Janet Leigh (1927 - 2004) جانيت لي

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Jeanette Helen Morrison, also known as Jent Leigh, was an American author and actress. She made her acting debut in 1947 through a role in The Romance of Rosy Ridge. She then went on to star in several films through the 1940s, including Act of Violence and Holiday Affair, and the...Read more 1950s in films like The Naked Spur and Living It Up. She is most known for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination.

- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 6 July 1927
- Birth Country:
- US
- Died on:
- 3 October 2004
- Death Country:
- US

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Filmography

Actor (25)
- - - Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
    - 1998 - Movie
- - - The Fog
    - 1980 - Movie
- - - Harper
    - 1966 - Movie
- - - Bye Bye Birdie
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - The Manchurian Candidate
    - 1962 - Movie
- - - Psycho
    - 1960 - Movie
    - (Marion Crane)
- - - ?Who Was That Lady
    - 1960 - Movie
- - - The Perfect Furlough
    - 1958 - Movie
- - - The Vikings
    - 1958 - Movie
- - - Touch of Evil
    - 1958 - Movie
- - - Jet Pilot
    - 1957 - Movie
- - - My Sister Eileen
    - 1955 - Movie
- - - The Black Shield of Falworth
    - 1954 - Movie
- - - Rogue Cop
    - 1954 - Movie
- - - The Naked Spur
    - 1953 - Movie
- - - Houdini
    - 1953 - Movie
- - - Scaramouche
    - 1952 - Movie
- - - Just This Once
    - 1952 - Movie
- - - Angels in the Outfield
    - 1951 - Movie
- - - That Forsyte Woman
    - 1949 - Movie
- - - The Red Danube
    - 1949 - Movie
- - - The Doctor and the Girl
    - 1949 - Movie
- - - Holiday Affair
    - 1949 - Movie
- - - Little Women
    - 1949 - Movie
- - - Words and Music
    - 1948 - Movie

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Jeanette Helen Morrison, also known as Jent Leigh, was an American author and actress. She made her acting debut in 1947 through a role in The Romance of Rosy Ridge. She then went...Read more on to star in several films through the 1940s, including Act of Violence and Holiday Affair, and the 1950s in films like The Naked Spur and Living It Up. She is most known for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination.
An American actress, born in Merced, California on July 6, 1927. She finished high school at a young age, and spent most of her time in theaters. She studied music and psychology...Read more at the University of the Pacific in California, and was discovered by actress Norma Shearer, who introduced her to MGM, which cast her in a major role as a naive girl in the movie The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Her name was also changed to Janet Leigh. She continued being cast as the innocent girl in a large number of successful films with major Hollywood stars during the 1950s. Her works ranged from drama and comedies to musicals, and in the seventies she began appearing on television. She received the Golden Apple Award in 1952 and 1960, a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960 and a Golden Globe Award in 1961. She died on October 3, 2004 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. Among her most notable films Little Women, Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Fog.