Actor

Janet Leigh

July 6, 1927 · Merced, California, USA

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 Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952) and the western drama The Naked Spur (1953).

Notable work

8.4
Psycho (1960)
as Marion Crane
6
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
as Norma
6.7
The Fog (1980)
as Kathy Williams
7.7
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Susan 'Susie' Vargas
8.1
Columbo (1971)
as Grace Wheeler Willis
7.5
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Eugenie Rose Chaney
6.5
Psycho II (1983)
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.5
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Cornelia Montaigne Harper
5.7
Psycho III (1986)
as Marion Crane (archive footage) (uncredited)
7
The Vikings (1958)
as Morgana

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