (2003) … Herself
 
1998-2004 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
Scream Queens (2004) … Herself
Jerry Lewis (2003) … Herself
Liza Minnelli (2002) … Herself
Alfred Hitchcock (1999) … Herself
Dean Martin (1999) … Herself
 
2004 Love Hollywood Style (TV documentary)
Actress
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
Elizabeth Taylor (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Autograph (TV series)
Herself
Janet Leigh (2002) … Herself
 
1978-2002 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Herself
Tony Curtis (2002) … Herself
Judy Garland (1978) … Herself
 
2002 Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Howard Stern (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 May 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 May 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
Herself
Marlene Dietrich (1999) … Herself
Orson Welles (1999) … Herself
 
1999 Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 Reputations (TV series documentary)
Herself
Alfred Hitchcock (1999) … Herself
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
Homefront: 1941-1945 … Herself
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Celebrity Profile (TV series documentary)
Herself
Jamie Lee Curtis … Herself
 
1998 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 29 October 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
1998 Unmasking the Horror (video)
Herself
 
1997 The Making of 'Psycho' (video documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary)
Herself
 
1997 A-Z of Horror (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Herself
Janet Leigh (1996) … Herself
 
1995 Inside the Dream Factory (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Le club (TV series documentary)
Herself
Leigh, Janet … Herself
 
1994 The Story of Lassie (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.6 (1992) … Herself
 
1992 One on One with John Tesh (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.150 (1992) … Herself
 
1992 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 March 1992 (1992) … Herself
 
1990 The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 The Horror Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Herself - Presenter
 
1990 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
 
1980-1990 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 February 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
Howard's Way (1987) … Herself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Herself
La douche (Janet Leigh) (1987) … Herself
 
1986 The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 The 45th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter: Scientific/Technical Awards
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (documentary)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (TV special)
Herself
 
1980 Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1979 Look Magazine Gala Party (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (TV special)
Herself
 
1978 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 October 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1971-1977 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 October 1977 (1977) … Herself
Episode dated 1 November 1976 (1976) … Herself
Episode dated 13 August 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 12 March 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 26 June 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1977 Circus of the Stars (TV special documentary)
Herself - Performer
 
1975 Celebrity Tennis (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 June 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Herself
That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Herself
 
1971-1972 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself
Episode #6.2 (1972) … Herself
Episode #5.12 (1971) … Herself
Episode #5.6 (1971) … Herself
 
1962-1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
Episode dated 19 May 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 20 August 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 23 October 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.135 (1969) … Herself
Episode #2.163 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.103 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.4 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.1 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.14 (1967) … Herself
 
1965 Bob Hope Christmas Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Host
Episode #3.10 (1965) … Herself - Host
 
1963-1964 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1964 (1964) … Herself
Episode dated 24 September 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1964 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
Episode dated 14 February 1964 (1964) … Herself - Actress
 
1963 Bob Hope Comedy Special (TV special)
Herself
 
1963 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself / Panelist
Episode #3.3 (1963) … Panelist
Janet Leigh vs. Peter Lawford (1963) … Herself
 
1961-1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 October 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 11 December 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1954-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 3 December 1961 (1961) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 23 October 1960 (1960) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 9 January 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 4 April 1954 (1954) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
 
1960 Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards
 
1960 Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen (documentary)
Herself
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Mervyn LeRoy (1960) … Herself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1956-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.11 (1957) … Herself
Episode #10.11 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 The Rosemary Clooney Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.8 (1956) … Herself
 
1953-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Actress / Herself - Cameo Appearance
Episode #5.34 (1955) … Herself
Episode #5.26 (1955) … Herself - Actress
Episode #3.37 (1953) … Herself - Cameo Appearance
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.11 (1954) … Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (26 titles)
2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV documentary)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2011 Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2010 The Psycho Legacy (video documentary)
Herself
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Marion Crane (uncredited)
 
2010 Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2009 50 años de (TV series)
 
2009 A Single Man
Marion Crane (uncredited)
 
2009 Double Take (documentary)
Marion Crane in 'Psycho' (uncredited)
 
2007 A Life in Words and Music (video short)
Dorothy Feiner Rodgers
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Morgana (in 'The Vikings')
 
2005 How Art Made the World (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Herself - #85 Psycho: The Remake
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary)
Herself
 
2000 The American Nightmare (documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The Best of Film Noir (video documentary)
Herself
 
1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV documentary)
Interview
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1972 Camera Three (TV series)
 
1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
Miss Diketon
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1995) Book (w/Christopher Nickens): "Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller", Harmony. 1st edition: May 16, 1995, ISBN 978-0517701126 See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 13 Articles  | 13 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Personal Quote:

Psycho gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days - 70 setups. At least, he [Alfred Hitchcock] made sure the water was warm. See more »

Trivia:

Co-starred with third husband Tony Curtis in five films: Houdini, The Black Shield of Falworth, The Vikings, The Perfect Furlough and Who Was That Lady?. See more »

Trademark:

Sparkling blue eyes See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer