Born on this day – Janet Leigh:

Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004

Credits:

100 Years of Universal - The Lot (2012); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 24 Hour Psycho (1993); 50 años de (2009); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 78/52 (2017); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); A Single Man (2009); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); ABC Late Night (1974); Act of Violence (1948); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1988); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (2013); Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies (1990); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); An American Dream (1966); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Autograph (2002); A-Z of Horror (1997); Bad Girls from Valley High (2005); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1995–2004); Boardwalk (1979); Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Bracken's World (1970); Breakaway (1984); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Camera Three (1972); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Century of Cinema (1995); Cinéma cinémas (1987); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2015); Circle of Fear (1973); Circus of the Stars (1977); Close-Up (1997); Columbo (1975); Comme au cinéma (1998); Confidentially Connie (1953); Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000); Das Ei (1993); De película (1987); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Defunctland (2018); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dinah! (1977); Donahue (1985–1992); Double Take (2009); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999–2000); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2004); Entertainment Tonight (2020–2023); Family Feud (1980); Family Law (2001); Fantasy Island (1979–1982); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Fear on Film: Inside 'the Fog' (1980); Fearless Fagan (1952); Film Time (1955); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Gala de l'union (1976); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Good Morning America (1980–1990); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Grand Slam (1967); Great Romances of the 20th Century (2001); Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harper / aka The Moving Target (1966); Hello Down There (1969); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hills of Home (1948); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (1985); Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999); Holiday Affair (1949); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Dearest (1992); Hollywood Greats (1978–2002); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969); Houdini (1953); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); House on Greenapple Road (1970); How Art Made the World (2005); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000); Howard Stern (2001); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); I Love Hitchcock (2014); If Winter Comes (1947); In My Sister's Shadow (1997); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Intimate Portrait (2000–2002); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); I've Got a Secret (1954–1962); James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys (1997); Jamie Lee Curtis, un cri de liberté à Hollywood (2022); Jerry Lewis: Total Filmmaker (1993); Jerry Visits (1971–1973); Jet Pilot (1957); Just This Once (1952); Kid Rodelo (1966); Kings of Black Comedy (2002); Larry King Live (1990–2000); Le club (1995); Little Women (1949); Living It Up (1954); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Love Hollywood Style (2004); Love Story (1973); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1993); Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997); Matt Houston (1982); Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003); Mirror, Mirror (1979); Mister Cory (1957); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021); Movin' On (1975); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Murder at the World Series (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Murdock's Gang (1973); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Sister Eileen (1955); My Wives Jane (1971); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of the Lepus (1972); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); On Our Way (1985); One Is a Lonely Number (1972); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Password (1963); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); People, Hopes, Medals (1960); Pepe (1960); Person to Person (1954); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Pictures of Ghosts (2023); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1998); Pioneers of Television (2008); Prince Valiant (1954); Psycho (1960 / 1998); Psycho II: Cast and Crew Interviews (1983); Psycho: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2008); Psycho: The Shower Scene - With and Without Music (2001); Reputations (1999); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Rogue Cop (1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1971–1972); Safari (1956); Sammy and Company (1976); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Scaramouche (1952); Scene by Scene (2000); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Secret Lives (1995); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (1960); Starman (1986); Startime (1960); Stephen Verona: Self Portrait (1993); Steve Garvey Celebrity Sports Classic for Multiple Sclerosis (1981); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Take a Good Look (1959); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Tales of the Unexpected (1982–1984); Talking Pictures (2015); Taras Bulba (1962); Telethon (1977); Tempo (1970); That Forsyte Woman (1949); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 16th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1959); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The American Nightmare (2000); The Andy Williams Show (1963–1964); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Gene Kelly (1985); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of Hollywood (1998 / 2017); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Bob Hope Show (1964–1968); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1955); The Daily Show (1996); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Deadly Dream (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Dick Cavett Show (1995); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1957); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alfred Hitchock (1974); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to James Stewart (1990); The Fog (1980); The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala (1990); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1977); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Horror Show (1979); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Jerry Lewis Show (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1968); The Love Boat (1978–1985); The Making of 'Psycho' (1997); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Master's Preference (2005); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1978); The Monk (1969); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Naked Spur (1953); The Name of the Game (1971); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Psycho Legacy (2010); The Rat Pack (1999); The Red Danube (1949); The Red Skelton Hour (1966 / 1969); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Toni Tennille Show (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1971); The Twilight Zone (1989); The Vikings (1958); The Virginian (1970); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Your Life (1954–1960); Three on a Couch (1966); Today (1963); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Touch of Evil (1958); Touched by an Angel (1997); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Unmasking the Horror (1998); Vicki! (1992); Walking My Baby Back Home (1953); WatchMojo (2018); Welcome to the Basement (2014); What's My Line? (1954–1961); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Wives and Lovers (1963); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Words and Music (1948).

On this day in movie history - Psycho (1960)

Psycho

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Joseph Stefano,

based on the novel by Robert Bloch,

was released in the United States, on June 16, 1960.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Inspired by the true 1957 Ed Gein murder case.

Cast:

Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson, Pat Hitchcock, Vaughn Taylor, Lurene Tuttle, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Virginia Gregg, Paul Jasmin, Jeanette Nolan.

On this day in movie history - Harper (1966)

Harper

directed by Jack Smight,

written by William Goldman,

based on the novel The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald,

was released in the United States on February 23, 1966.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Harold Gould, Roy Jenson, Strother Martin.

On this day in movie history - Touch of Evil:

Touch of Evil

directed and written by Orson Welles,

based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson,

was released in the United States on January 31, 1958.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Cook Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Val de Vargas, Mort Mills, Victor Millan, Lalo Rios, Phil Harvey, Joi Lansing, Harry Shannon, Rusty Wescoatt, Wayne Taylor, Ken Miller, Raymond Rodriguez, Arlene McQuade, Dan White, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, William Tannen, Joseph Cotton.