The Janet Leigh Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Janet Leigh (Paperback)

Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 - October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress and author. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a contract with MGM and made her film debut with a starring role in The Romance of Rosy Ridge in 1947. Over the following years, she appeared in several popular films of a wide variety of genres, including Act of Violence (1948), Little Women (1949), Holiday Affair (1949), Angels in the Outfield (1951), Scaramouche (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), and Living It Up (1954). After two brief marriages at a young age, Leigh married actor Tony Curtis in 1951. The couple received significant media attention and starred in five films together: Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Vikings (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1958) and Who Was That Lady? (1960). Leigh played mostly dramatic roles during the latter half of the 1950s, in films such as Safari (1955), Touch of Evil (1958), and Psycho (1960), for which she was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued to appear occasionally in films and television, including The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and two films with her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis: The Fog (1980) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). Leigh died in 2004 at the age of 77, following a year-long battle with vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. She was survived by her fourth husband of 42 years, Robert Brandt, and her two daughters by Tony Curtis: Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis.

This book is your ultimate resource for Janet Leigh. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Janet Leigh's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Janet Leigh, The Romance of Rosy Ridge, If Winter Comes, Hills of Home (film), Words and Music (1948 film), Act of Violence, Little Women (1949 film), The Red Danube, The Doctor and the Girl, That Forsyte Woman, Holiday Affair, Strictly Dishonorable (1951 film), Angels in the Outfield (1951 film), Two Tickets to Broadway, It's a Big Country, Scaramouche (1952 film), Fearless Fagan, The Naked Spur, Confidentially Connie, Houdini (film), Walking My Baby Back Home (film), Prince Valiant (1954 film), Living It Up, The Black Shield of Falworth, Rogue Cop, Pete Kelly's Blues (film), My Sister Eileen (1955 film), Safari (1955 film), Jet Pilot (film), Touch of Evil, The Vikings (1958 film), The Perfect Furlough, Who Was That Lady?, Psycho (film)...and more pages

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