Janet Leigh Net Worth

Janet Leigh's Quotes

• [when asked if it was true that she doesn't take showers] 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 [Alfred Hitchcock] did. A shower. A bird. All these things that are absolutely ordinary, he made extraordinary.
• Psycho (1960) gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days - 70 setups. At least, he [Alfred Hitchcock] made sure the water was warm.
• I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am!
• [on working with Alfred Hitchcock] Hitch relished scaring me. When we were making Psycho (1960), he experimented with the mother's corpse, using me as his gauge. I would return from lunch, open the door to the dressing room and propped up in my chair would be this hideous monstrosity. The horror in my scream, registered on his Richter scale, decided which dummy he would use as the Madame.
• [on her Psycho (1960) co-star, the late Anthony Perkins] To me, he was a leading man. But to the rest of the world, he will always be Norman Bates. People just wouldn't let him be anything else.

Interesting Facts about Janet Leigh

1. She was 'discovered' by Norma Shearer from a photo on the desk of Janet Leigh's father.
2. She co-starred with Tony Curtis in five films: Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Vikings (1958), Strictly for Pleasure (1958) and Who Was That Lady? (1960).
3. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#99). [1995]
4. Eloped at the age of 15 - marriage was later annulled. Thus, Tony Curtis was her third husband when she married him at age 23.
5. Actually made Touch of Evil (1958), with a broken arm. Her arm was in a cast when she showed up for production, so they took her arm out of the cast and used every trick they could to hide it.
6. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on May 14, 2004. She delivered an inspirational speech to graduating students, faculty, and administrators in accepting her award. Author Maxine Hong Kingston and US Solicitor General Ted Olson were also awarded honorary degrees on the same day.
7. Attended and graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
8. She and her actress daughter Jamie Lee Curtis appear together in John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), though they do not meet until the film's ending. They also appear together in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) early in the film when Janet reports to Jamie on a problem with the girls' shower at a private school.
9. In 2006, the city of Stockton, California renamed and dedicated a downtown cinema and plaza in her honor. "Janet Leigh Plaza" is in the central core of the redeveloped downtown two blocks away from the "Bob Hope Theater".
10. In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Renata Marini or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Germana Calderini, Dhia Cristiani, Micaela Giustiniani and Fiorella Betti.
11. She was the daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison, and his wife, Helen Lita (Westergard). Her father had English, German, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), and Swiss-German ancestry. Her mother was from a family of Danish immigrants.
12. Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes" (McFarland & Co., 1991).
13. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 326-329. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale (2007).
14. In June 2010, Pacific Theatre, the campus movie theater of the University of the Pacific, was renamed and dedicated as Janet Leigh Theatre. The theater houses Janet Leigh movie posters, movie stills, college and family photos, and a display cabinet with many personal and professional Janet Leigh artifacts. The lavender gown worn by Ms. Leigh to the 1961 Academy Awards (and created by Edith Head) is on display in the cabinet in the lobby.
15. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1777 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
16. She was an active Democrat and appeared alongside Tony Curtis at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
17. Was portrayed by Scarlett Johansson in Hitchcock (2012).
18. Gave birth to her first child at age 28, a daughter Kelly Curtis on June 17, 1956. Child's father was her third ex-husband, Tony Curtis.
19. Gave birth to her second child at age 31, a daughter Jamie Lee Curtis on November 22, 1958. Child's father was her third ex-husband, Tony Curtis.
20. She was cremated after death and her ashes are interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.