Janet Leigh
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| Known for: |
Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Touch of Evil |
| Birth name: |
Jeanette Helen Morrison |
| Birthday: |
6 July 1927, Merced, California, USA |
| Height: |
5' 5½" (1.66 m) |
| Available Photos |
115 |
| Wallpapers |
11 |
Trivia
Was 'discovered' by
Norma Shearer from a photo on the desk of Janet's father.
Mother of
Jamie Lee Curtis and
Kelly Curtis.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#99). [1995]
Eloped at the age of 14 - marriage was later annulled. Thus,
Tony Curtis was her 3rd husband when she married him in her 20s.
Measurements: 36C-21-36 (in 1953), 35 1/2-23-36 (measured in 1960s), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Actually made
Touch of Evil, with a broken arm. Her arm was in a cast when she showed up for production, so they took her arm out of the cast and used every trick they could to hide it.
She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on May 14, 2004. She delivered an inspirational speech to graduating students, faculty, and administrators in accepting her award. Author
Maxine Hong Kingston and US Solicitor General
Ted Olson were also awarded honorary degrees on the same day.
Graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
Janet and her actress daughter Jamie Lee Curtis appear together in John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), though they do not meet until the film's end. They also appear together in Halloween H20 early in the film when Janet reports to Jamie on a problem with the girls' shower at a private school.
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