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Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress and author. She is 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. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and made her film debut with a starring role in ''The Romance of Rosy Ridge'' in 1947. Over the following years, she appeared in several popular films of a wide variety of genres, including ''Act of Violence'' (1948), ''Little Women'' (1949), ''Holiday Affair'' (1949), ''Angels in the Outfield'' (1951), ''Scaramouche'' (1952), ''The Naked Spur'' (1953), ''Walking My Baby Back Home'' (1953) and ''Living It Up'' (1954). After two brief marriages as a teenager, Leigh married actor Tony Curtis in 1951, and they had two children together, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis. During their high-profile marriage, the couple starred in five films together: ''Houdini'' (1953), ''The Black Shield of Falworth'' (1954), ''The Vikings'' (1958), ''The Perfect Furlough'' (1958) and ''Who Was That Lady?'' (1960). They also had a scene together in another film, the musical comedy ''Pepe'' (1960). Leigh played mostly dramatic roles during the latter half of the 1950s, in films such as ''Safari'' (1955), and ''Touch of Evil'' (1958). She continued to appear occasionally in films and television, including ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962) and ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963), as well as two films with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis: ''The Fog'' (1980) and ''Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' (1998). Leigh died in 2004 at the age of 77, following a year-long battle with vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. She was survived by her fourth husband of 42 years, Robert Brandt, and her two daughters. == Early life == The only child of Helen Lita (née Westergaard) and Frederick Robert Morrison, Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, where she also grew up. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from Denmark,〔''There/Hollywood'', page 6, 1985, by Janet Leigh〕 and she also had Scotch-Irish and German ancestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=German ancestry Politicians in California )〕 In winter 1945, she was discovered by actress Norma Shearer, whose late husband Irving Thalberg had been a senior executive at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Shearer showed talent agent Lew Wasserman a photograph she had seen of Leigh while vacationing at Sugar Bowl, the ski resort where the girl's parents worked. Shearer later recalled that "that smile made it the most fascinating face I had seen in years. I felt I had to show that face to somebody at the studio."〔"'Luckiest' Photograph Changed Whole Life for a College Girl", ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', August 16, 1947, p. 1〕 Leigh left the College of the Pacific, where she was studying Music and Psychology, after Wasserman secured a contract with MGM, despite having no acting experience. She was placed under the tutelage of drama coach Lillian Burns.〔"A Fairy Tale That Came True" by Victor Gunson, ''The Daily Times'', October 3, 1946, p. 14〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janet Leigh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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