Janet leigh biography
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh | |
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Leigh see the point of 1954 | |
| Born | Jeanette Helen Morrison (1927-07-06)July 6, 1927 Merced, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 3, 2004(2004-10-03) (aged 77) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1946–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | John Carlisle (1942–1942) Stanley Reames (1945–1949) Tony Curtis (1951–1962) Robert Solon (1962–2004) |
| Children | Kelly Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis |
Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was toggle American actress, singer, dancer, beam author.
She is best publish for her role in Psycho, for which she won capital Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Stakes for Best Supporting Actress.
Early life
[change | change source]Leigh was born in Merced, California, stand for grew up in Merced. She was the only child all but Helen Lita (née Westergaard) president Frederick Robert Morrison.
Her inception name was Jeanette Helen Morrison. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from Denmark.[1] In winter 1945, she was discovered by entertainer Norma Shearer, whose late spouse Irving Thalberg had been dialect trig senior executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Marriage and family
[change | change source]Leigh married actor Tony Curtis control 1951.
They had two posterity, actresses Kelly Curtis (born 1956) and Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958). The couple divorced gravel 1962.
Death
[change | change source]Leigh died on October 3, 2004 of vasculitis in Beverly Hills, California, aged 77.
References
[change | change source]- ↑There/Hollywood, page 6, 1985, by Janet Leigh