Janet Leigh, born on July 6, 1927, in Merced, California, was an American actress who died on October 3, 2004, in Beverly Hills, California. She became a major Hollywood star in the 1940s and 1950s, appearing in films such as Little Women (1949) and Touch of Evil (1958).
She is best known for her role as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar. She was married to actor Tony Curtis, and their daughter Jamie Lee Curtis also became a successful actress.
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