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{{Infobox person | image = Janet Leigh 1954 portrait.png | imagesize = | caption = Leigh in 1954 | birth_name = Jeanette Helen Morrison | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Merced, California|Merced]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2004|10|3|1927|7|6}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer|author}} | years_active = 1946&ndash;2004 | spouse = John Carlisle (1942&ndash;1942)<br>Stanley Reames (1945&ndash;1949)<br>[[Tony Curtis]] (1951&ndash;1962)<br>Robert Brandt (1962&ndash;2004) | children = [[Kelly Curtis]]<br>[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] }} '''Jeanette Helen Morrison''' (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as '''Janet Leigh''', was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She is best known for her role in ''[[Psycho (movie)|Psycho]]'', for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Supporting Actress. ==Early life== Leigh was born in [[Merced, California]], and grew up in Merced. She was the only child of Helen Lita (née Westergaard) and Frederick Robert Morrison. Her birth name was '''Jeanette Helen Morrison'''. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from [[Denmark]].<ref>''There/Hollywood'', page 6, 1985, by Janet Leigh</ref> In winter 1945, she was discovered by actress [[Norma Shearer]], whose late husband [[Irving Thalberg]] had been a senior executive at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. ==Marriage and family== Leigh married actor [[Tony Curtis]] in 1951. They had two daughters, actresses [[Kelly Curtis]] (born 1956) and [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] (born 1958). The couple [[divorce]]d in 1962. ==Death== Leigh died on October 3, 2004 of [[vasculitis]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], aged 77. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{imdb|0001463}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leigh, Janet}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths f