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Janet Leigh

1927 - 2004

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Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With MGM, she appeared in films such as the dramas The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), the crime-drama Act of Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952), and the Western drama The Naked Spur (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Leigh has received more than 11,853,861 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Janet Leigh is the 294th most popular actor (up from 331st in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from United States (up from 605th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Actor.

Janet Leigh is most famous for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho as Marion Crane.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Janet Leigh ranks 294 out of 13,578. Before her are Sophie Marceau, Sonny Chiba, Anthony Perkins, Thespis, Jeff Bridges, and Tobin Bell. After her are Ernest Borgnine, Hugh Grant, Anna Karina, Marina Vlady, Raquel Welch, and Helmut Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Janet Leigh ranks 21. Before her are László Kubala, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kim Young-sam, Sidney Poitier, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Albert Uderzo. After her are Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, Simone Veil, Hubert de Givenchy, Robert Hossein, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg. Among people deceased in 2004, Janet Leigh ranks 21. Before her are Susan Sontag, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Christopher Reeve, and Akhmad Kadyrov. After her are Helmut Newton, Maurice Wilkins, Renata Tebaldi, Stieg Larsson, Laura Branigan, and Leônidas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Leigh ranks 541 out of 20,380. Before her are Ferid Murad (1936), Anthony Perkins (1932), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Martin Cooper (1928), Jeff Bridges (1949), and Tobin Bell (1942). After her are Ernest Borgnine (1917), Theodore William Richards (1868), Richard Bach (1936), James B. Sumner (1887), Joseph McCarthy (1908), and Raquel Welch (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Janet Leigh ranks 147. Before her are Christopher Reeve (1952), Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Anthony Perkins (1932), Jeff Bridges (1949), and Tobin Bell (1942). After her are Ernest Borgnine (1917), Raquel Welch (1940), Burt Young (1940), Harold Lloyd (1893), Carl Weathers (1948), and Kim Novak (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

Psycho
Marion Crane
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Jun 22o 19608.4 / 10
Touch of Evil
Susan 'Susie' Vargas
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Mar 30o 19587.8 / 10
The Fog
Kathy Williams
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Feb 7o 19806.7 / 10