Leigh in 1949

Janet Leigh was an American actress of film, television, stage, and radio, whose career spanned over five decades. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh began her career appearing in several popular films for MGM which spanned a wide variety of genres, including Act of Violence (1948), Little Women (1949), Angels in the Outfield (1951), Scaramouche (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), and Living It Up (1954).

In the latter part of the 1950s, Leigh had supporting roles in Safari (1956), and Orson Welles's film noir Touch of Evil (1958). She went on to gain lasting recognition for her portrayal of the doomed Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's horror film Psycho (1960), which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[1]

In 1962, she starred in the thriller The Manchurian Candidate, before deciding to scale back her career. Leigh continued to appear in films intermittently throughout the 1960s, with roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Harper (1966). She began to appear in television frequently in the 1970s, and had roles in such films as Night of the Lepus (1972) and Boardwalk (1979). In 1975, she made her Broadway debut in a production of Murder Among Friends. Leigh subsequently starred in two horror films with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis: John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).

Her last film role was in the comedy Bad Girls from Valley High, filmed in 2000 and released posthumously. Leigh died in 2004 of vasculitis, aged 77.

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge Lissy Anne MacBean Ray Rowland [2]
If Winter Comes Effie Bright Victor Saville [3]
1948 Hills of Home Margit Mitchell Fred M. Wilcox Alternative titles: Danger in the Hills and Master of Lassie [4]
Words and Music Dorothy Feiner Rodgers Norman Taurog [5]
1949 How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border Herself Jerry Lewis Short film [6]
Act of Violence Edith Enley Fred Zinnemann [7]
Little Women Meg March Mervyn LeRoy [8]
The Red Danube Maria Buhlen George Sidney [9]
The Doctor and the Girl Evelyn Heldon Curtis Bernhardt Alternative title: Bodies and Souls [10]
That Forsyte Woman June Forsyte Compton Bennett Alternative title: The Forsyte Saga [11]
Holiday Affair Connie Ennis Don Hartman [12]
1951 Strictly Dishonorable Isabelle Perry [13]
Angels in the Outfield Jennifer Paige Clarence Brown [14]
Two Tickets to Broadway Nancy Peterson James V. Kern [15]
It's a Big Country Rosa Szabo Xenophon Charles Vidor Third segment [16]
1952 Just This Once Lucy Duncan Don Weis [17]
Scaramouche Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon George Sidney [18]
Fearless Fagan Abby Ames Stanley Donen [19]
1953 The Naked Spur Lina Patch Anthony Mann [20]
Confidentially Connie Connie Bedloe Edward Buzzell [20]
Houdini Bess Houdini George Marshall [21]
Walking My Baby Back Home Chris Hall Lloyd Bacon [22]
1954 Prince Valiant Princess Aleta Henry Hathaway [23]
Living It Up Wally Cook Norman Taurog [24]
The Black Shield of Falworth Lady Anne Rudolph Maté [25]
Rogue Cop Karen Stephanson Roy Rowland [26]
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues Ivy Conrad Jack Webb [27]
My Sister Eileen Eileen Sherwood Richard Quine [28]
1956 Safari Linda Latham Terence Young [29]
1957 Jet Pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon
Olga Orlief		 Josef von Sternberg Filmed in 1949 [30]
1958 Touch of Evil Susan Vargas Orson Welles [31]
The Vikings Morgana Richard Fleischer [32]
The Perfect Furlough Lt. Vicki Loren Blake Edwards [33]
1960 Who Was That Lady? Ann Wilson George Sidney [34]
Psycho Marion Crane Alfred Hitchcock [35]
Pepe Herself George Sidney [36]
1962 The Manchurian Candidate Eugenie Rose Chaney John Frankenheimer [37]
1963 Bye Bye Birdie Rosie DeLeon George Sidney [38]
Wives and Lovers Bertie Austin John Rich [39]
1966 Kid Rodelo Nora Richard Carlson [40]
Harper Susan Harper Jack Smight Alternative title: The Moving Target [41]
Three on a Couch Dr. Elizabeth Acord Jerry Lewis [42]
