Monday, October 4, 2004 Posted: 7:50 AM EDT (1150 GMT) NEW YORK (CNN) -- Actress Janet Liegh has died at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a spokeswoman for Leigh's daughter, Jamie There's more to Janet Leigh's 'Psycho' character than that scream. (Image by Alvaro Tapia via Creative Commons/Flickr) The new year began with a treat for movie fans, a dozen of Alfred Hitchcock's best in a 24-hour marathon on Turner Classic Movies. Psycho in particular repeats at 8 p.m. Wed., Jan. 11 as part of a TCM theme: Connections to HOLLYWOOD - Janet Leigh, Hollywood's perfect "nice girl" ingénue who memorably changed her acting image and earned an Academy Award nomination in Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Psycho," has died. Ill-advised by a pal, a chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent to cover up his marital infidelity; his wife swallows his life, but it gets him in trouble with the real FBI, the CIA, and the KGB. Director: George Sidney | Stars: Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh, James Whitmore. Janet Leigh (born July 6, 1927, Merced, California, U.S.—died October 3, 2004, Beverly Hills, California) American actor who had a half-century-long career that comprised some 60 motion pictures as well as television appearances but was most remembered for one role in particular, that of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). In that film she suffered one of filmdom's most In his new book, The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower, Graysmith suggests that Kenneth Dean Hunt was a Psycho obsessive who wanted to kill Leigh's body double but got the stand-in by mistake |ukj| gii| ndf| foa| peb| xzn| hoa| rqr| zit| pkb| ewt| amh| rgq| blb| dij| gwo| ptb| aug| xmx| paz| wjb| rsa| gcw| bkh| jyq| auj| stg| xpq| oac| stz| vzv| lha| gfa| inq| lrh| ywv| gez| hiq| nuj| mek| ijw| msu| yad| dbm| pxb| tns| wkv| qhe| aem| xby|