Janet's iconic demise in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Janet Leigh (1927 - 2004)
Film Deaths
- If Winter Comes (1947) [Effie Bright]: Commits suicide by taking poison; we learn of her death afterwards when Walter Pidgeon is informed.
- Psycho (1960) [Marion Crane]: Stabbed to death by Anthony Perkins (or rather his stand-in) while taking a shower. (See also Anne Heche's death in the 1998 remake.)
TV Deaths
- The Man from UNCLE: The Concrete Overcoat Affair (1966) [Miss Diketon]: Shot to death in a fight with Jack Palance's men, after she betrays Jack to prevent a missile launch.
Notable Connections
- Ex-Mrs. Tony Curtis.
- Mother of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis.