Janet Leigh dies at 77
10-04-04 | 07:13 AM
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Janet Leigh dies at 77
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movi...igh/index.html
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Hollywood movie star Janet Leigh, best known as the slasher victim in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, "Psycho," has died, a spokeswoman for her daughter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, said Monday.
"Janet Leigh died peacefully in her home Sunday afternoon," said the spokeswoman, Heidi Schaeffer.
Leigh, 77, died in her Beverly Hills home surrounded by daughters Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis and her fourth husband, Robert Brandt, Schaeffer said.
Leigh had been battling vasculitis -- an inflammation of the blood vessels -- for a year, she said.
Leigh married Brandt in 1964 after an 11-year marriage to actor Tony Curtis, the father of her two children.
Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, on July 6, 1927. Norma Shearer, a Hollywood star of the '20s and '30s, saw a photograph of her and recommended her to Lew Wasserman, a powerful talent agent. Leigh was still a teenager at the time.
She was signed by MGM and first appeared in "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" (1947).
"Psycho," however, was no doubt her most famous role. The shower scene, meticulously laid out by Hitchcock, took a week to film.
She noted that she hadn't been able to take a shower since the movie. "It's not a hype," she told The Associated Press. "Honest to gosh, it's true."
In addition to "Psycho," Leigh's other films included "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), "Little Women" (1949) and the Orson Welles classic "Touch of Evil" (1958). More recently, she appeared in "The Fog" (1980) and "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" (1998) with daughter Jamie Lee.
Leigh had requested that all donations in her name be made to the Motion Picture and Television Foundation.
Leigh's publicist, John Frazer, said the actress served on the board of directors for the fund, which provides health care and medical treatment to those who work in the entertainment industry.
"She was not only a legendary actress, but she was also an author and a humanitarian," Frazer said.
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Hollywood movie star Janet Leigh, best known as the slasher victim in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, "Psycho," has died, a spokeswoman for her daughter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, said Monday.
"Janet Leigh died peacefully in her home Sunday afternoon," said the spokeswoman, Heidi Schaeffer.
Leigh, 77, died in her Beverly Hills home surrounded by daughters Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis and her fourth husband, Robert Brandt, Schaeffer said.
Leigh had been battling vasculitis -- an inflammation of the blood vessels -- for a year, she said.
Leigh married Brandt in 1964 after an 11-year marriage to actor Tony Curtis, the father of her two children.
Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, on July 6, 1927. Norma Shearer, a Hollywood star of the '20s and '30s, saw a photograph of her and recommended her to Lew Wasserman, a powerful talent agent. Leigh was still a teenager at the time.
She was signed by MGM and first appeared in "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" (1947).
"Psycho," however, was no doubt her most famous role. The shower scene, meticulously laid out by Hitchcock, took a week to film.
She noted that she hadn't been able to take a shower since the movie. "It's not a hype," she told The Associated Press. "Honest to gosh, it's true."
In addition to "Psycho," Leigh's other films included "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), "Little Women" (1949) and the Orson Welles classic "Touch of Evil" (1958). More recently, she appeared in "The Fog" (1980) and "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" (1998) with daughter Jamie Lee.
Leigh had requested that all donations in her name be made to the Motion Picture and Television Foundation.
Leigh's publicist, John Frazer, said the actress served on the board of directors for the fund, which provides health care and medical treatment to those who work in the entertainment industry.
"She was not only a legendary actress, but she was also an author and a humanitarian," Frazer said.
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10-04-04 | 08:25 AM
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Very sad news ... she's always been one of my favorites. One of the traits that I especially appreciated was that she was game to try anything, and as a result has left us a wide range of solid performances.
10-04-04 | 08:42 AM
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She was great. Didn't age that well, but then again who does?
She will be missed.
She will be missed.
10-04-04 | 10:57 AM
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
She was great. Didn't age that well, but then again who does?
She will be missed.
She was great. Didn't age that well, but then again who does?
She will be missed.
i'm saddened to hear this news today.
10-04-04 | 11:42 AM
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When were those pics taken? I remember her looking pretty good in her movies but not like that!
10-04-04 | 02:59 PM
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Not good. Mrs. Pusser's mother did modeling/acting with her in the past.
Mrs. Pusser's father worked with Richard Avedon and he died the other day too.
It's a rough age when all your friends are dying.
Mrs. Pusser's father worked with Richard Avedon and he died the other day too.
It's a rough age when all your friends are dying.
10-04-04 | 03:55 PM
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I've only seen 2 of her movies Psycho and The Manchurian Candidate and I thought she was hot as hell. I was just thinking a couple of months ago aftseeing MC that I should check out some of her other movies around that time.
10-04-04 | 04:00 PM
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All articles say she was best known for her role in Psycho. While that is without a doubt the truth, wasn't she quite a big star when the film was released?
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10-04-04 | 07:29 PM
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While it's a bit off topic, I wonder if Jamie Lee was kind of paying homage to her mother's role in Psycho in Halloween:Resurrection?
OR maybe she just wanted out of the movie ASAP. 
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10-04-04 | 08:59 PM
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I am pretty sure Janet Leigh was everything in the movies that defined the word voluptuous. I keep revisiting her performance in Touch of Evil as it is one of my favorite films to watch and her performance is always captivating. There was something about her acting that is difficult for me to explain, but it is something real and different about it that intrigues me maybe more than any other actress. She was and for future generations of movie watchers, great.