Janet Leigh

Did You Know?

• Her infamous shower scene in Psycho was compiled from approximately 70 takes, each two to three seconds in length. Janet spent 7 straight days in the shower.
• While rumors are rampant that she was naked for her death scene in Psycho, in reality she wore a flesh-colored moleskin.
• When she made her debut in Hollywood, at the tender age of 19, Janet had been married twice. She eloped at 14, but later got an annulment. She had just divorced her second husband.
• She married actor Tony Curtis in a high-profile Hollywood wedding. They had two children, actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis.
• In response to speculation that she gave up showers after Psycho, Janet remarked, "It's actually, honestly true. And not because of the shooting of it. It was the seeing of it. It never dawned on me how truly vulnerable we are. But that's what Hitchcock did. A shower. A bird. All these things that are absolutely ordinary, he made extraordinary."

Actor Credits

1. The Twilight Zone: Seasons 2 & 3 (2005)
2. In My Sister's Shadow (1999)
3. Halloween: H2O (1998)
4. The Fog (1980)
5. Boardwalk (1980)
6. Mirror, Mirror (1979)
7. Telethon (1977)
8. Murder At The World Series (1977)
9. Murdock's Gang (1973)
10. Night Of The Lepus (1972)
11. One Is A Lonely Number (1972)
12. The Deadly Dream (1971)
13. The House On Greenapple Road (1970)
14. Honeymoon With A Stranger (1969)
15. Hello Down There (1969)
16. The Monk (1969)
17. Grand Slam (1967)
18. An American Dream (1966)
19. Kid Rodelo (1966)
20. Three On A Couch (1966)
21. Harper (1966)
22. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
23. Wives And Lovers (1963)
24. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
25. Psycho (1960)
26. Who Was That Lady? (1960)
27. Touch Of Evil (1958)
28. The Vikings (1958)
29. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
30. Jet Pilot (1957)
31. Safari (1956)
32. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
33. My Sister Eileen (1955)
34. Rogue Cop (1954)
35. Living It Up (1954)
36. Prince Valiant (1954)
37. The Black Shield Of Falworth (1954)
38. Rogue Cop (1954)
39. Houdini (1953)
40. Confidentially Connie (1953)
41. The Naked Spur (1953)
42. Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
43. Just This Once (1952)
44. Fearless Fagan (1952)
45. Scaramouche (1952)
46. Two Tickets To Broadway (1951)
47. Angels In The Outfield (1951)
48. Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
49. The Red Danube (1949)
50. The Doctor And The Girl (1949)
51. That Forsyte Woman (1949)
52. Holiday Affair (1949)
53. Act Of Violence (1949)
54. Little Women (1949)
55. Hills Of Home (1948)
56. Words And Music (1948)
57. If Winter Comes (1948)
58. The Romance Of Rosy Ridge (1947)

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