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Janet Leigh
Leigh in a publicity photo for the magazinePhotoplay,1954
Born
Jeanette Helen Morrison

(1927-07-06)July 6, 1927
Merced, California,U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 2004(2004-10-03)(aged 77)
Beverly Hills, California,U.S.
Resting placeWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Alma materUniversity of the Pacific
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
  • author
Years active1947–2004
Known for
Spouses
John Carlisle
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(m.1942;ann.1942)​
Stanley Reames
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(m.1945;div.1948)​
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(m.1951;div.1962)​
Robert Brandt
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(m.1962)​
Children
AwardsHollywood Walk of Fame

Jeanette Helen Morrison(July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally asJanet Leigh,was an American actress. Her career spanned over five decades. Raised inStockton, California,by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actressNorma Shearer,who helped her secure a contract withMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Leigh appeared in radio programs before her first formal foray into acting, making her film debut in the dramaThe Romance of Rosy Ridge(1947). With MGM, she appeared in many films which spanned a wide variety of genres, which include the crime-dramaAct of Violence(1948), the dramaLittle Women(1949), the comedyAngels in the Outfield(1951), the romanceScaramouche(1952) and the western dramaThe Naked Spur(1953). She played dramatic roles during the late 1950s, in such films asSafari(1956) andOrson Welles's film noirTouch of Evil(1958). WithRKO Radio Picturesshe co-starred in the romantic comedyHoliday Affair(1949) withRobert Mitchum.

Leigh achieved her biggest success starring asMarion CraneinAlfred Hitchcock's horror filmPsycho(1960). For her performance, Leigh won theGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actressand earned a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Intermittently, she continued to appear in films, includingBye Bye Birdie(1963),Harper(1966),Night of the Lepus(1972), andBoardwalk(1979). She made herBroadwaydebut in 1975 in a production ofMurder Among Friends.She would also go on to appear in two horror films with her daughter,Jamie Lee Curtis:The Fog(1980) andHalloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998).

In addition to her work as an actress, Leigh also wrote four books between 1984 and 2002, two of which were novels. Leigh had two brief marriages as a teenager (one of which was annulled) before marrying actorTony Curtisin 1951. The pair's highly publicized union ended in divorce in 1962, and after starring inThe Manchurian Candidatethat same year, Leigh remarried and scaled back her career. She died in 2004 at age 77, following a year-long battle withvasculitis.

Early life[edit]

9-month-old Janet Leigh,c. April 1928

Jeanette Helen Morrison was born on July 6, 1927, inMerced, California,the only child of Helen Lita (née Westergaard) and Frederick Robert Morrison.[1]Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from Denmark,[2]and her father had Scots-Irish and German ancestry.[3]Shortly after Leigh's birth, the family relocated toStockton,where she spent her early life.[4]She was brought up in poverty, as her father struggled to support the family with his factory employment, and he took various additional jobs after theGreat Depression.[5]

Leigh was raisedPresbyterianand sang in the local church choir throughout her childhood.[6]In 1941, when her paternal grandfather became terminally ill, the family relocated to Merced, where they moved into her grandparents' home.[7]She attended Weber Grammar School in Stockton,[8]and laterStockton High School.[9]Leigh excelled in academics and graduated from high school at age sixteen.[9]

Career[edit]

1946–1948: Discovery and early roles[edit]

Leigh pictured at age eighteen,c. 1945;actressNorma Shearerhelped facilitate her contract with MGM based on this photo.

In February 1946, actressNorma Shearerwas vacationing atSugar Bowl,a ski resort in theSierra Nevadamountains where Leigh's parents were working at the time.[10][11]In the resort lobby, Shearer noticed a photograph of Leigh taken by her father over the Christmas holiday, which he had printed and placed in a photo album available for guests to browse.[9]

Upon returning to Los Angeles, Shearer showedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) talent agentLew Wassermanthe photograph of the then-eighteen-year-old Leigh (Shearer's late husbandIrving Thalberghad been head of production at MGM). She would later recall that "that smile made it the most fascinating face I had seen in years. I felt I had to show that face to somebody at the studio."[12]Through her association with MGM, Shearer was able to facilitate screen tests for Leigh withSelena Royle,[13]after which Wasserman negotiated a contract for her, despite her having no acting experience.[14]Leigh dropped out of college that year, and was soon placed under the tutelage of drama coach Lillian Burns.[15]

