Born in Merced, California, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison
and Helen Lita (Westergaard) Jeffery
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Bernard Herschel (Schwartz) Curtis
— married
4 Jun 1951 (to 1962) in Greenwich Village, New York, United States
Mother of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and Jamie Lee (Curtis) Haden-Guest
Died
at age 77
in Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2015
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Biography
Janet (Morrison) Leigh is Notable.
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.
Sources
- Wikipedia contributors, "Janet Leigh," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janet_Leigh&oldid=1116312433 (accessed October 24, 2022).
- Find A Grave: Memorial #9550589
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