Janet Leigh

ActorProducer Jul 6 (died age 77) Merced, California, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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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 appe…

Known For

Film

Psycho

Marion Crane

Film

Touch of Evil

Susan 'Susie' Vargas

Film

The Manchurian Candidate

Eugenie Rose Chaney

Film

The Fog

Kathy Williams

Film

Sweet Smell of Success

Executive Producer

Film

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Norma Watson

Film

Psycho II

Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited)

Film

The Vikings

Morgana

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (102)

Pictures of Ghosts

2023

as Self (archive footage)

8.1

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

2019

as (archive footage)

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

5.5

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Making of 'Psycho'

2005

as Self

7.4

Bad Girls from Valley High

2005

as Mrs. Witt

3.9

Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

2002

as Self

5.8

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7

Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond

2000

as Herself

5.8

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

as Self

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

2000

as Self

Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool

1999

as Self

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

as Self (uncredited)

6.8

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

1999

as Self

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

1999

as Self

8.4

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

1998

as Norma Watson

6.0

In My Sister's Shadow

1997

as Kay Connor

5.0

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

1996

as Self - Interviewee

6.0

Inside the Dream Factory

1995

as Self

6.0

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

1995

as Self

5.0

The Story of Lassie

1994

as Self

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

1994

as Himself

The Egg

1993

as The egg (voice) (archive footage)

6.0

24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Marion Crane (archive footage)

4.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

1986

as Self

7.5

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Psycho II

1983

as Marion Crane (archival footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

The Fog

as Kathy Williams

Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'

as Self

Boardwalk

as Florence Cohen

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Mirror, Mirror

as Millie Gorman

Telethon

1977

as Elaine Cotten

5.0

Murder at the World Series

as Karen Weese

Murdock's Gang

as Laura Talbot

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Night of the Lepus

1972

as Gerry Bennett

4.4

One Is a Lonely Number

as Gert Meredith

The Deadly Dream

as Laurel Hanley

House on Greenapple Road

1970

as Marian Ord

7.0

Honeymoon with a Stranger

as Sandra Latham

Hello Down There

as Vivian Miller

The Monk

as Janice Barnes

Grand Slam

as Mary Ann

The Spy in the Green Hat

as Miss Diketon

An American Dream

as Cherry McMahon

Harper

as Susan Harper

Three on a Couch

as Dr Elizabeth Acord

5.3

Kid Rodelo

1966

as Nora

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965

as Self

Bye Bye Birdie

as Rosie DeLeon

Wives and Lovers

as Bertie Austin

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

as Eugenie Rose Chaney

Psycho

as Marion Crane

Pepe

as Janet Leigh

Who Was That Lady?

as Ann Wilson

People, Hopes, Medals

as Self

The Vikings

as Morgana

Touch of Evil

as Susan 'Susie' Vargas

The Perfect Furlough

as Lt. Vicki Loren

Jet Pilot

as Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief

Safari

as Linda Latham

Nightmare

as Janet

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Ivy Conrad

My Sister Eileen

as Eileen Sherwood

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

Rogue Cop

as Karen Stephanson

Prince Valiant

as Princess Aleta

Living It Up

as Wally Cook

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954

as Lady Anne of Mackworth

6.2

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

The Naked Spur

as Lina Patch

Houdini

as Bess Houdini

Walking My Baby Back Home

1953

as Chris Hall

9.0

Confidentially Connie

1953

as Connie Bedloe

5.3

Scaramouche

1952

as Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon

Fearless Fagan

as Abby Ames

An Eye for an Eye

Just This Once

as Lucy Duncan

Come Back Little Shiksa

1952

Angels in the Outfield

1951

as Jennifer Paige

6.8

Two Tickets to Broadway

1951

as Nancy Peterson

4.1

It's a Big Country

1951

as Rosa Szabo Xenophon

The Re-Inforcer

as Mary Muck

Fairfax Avenue

Strictly Dishonorable

as Isabelle Perry

Little Women

as Meg

Act of Violence

as Edith Enley

That Forsyte Woman

as June Forsyte

Holiday Affair

as Connie Ennis

The Red Danube

as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen

6.3

The Doctor and the Girl

1949

as Evelyn 'Taffy' Heldon

5.7

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

Words and Music

as Dorothy Feiner

Hills of Home

as Margit Mitchell

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

as Lissy Anne MacBean

6.6

If Winter Comes

1947

as Effie Bright

6.6

Television (27)

Family Law

as Mary Sawyer

Scene by Scene

as Self

E! True Hollywood Story

Touched by an Angel

as Vera King

Intimate Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

The Twilight Zone

as Barbara LeMay

Murder, She Wrote

as Cornelia Montaigne Harper

7.5

Matt Houston

1982

as Ramona

6.2

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Joan Stackpole

6.7

The Love Boat

1977

as Joan Philipps / Gail

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Ghost Story

as Carol

Columbo

as Grace Wheeler Willis

8.1

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Miss Diketon

The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Host

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Self / Marion Crane

The Oscars

as Self

This Is Your Life

as Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

The Vikings

1958

Executive Producer

7.0

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Executive Producer

7.6