Prior to beginning her film career, Leigh was a guest star on the radiodramaticanthologyThe Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players.Her initial appearance on radio[16]at age 19[17]was in the program's production "All Through the House," aChristmasspecial that aired on December 24, 1946.[18]She made her film debut in the big-budget Civil War filmThe Romance of Rosy Ridge(1947), as the romantic interest of box office starVan Johnson's character. She got the role when performingPhyllis Thaxter's long speech inThirty Seconds Over Tokyofor the head of the studio talent department.[15]During the shooting, Leigh's name was first changed to "Jeanette Reames", then to "Janet Leigh" and finally back to her birth name "Jeanette Morrison", as the studio felt "Janet Leigh" might cause confusion with actressVivien Leigh.[19]However, Johnson did not like the name and it was ultimately changed back to "Janet Leigh" (pronounced "Lee" ).[19]

Janet Leigh posing for a publicity photo,c. 1948

Immediately after the release ofThe Romance of Rosy Ridge,Leigh was cast oppositeWalter PidgeonandDeborah Kerrin the dramaIf Winter Comes(1947), playing a young pregnant woman in an English village.[20]By early 1948, Leigh was occupied with the shooting of theLassiefilmHills of Home(1948), her third feature and the first in which she received star billing.[21]She played the young wife of composerRichard Rodgersin MGM's all-star musical,Words and Music(1948). In late 1948, she was hailed the "No. 1 glamour girl" of Hollywood, although known for her polite, generous and down-to-earth persona.[22]

1949–1958: Contract with MGM and independent films[edit]

Photo ofAnn Miller,Janet Leigh andArthur Loew Jr.1949

Leigh appeared in a number of films in 1949, including the thriller,Act of Violence(1949), withVan HeflinandRobert Ryan,directed byFred Zinnemann.Though a financial failure, it was well received by critics.[23]She also had a significant hit with MGM's version ofLittle Women,based on the novel byLouisa May Alcott,in which she portrayed Meg March, alongsideJune AllysonandElizabeth Taylor.[24]The film was generally well received by critics.[24]Also in 1949, Leigh appeared as anunin the anti-communist dramaThe Red Danube,which earned her critical acclaim,[25]followed by a role asGlenn Ford's love interest inThe Doctor and the Girl.[26]Other credits from 1949 include as June Forsyte inThat Forsyte Woman(1949) oppositeGreer GarsonandErrol Flynn,and asRobert Mitchum's leading co-star in the RKO-producedHoliday Affair(1949).[27]That December, she started work onJosef von Sternberg's adventure-drama filmJet Pilot,in which she starred as the female lead oppositeJohn Wayne.[28]ProducerHoward Hughes' constant re-editing would cause the film to be delayed almost eight years before being released.

Left to right:Eleanor Parker,Henry Wilcoxon,and Janet Leigh inScaramouche(1952)

At MGM she appeared inStrictly Dishonorable(1951), a comedy withEzio Pinza,based on a play byPreston Sturges.[29]The film received mild critical acclaim.[29]Leigh then appeared in the baseball-themed fantasy farceAngels in the Outfield(1951), which was a significant commercial success.[30]The same year, RKO borrowed Leigh to appear in the musicalTwo Tickets to Broadway(1951), which was a box-office success.[31]She was one of many stars in the anthology filmIt's a Big Country: An American Anthology(1952) and appeared in a romantic comedy withPeter Lawford,Just This Once(1952).[32]Leigh had a significant commercial success with the swashbuckler-themedScaramouche(1952), in which she starred as Aline de Gavrillac oppositeStewart GrangerandEleanor Parker.[33]Next, she received top-billing in the critically acclaimed[34]comedyFearless Fagan(1952), about aclowndrafted into the military, followed by a role opposite James Stewart in the WesternThe Naked Spur(1953).[35]The latter, though a low-budget feature, was one of the top-grossing films of the year, and noted by several critics for its psychological components.[32]Less well received was the comedyConfidentially Connie(1953), in which Leigh starred oppositeVan Johnsonas a pregnant housewife who helps trigger aprice warat a local butcher shop.[32]

