Janet Leigh - original autograph with dedication on black
Janet Leigh - original autograph with dedication on black and white photograph and envelope - Size 25 x 20Janet Leigh, stage name of Jeannet Helen Morrison (Merced, July â Beverly Hills, October ), was an American actress.She is best known for playing the role of Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho (), for which she was awarded a Golden Globe Award and nominated for an Academy Award.Janet Leigh was born in Merced, California, the only child of Helen Lita Westergard and Frederick Robert Morrison. She was discovered by the actress Norma Shearer, whose late husband Irving Thalberg had been one of the most prominent producers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Shearer, who spent her holidays in the ski resort where the parents of Leigh worked, showed talent agent Lew Wasserman a photograph of the girl. After Wasserman secured a contract with MGM, Janet left the University of the Pacific, where she was studying music and psychology. Read More