Janet Leigh (I) (1927–2004)

Actress | Producer | Additional Crew

Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments,...

Born: July 6, 1927
Died: October 3, 2004 (age 77)

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Filmography

Known For

Psycho Marion Crane (1960)
The Manchurian Candidate Eugenie Rose Chaney (1962)
The Fog Kathy Williams (1980)
Known For

Touch of Evil Susan Vargas (1958)
Actress

Bad Girls from Valley High Mrs. Witt (2005)
Family Law Mary Sawyer (2001)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Norma (1998)
Touched by an Angel Vera King (1997)
In My Sister's Shadow Kay Connor (1997)
The Twilight Zone Barbara LeMay (1989)
Murder, She Wrote Cornelia Montaigne Harper (1987)
Starman Antonia Weyburn (1986)
On Our Way Kate Walsh (1985)
The Love Boat Joan Philipps (1978-1985)
Tales of the Unexpected Joan Stackpole (1982-1984)
Fantasy Island Suzanne King (1979-1982)
Matt Houston Ramona Launders (1982)
The Fog Kathy Williams (1980)
Boardwalk Florence Cohen (1979)
Mirror, Mirror Millie Gorman (1979)
Telethon Elaine Cotten (1977)
Murder at the World Series Karen Weese (1977)
Columbo Grace Wheeler Willis (1975)
Movin' On Nina Smith (1975)
Love Story Leonie (1973)
Murdock's Gang Laura Talbot (1973)
Circle of Fear Carol (1973)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1971-1972)
Night of the Lepus Gerry Bennett (1972)
One is a Lonely Number Gert Meredith (1972)
The Deadly Dream Laurel Hanley (1971)
My Wives Jane Jane Franklin (1971)
The Name of the Game Glory Bates (1971)
Bracken's World Maggie Morgan (1970)
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour Various (1970)
The Virginian Jenny Davis (1970)
House on Greenapple Road Marian Ord (1970)
Honeymoon with a Stranger Sandra Latham (1969)
The Red Skelton Hour Daisy June (1969)
The Monk Janice Barnes (1969)
Hello Down There Vivian Miller (1969)
The Danny Thomas Hour Liza Merrick (1968)
Grand Slam Mary Ann (1967)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Miss Diketon (1966)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Virginia Ballard (1964-1966)
An American Dream Cherry McMahon (1966)
Three on a Couch Dr. Elizabeth Acord (1966)
Harper Susan Harper (1966)
Kid Rodelo Nora (1966)
Wives and Lovers Bertie Austin (1963)
Bye Bye Birdie Rosie DeLeon (1963)
The Manchurian Candidate Eugenie Rose Chaney (1962)
Pepe Janet Leigh (1960)
Psycho Marion Crane (1960)
Who Was That Lady? Ann Wilson (1960)
The Perfect Furlough Lt. Vicki Loren (1958)
The Vikings Morgana (1958)
Touch of Evil Susan Vargas (1958)
Jet Pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna Shannon / Olga Orlief (1957)
Schlitz Playhouse (1957)
Safari Linda Latham (1956)
My Sister Eileen Eileen Sherwood (1955)
Pete Kelly's Blues Ivy Conrad (1955)
Rogue Cop Karen Stephanson (1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth Lady Anne (1954)
Living It Up Wally Cook (1954)
Prince Valiant Princess Aleta (1954)
Walking My Baby Back Home Chris Hall (1953)
Houdini Bess Houdini (1953)
Confidentially Connie Connie Bedloe (1953)
The Naked Spur Lina Patch (1953)
Fearless Fagan Abby Ames (1952)
Scaramouche Aline de Gavrillac (1952)
Just This Once Lucy Duncan (1952)
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology Rosa Szabo (1951)
Two Tickets to Broadway Nancy Peterson (1951)
Angels in the Outfield Jennifer Paige (1951)
Strictly Dishonorable Isabelle Perry (1951)
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
Holiday Affair Connie Ennis (1949)
That Forsyte Woman June Forsyte (1949)
The Doctor and the Girl Evelyn (1949)
The Red Danube Olga Alexandrova / Maria Buhlen (1949)
Little Women Meg (1949)
Act of Violence Edith Enley (1948)
Words and Music Dorothy Feiner (1948)
Hills of Home Margit Mitchell (1948)
If Winter Comes Effie Bright (1947)
Actress

The Romance of Rosy Ridge Lissy Anne MacBean (1947)
Soundtrack

Columbo (1975)
An American Dream (1966)
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
Fearless Fagan (1952)
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
Soundtrack

Little Women (1949)
Producer

Taras Bulba (1962)
Startime (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Producer

Mister Cory (1957)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2020-2021)
The Movies That Made Us (2021)
Movie Night Extravaganza (2021)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch (2019)
WatchMojo (2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018)
Defunctland (2018)
The Best of Hollywood (2017)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene (2017)
True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015)
Talking Pictures (2015)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2014)
I Love Hitchcock (2014)
Welcome to the Basement (2014)
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014)
Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (2013)
100 Years of Universal - The Lot (2012)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007-2011)
Special Collector's Edition (2011)
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010)
Psycho Sound (2010)
The Psycho Legacy (2010)
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010)
50 años de (2009)
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)
A Single Man (2009)
Double Take (2009)
Psycho: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2008)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
Pioneers of Television (2008)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
How Art Made the World (2005)
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005)
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
Sendung ohne Namen (2002)
Great Romances of the 20th Century (2001)
Psycho: The Shower Scene - With and Without Music (2001)
Hollywood Couples (2000)
The American Nightmare (2000)
The Best of Film Noir (1999)
The Best of Hollywood (1998)
Psycho Path (1998)
Century of Cinema (1995)
24 Hour Psycho (1993)
Das Ei (1993)
Psycho II: Cast and Crew Interviews (1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
The Horror Show (1979)
Good Old Days Part II (1978)
Camera Three (1972)
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1957)
Film Time (1955)
Archive footage

Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
Hollywood Remembers (2000)
Additional Crew

Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies (1990)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Originally, she was considered for the role of Lila Crane in Psycho (1960) and Vera Miles was intended for the role of Marion Crane. After a few screen tests, the actresses roles were reversed when they, and Hitchcock, agreed that it would be better...

Quotes

I did probably the three most well-known pictures of my career in my 30s. I mean, Psycho (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Touch of Evil (1958) were all -- I was 30, you know, 34. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) was 35-'6.