An American Dream Cherry McMahon Robert Gist Alternative title: See You in Hell, Darling [43]
1967 The Spy in the Green Hat Miss Diketon Joseph Sargent Re-edited from episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [44]
Grand Slam Mary Ann Giuliano Montaldo Alternative title: Ad ogni costo [45]
1969 Hello Down There Vivian Miller Alternative title: Sub-A-Dub-Dub [46]
1972 One Is a Lonely Number Gert Meredith Mel Stuart Alternative title: Two Is a Happy Number [47]
Night of the Lepus Gerry Bennett William F. Claxton Alternative title: Rabbits [47]
1979 Boardwalk Florence Cohen Stephen Verona [48]
1980 The Fog Kathy Williams John Carpenter [49]
1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal Herself Arnold Leibovit Documentary film [50]
1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Norma Watson Steve Miner [49]
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High Edwina Witt John T. Kretchmer Filmed in 2000; released posthumously [51]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1954–1961What's My Line?Mystery Guest4 episodes
1957Schlitz Playhouse of StarsMotherEpisode: "Carriage from Britain"
1961I've Got a SecretHerselfEpisode dated December 11, 1961
1964Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreCarol HartleyEpisode: "Murder in the First"
1965The Bob Hope SpecialHerselfTelevision special
1966Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreVirginia BallardEpisode: "Dear Deductible"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Miss DiketonEpisodes: "The Concrete Overcoat Affair" (Parts 1 & 2)
The Red Skelton ShowDaisy JuneEpisode: "Jerk Be Nimble"
1967The Jerry Lewis ShowMiss FagelterEpisode: #1.4
The Dean Martin ShowHerselfEpisode: #3.4
1968The Bob Hope SpecialHerselfTelevision special
The Danny Thomas HourLiza MerrickEpisode: "One for My Baby"
1969The MonkJanice BarnesTelevision film
The Red Skelton ShowClara ApplebyEpisode: "It's Better to Have Loved and Lost - Much Better"
Honeymoon with a StrangerSandra LathamTelevision film
1970House on Greenapple RoadMarian OrdTelevision film
The VirginianJenny DavisEpisode: "Jenny"
Bracken's WorldMaggie MorganEpisode: "The Anonymous Star"
1971The Name of the GameGlory BatesEpisode: "The Man Who Killed a Ghost"
My Wives JaneJane FranklinTelevision pilot
The Deadly DreamLaurel HanleyTelevision film
1973Circle of FearCarolEpisode: "Death's Head"
Murdock's GangLaura TalbotTelevision film
Love StoryLeonieEpisode: "Beginner's Luck"
1975Movin' OnNina SmithEpisode: "Weddin' Bells"
ColumboGrace WheelerEpisode: "Forgotten Lady"
1977Murder at the World SeriesKaren WeeseTelevision film
TelethonElaine CottenTelevision film
1978The Love BoatGailEpisode: "Till Death Do Us Part-Maybe/Locked Away/Chubs"
1979Fantasy IslandCarol GatesEpisode: "Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker"
Mirror, MirrorMillie GormanTelevision film
1982Tales of the UnexpectedJoan StackpoleEpisode: "Light Fingers"
Matt HoustonRamona LaundersEpisode: "Who Would Kill Ramona?"
Fantasy IslandSuzanne KingEpisode: "Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million"
1985The Love BoatJoan PhilippsEpisode: "Instinct/Unmade for Each Other/BOS"
On Our WayKate WalshTelevision film
1986StarmanAntonia WeyburnEpisode: "Society's Pet"
1987Murder, She WroteCornelia Montaigne HarperEpisode: "Doom with a View"
1989The Twilight ZoneBarbara LeMayEpisode: "Rendezvous in a Dark Place"
1997Touched by an AngelVera KingEpisode: "Charades"
1999In My Sister's ShadowKay ConnorTelevision film
2001Family LawMary SawyerEpisode: "The Quality of Mercy"

Radio

Year Title Episode Ref.
1952 Lux Radio Theatre Strictly Dishonorable [52]
Stars in the Air Model Wife [53]

Stage

Title Role Opening date Closing date Venue Notes Ref.
Murder Among Friends Angela Forrester December 28, 1975 January 10, 1976 Biltmore Theatre Broadway debut

References

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Sources

  • Capua, Michaelangelo (2013). Janet Leigh: A Biography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-47022-8.
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