Janet Leigh, 1927 - 2004.

Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77.

The AP.

While Psycho eventually overshadowed everything else on her resume, by the time she made it, Leigh had already created a long and respected body of work, including her turn two years earlier opposite Charlton Heston in the brilliant Orson Welles noir Touch of Evil. She was also part of one of the most noted '50s Hollywood celebrity couples when in 1951 she married Tony Curtis, and by the end of the decade the couple had given birth to future actresses Kelly and Jamie Lee.... She was a great one, and movies were definitely better for her being around.

Aaron at Out of Focus.

Posted by dwhudson at October 4, 2004 6:28 AM