Janet Leigh was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Her career spanned over five decades. 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.

She achieved her biggest success starring as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Psycho (1960). For her performance, Leigh won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Janet Leigh, the demure but sexy blond movie star of the 1950's will always be remembered for the 45-second shower scene in which she was slashed to death in Hitchcock's "Psycho."

Alfred Hitchcock said, "It took us seven days to shoot that scene, and there were 70 camera setups for 45 seconds of footage." The result was movie history with the scene being beloved by both serious movie scholars and parodists to this day.

In addition to her work as an actress, Leigh also wrote four books between 1984 and 2002, two of which were novels.

The beautiful and talented Janet Leigh is now In Heaven with the Stars.