Paramount borrowed Leigh and Curtis for the biographical featureHoudini(1953)–the couple's first film together–with the two appearing asHarryandBess Houdini,respectively.[36]The couple also appeared as guests onMartin and Lewis'Colgate Comedy Hourbefore Leigh was loaned to Universal to appear in the musicalWalking My Baby Back Home(1953).[37]Leigh was cast asRobert Wagner's love interest in the Fox-produced adventure filmPrince Valiant(1954), a Viking-themed feature based onHal Foster'scomic of the same name.[38]Also in 1954, Leigh had a supporting role in theDean Martin and Jerry LewiscomedyLiving It Up(1954) for Paramount,[39]followed by Universal's swashbuckler filmThe Black Shield of Falworth(1954), in which she appeared opposite Curtis, marking their second feature together.[40]Leigh also starred oppositeRobert Taylorin MGM's film noirRogue Cop(1954), portraying afemme fatalelounge singer.[41]Varietydeemed her performance in the film "satisfactory," but faulted the screenplay for being illogical.[41]Following that film, Leigh ended her contract with MGM after eight years.[42]

In April 1954 Leigh signed a 4-picture contract with Universal, where her husband was based.[42]She also signed a contract with Columbia to make one film a year for five years.[43]Leigh appeared inPete Kelly's Blues(1954) withJack Webb(who also directed), and subsequently starred in her first feature under the deal with Columbia: the title role in the musical comedyMy Sister Eileen(1955), co-starringJack Lemmon,Betty GarrettandDick York,and based on a series ofNew Yorkerstories about two sisters living in New York City.[44]In early 1955, Leigh and Curtis formed their own independent film production company,Curtleigh Productions.[45][46]Columbia cast Leigh inSafari(1956) oppositeVictor Mature,shot in Kenya forWarwick Pictures.[47]The same year, Leigh and Curtis gave birth to their first child, daughterKelly.[48]She subsequently made her television debut in an episode ofSchlitz Playhouse,"Carriage from Britain". In 1957, the filmJet Pilot,which Leigh had filmed in 1949, was finally released.[28]

1958–1969: Critical acclaim and hiatus[edit]

Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston inTouch of Evil(1958)

In 1958, Leigh starred as Susan Vargas in theOrson Wellesfilm noirclassicTouch of Evil(1958), done at Universal withCharlton Heston,a film with numerous similarities toAlfred Hitchcock's later filmPsycho,which was produced two years later; in it, she plays a newlywed tormented in a Mexican border town.[49]Leigh would later describe shooting the film as a "great experience," but added: "Universal just couldn't understand it, so they recut it. Gone was the undisciplined but brilliant film Orson had made."[10]Next, Leigh co-starred in her fourth film with Curtis,The Vikings(1958), produced by and co-starringKirk Douglas,and released in June 1958.[50]Distributed byUnited Artists,the film had one of the most expensive marketing campaigns of the 1950s.[51]It was ultimately ablockbuster,grossing over $13 million internationally.[51]Leigh's next film,The Perfect Furlough,was released in early 1959, in which she again co-starred with Curtis, playing a psychiatrist lieutenant inParis.[52]Leigh and Curtis next co-starred in the Columbia Pictures farceWho Was That Lady?(released in early 1960), in which Leigh portrayed a wife who catches her professor husband (Curtis) cheating on her, triggering a series of mishaps.[53]

Leigh receiving instructions fromAlfred Hitchcockto film theshower sceneinPsycho(1960)

Also in 1960, Leigh was cast in her most iconic role, as the morally conflicted murder victimMarion CraneinAlfred Hitchcock'sPsycho,co-starring withJohn GavinandAnthony Perkins,and released by Universal.[54]Leigh was reportedly so traumatized by watching her character's shower murder scene that she went to great lengths to avoid showers for the rest of her life.[55]Released in June 1960,Psychowas a major critical and commercial success.[56]For her performance, Leigh received aGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actressand was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[57]Leigh's role inPsychobecame career-defining[58]and she later commented: "I've been in a great many films, but I suppose if an actor can be remembered for one role then they're very fortunate. And in that sense I'm fortunate."[55]Her character's death early in the film has been noted as historically relevant by film scholars as it violated narrative conventions of the time,[59]while her murder scene itself is considered among both critics and film scholars to be one of the most iconic scenes in film history.[60][61]

Leigh and Curtis both had cameos in Columbia's all-starPepe(1960), marking their last film together. In 1962, while Leigh was filming the thrillerThe Manchurian Candidate,Curtis filed for divorce.[62][63]The divorce was finalized inCiudad Juárez,Mexico, on September 14, 1962; the following day, Leigh married stockbroker Robert Brandt (1927–2009) in a private ceremony inLas Vegas, Nevada.[64][65]Leigh would later comment that their divorce was the result of "outside problems", which included the death of Curtis's father.[66]Next, Leigh appeared in the musical comedyBye Bye Birdie(1963), based on the hit Broadway show.[67]She was also in the comedyWives and Lovers(1963) for director Hal Wallis at Paramount.[68]

Leigh took a three-year break from her acting career, turning down several roles, including the role of Simone Clouseau inThe Pink Panther,because she did not want to go on location and be separated from her young daughters.[69]She returned to film in 1966, appearing in multiple films: first, the westernKid Rodelo(1966),[70]followed by the private detective storyHarper(1966), in which she playedPaul Newman's estranged wife oppositeLauren Bacall.[71]She next portrayed a psychiatrist oppositeJerry Lewisin the comedyThree on a Couch,[72]followed by a lead role inAn American Dream,based on theNorman Mailernovel of the same name;the latter film received critical backlash.[73]

1970–2004: Other endeavors and final years[edit]

Leigh's initial television appearances were on anthology programs such asBob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreandThe Red Skelton Hour.She also starred in several made-for-TV films, most notably the off-length (135 minutes instead of the usual 100)The House on Greenapple Road,which premiered onABCin January 1970 to high ratings. In 1972, Leigh starred in the science fiction filmNight of the LepuswithStuart Whitman,as well as the dramaOne Is a Lonely NumberwithTrish Van Devere.In 1975, she played an ex-Hollywood song and dance star oppositePeter FalkandJohn Paynein theColumboepisodeForgotten Lady.The episode utilizes footage of Leigh from the filmWalking My Baby Back Home(1953). Her many guest appearances on television series includeThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.two-part episode, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair", in which she played a sadistic Thrush agent named Miss Dyketon, a highly provocative role for mainstream television at the time. The two-part episode was released in Europe as a feature film entitledThe Spy in the Green Hat(1967).[74]She also appeared in the title role inThe Virginianepisode "Jenny" (1970). In 1973, she appeared in the episode "Beginner's Luck" of the romantic anthology seriesLove Story.

Janet Leigh with her daughtersKelly Curtis(left) andJamie Lee Curtis(right) in May 1979

Leigh made her stage debut oppositeJack Cassidyin the originalBroadwayproduction ofMurder Among Friends,which opened at theBiltmore Theatreon December 28, 1975.[75]The play ran for seventeen performances, closing on January 10, 1976.[75]The play received varied reviews, with some critics who attended preview performances disliking the show.[76]In 1979, Leigh appeared in a supporting role inBoardwalkoppositeRuth GordonandLee Strasberg,and received critical praise, withVincent CanbyofThe New York Timeslauding it as her "best role in years".[77]

In addition to her work as an actress, Leigh also authored four books. Her first, the memoirThere Really Was a Hollywood(1984), became aNew York Timesbestseller. In 1995, she published the non-fiction bookPsycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller.In 1996, she published her first novel,House of Destiny,which explored the lives of two friends who forged an empire that would change the course of Hollywood's history. The book's success spawned a follow-up novel,The Dream Factory(2002), which was set in Hollywood during the height of the studio system.

Leigh subsequently appeared opposite her daughter,Jamie Lee Curtis,inJohn Carpenter's supernatural horror filmThe Fog(1980), in which a phantom schooner unleashes ghosts on a small coastal community.[78]Leigh would appear opposite her daughter once again inHalloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998), playing the secretary ofLaurie Strode.[79]On television, Leigh acted in theMurder, She Wroteepisode "Doom with a View" (1987), as Barbara LeMay in an episode ofThe Twilight Zone( "Rendezvous in a dark place", 1989) and theTouched by an Angelepisode "Charade" (1997). She guest-starred twice as different characters on bothFantasy IslandandThe Love Boat,as well asTales of the Unexpected.Leigh continued to grant interviews and appear at red carpet events through the early 2000s. Her final film credit was in the teen filmBad Girls from Valley High(2005), oppositeChristopher Lloyd.[58]

Personal life[edit]

Leigh with third husbandTony Curtisat the25th Academy Awardsin March 1953

While in high school, Leigh married eighteen-year-old John Kenneth Carlisle inReno, Nevada,on August 1, 1942.[a]The marriage was annulled five months later on December 28, 1942.[80] After a tenure at Stockton College (nowSan Joaquin Delta College),[81]Leigh enrolled at theCollege of the Pacific(nowUniversity of the Pacific) in September 1943, where she majored in music andpsychology.[82]While in college, she joined the Alpha Theta Tau sorority,[83]and also sang with the college'sa cappellachoir.[7]In order to help support her family, she spent Christmas and summer vacations working at retail shops anddime stores,as well as working at the college's information desk during her studies.[7]While a university student, Leigh met Stanley Reames, aU.S. Navysailor who was enrolled at a nearbyV-12 Program.[9]Leigh and Reames married on October 6, 1945, when she was eighteen; their marriage, however, was also short-lived, and they divorced less than three years later.[84][85]

Though Leigh initially left college to pursue her film career, she re-enrolled in night classes at theUniversity of Southern Californiain early 1947.[86]

On June 4, 1951, Leigh married actorTony Curtisin a private ceremony inGreenwich, Connecticut.[87]Their romance and marriage was a frequent topic in gossip columns and film tabloids.[88]From 1951 to 1954 Leigh and Curtis appeared in numerous home movies directed by their friendJerry Lewis.Leigh credited the experimental and informal nature of these films for allowing her to stretch her acting ability and attempt new roles.[89]On June 17, 1956, Leigh gave birth to her first daughter,Kelly Lee Curtis.On November 22, 1958, Leigh gave birth to her second daughter with Curtis,Jamie Lee Curtis.[90]Curtis and Leigh divorced in 1962. She married stockbroker Robert Brandt later that year.

A lifelongDemocrat,Leigh supportedJohn F. Kennedyin the1960 U.S. presidential electionandLyndon B. Johnsonin the1964 presidential election.[91][92]She also served on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Foundation, a medical-services provider for actors.[93]

Death[edit]

Leigh's crypt in Westwood

Leigh died at her home in Beverly Hills on October 3, 2004, at age 77 after a protracted battle withvasculitis.[94]Her death surprised many, as she had not disclosed her illness to the public. She was survived by her daughters Kelly and Jamie and her husband of 42 years, Robert Brandt.[10]Leigh was cremated and her ashes were entombed atWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemeteryin the Westwood Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.[95][96]

In popular culture[edit]

In the 2012 filmHitchcock,Leigh is played byScarlett Johansson.

Filmography[edit]

Main article:List of Janet Leigh performances

Publications[edit]

  • There Really Was a Hollywood.Doubleday,1984;ISBN0-385-19035-2.
  • Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller.Harmony Books,1995;ISBN0-517-70112-X.
  • House of Destiny.Mira Books,1996;ISBN1-551-66159-4.
  • The Dream Factory.Mira Books,2002;ISBN1-551-66874-2.

Awards and honors[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Award Category Year Nominated work Outcome Ref.
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1960 Psycho Nominated [97]
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress 1960 Won [97]
Laurel Awards Top Female Supporting Performance 1960 2nd place
Top Female Comedy Performance Pepe 1st place
Who Was That Lady? 4th place

Honors[edit]

Janet Leigh in 1998

Leigh was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Fine Artsdegree at theUniversity of the PacificinStockton, California,on May 14, 2004, where she had attended college.[82]At the time, Leigh's health was compromised byvasculitis,and she delivered a speech at the ceremony from a wheelchair.[82]On October 13, 2006, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis unveiled a bronze plaque of their mother to honor her early life in Stockton. The memorial is located in the downtown Stockton plaza adjacent to the City Center Cinemas, since renamed "Janet Leigh Plaza".[98]

Leigh was honored posthumously byUniversity of the Pacificwith the naming of the "Janet Leigh Theatre" on the Stockton campus on June 25, 2010. The plaque at the theatre reads as follows:

Pacific's Janet Leigh Theatre - Made possible by a generous gift from the Robert Brandt and Janet Leigh Brandt Estate. The Janet Leigh Theatre was created to bind the experiences and friendships that Janet Leigh valued while a student at Pacific. This memorial is a tribute to her life and career in the Stockton region as well as her magnificent contributions to the Hollywood film industry as an actress, wife, mother and humanitarian. Dedicated Friday, June 25, 2010.[99]

She has a ski trail named after her, Leigh Lane, at Sun Valley Resort'sBald Mountainskiing area inSun Valley, Idaho.Leigh kept a second home there for more than 30 years.[100]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^For dramatic reasons, an article "Janet Leigh's Own Story—″I Was a Child Bride at 14!″", in the December 1960 issue ofMotion Picture Magazine,wrongly stated the marriage occurred in 1941, while she was only fourteen years old.[80]

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