Janet Leigh was an American actress and author, best remembered for her performance in Psycho (1960), for which she was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination.
Jeanette Helen Morrison was the only child of Helen Lita (née Westergaard) and Frederick Robert Morrison. She was born in Merced, California on born July 6, 1927, where she also grew up.
At the age of 15 (pretending to be 18) Janet married 18-year-old John Kenneth Carlisle in Reno, Nevada, on August 1, 1942. The marriage was annulled four months later, on December 28, 1942.
Her second marriage was to Stanley Reames, whom she wed on October 5, 1945. They separated in 1948 and divorced on September 7, 1949.
Leigh married her third husband, Tony Curtis, on June 4, 1951. They had two children, Kelly and Jamie Lee, who both subsequently became actresses. Curtis had divorce papers served to Leigh on the set of The Manchurian Candidate. The couple announced their separation to the press in March 1962.
On September 15, 1962, Leigh married stockbroker Robert Brandt.
Janet Leigh died at her home on October 3, 2004, at the age of 77 after suffering a heart attack. She was cremated after death and her ashes are interred in a niche in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Featured Asian and Pacific Islander connections: Janet is 29 degrees from 今上 天皇, 20 degrees from Adrienne Clarkson, 22 degrees from Dwight Heine, 27 degrees from Dwayne Johnson, 24 degrees from Tupua Tamasese Lealofioaana, 20 degrees from Stacey Milbern, 23 degrees from Sono Osato, 35 degrees from 乾隆 愛新覺羅, 23 degrees from Ravi Shankar, 24 degrees from Taika Waititi, 25 degrees from Penny Wong and 20 degrees from Chang Bunker on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
M > Morrison | L > Leigh > Jeanette Helen (Morrison) Leigh
Categories: This Day In History October 03 | This Day In History July 06 | Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California | Featured Connections Archive 2022 | California, Notables | Notables
We are featuring this profile in the Connection Finder this week. Between now and Wednesday is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can.
Thanks!
Abby