Janet Leigh
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday6 July 1927
Died3 October 2004 (age 77)
Place of birth Merced, California, USA
Known credits141
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 foray into acting, making her film debut in the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947). With MGM, she appeared in many films which spanned a wide variety of genres, which include the crime-drama Act of Viol…
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2026
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Pictures of Ghosts
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019 · (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005 · Self
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005 · Mrs. Witt
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002 · Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Self
The American Nightmare
2000 · Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · Self
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond
2000 · Herself
Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool
1999 · Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Self
Family Law
1999 · Mary Sawyer
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 · Self
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Norma
Unmasking the Horror
1998
In My Sister's Shadow
1997 · Kay Connor
Scene by Scene
1997 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996 · Self - Interviewee
Inside the Dream Factory
1995 · Self
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995 · Self
Secret Lives
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Vera King
The Story of Lassie
1994 · Self
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994 · Himself
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
The Egg
1993 · The egg (voice) (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986 · Self
The Making Of Psycho III
1986 · Marion Crane (archive footage)
Psycho III
1986 · Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Barbara LeMay
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Cornelia Montaigne Harper
Psycho II
1983 · Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Houston
1982 · Ramona
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
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