Timeline Janet Leigh

American actress best remembered for the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho, and mother of Jamie Lee Curtis.

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1927 Janet Leigh born in Merced Janet Leigh is born in Merced.
1947 Janet Leigh's film debut Discovered through a photo seen by Norma Shearer, she debuts in The Romance of Rosy Ridge.
1951 Janet Leigh marries Tony Curtis She marries the actor Tony Curtis, one of Hollywood's most photographed couples.
1958 Jamie Lee Curtis born Her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis is born.
1958 Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil She stars in Orson Welles's film noir.
1960 Janet Leigh in Psycho Her role as Marion Crane, and the shower scene, earns an Oscar nomination.
1962 Janet Leigh in The Manchurian Candidate She stars opposite Frank Sinatra.
2004 Janet Leigh dies in Beverly Hills Janet Leigh dies aged 77.