Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Leigh, Janet
- Extent:
- 42 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Janet Leigh papers span the years 1936-2003 and encompass approximately 42 linear feet. The collection includes scripts, voluminous scrapbook pages, periodicals, and photographs. There are around 100 bound scripts, split evenly between film and television productions. The subject files are largely comprised of material kept by Leigh since the 1980s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Janet Leigh was an American actress active in film from 1947 to 1980. Leigh was married to actor Tony Curtis, with whom she had a daughter, actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. Janet Leigh was nominated for an Academy Award in the supporting actress category for PSYCHO (1960).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jamie Lee Curtis, 2005
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Stage files; 4. Radio files; 5. Subject files, subseries A-D as follows: A. General; B. Books; C. Organizations; D. Periodicals; 6. Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- actresses
- Names:
- Leigh, Janet , 1927-2004--Archives.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226