Download or read book Janet Leigh Jamie Lee Curtis written by Anthony Curtis and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Leigh, born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, US, on July 6th, 1927 was an actress, singer, dancer & author, whose career lasted over 5 decades. Raised in Stockton, California by working-class parents, Jeanette was discovered when aged 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her get a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leigh featured in radio programs before getting into acting, making her movie debut in the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947). She appeared in many motion pictures from a wide variety of genres, including the crime-drama Act of Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952) then western drama The Naked Spur (1953). Janet played dramatic roles during the late '50s, starring in Safari (1956) then Orson Welles's film noir Touch of Evil (1958), among others. Jeanette had her biggest hit as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychological thriller Psycho (1960), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress then being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. She continued to appear in movies intermittently, including Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Harper (1966), Night of the Lepus (1972) then Boardwalk (1979). Leigh made her Broadway debut in 1975 in a production of Murder Among Friends, before appearing in a couple of horror flicks with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis: The Fog (1980) then Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).
Download or read book Janet Leigh written by Michelangelo Capua and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first decade of her career Leigh appeared as the stereotypical "nice girl." She was cast opposite some of the industry's biggest names including Robert Mitchum in Holiday Affair, Stewart Granger in Scaramouche, James Stewart in The Naked Spur, and Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho supplied her most memorable role: Marion Crane, who is murdered before the picture is half over. The part earned Leigh an Academy Award nomination. From 1951 to 1962, Leigh was married to favorite co-star Tony Curtis. They had two daughters, Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis, both of whom followed in their parents' professional footsteps. This book reveals and reflects upon Janet Leigh's life and career and also extensively analyzes her films and television appearances.
Download or read book Psycho written by Janet Leigh and published by Wings. This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bates Motel. The ominous house on the hill. The shower. . . . Few movies have proven as enduringly fascinating to audiences, film buffs, and moviemakers as Hitchcock's horrific 1960 shocker Psycho. This book offers the complete, colorful account of the production, shooting, and aftermath of this mesmerizing, electrifying film. 50 photos.
Download or read book Introduction to Jamie Lee Curtis written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie Lee Curtis is a renowned American actress, author, and activist. She was born on November 22, 1958, in Santa Monica, California, and was raised in a prominent Hollywood family. Her father, Tony Curtis, was a well-known actor, and her mother, Janet Leigh, was a successful actress who starred in the iconic thriller, Psycho. Curtis began her acting career with a role in the horror film, Halloween, which propelled her to fame and earned her the title of the "scream queen." She appeared in numerous other horror movies in the 1980s, before branching out into other genres and showing off her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Curtis has also written several children's books and is known for her activism and advocacy work in the areas of children's health and wellness. She has won several awards and accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
Download or read book Introduction to Jamie Lee Curtis written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie Lee Curtis is a renowned American actress, author, and activist. She was born on November 22, 1958, in Santa Monica, California, and was raised in a prominent Hollywood family. Her father, Tony Curtis, was a well-known actor, and her mother, Janet Leigh, was a successful actress who starred in the iconic thriller, Psycho. Curtis began her acting career with a role in the horror film, Halloween, which propelled her to fame and earned her the title of the "scream queen." She appeared in numerous other horror movies in the 1980s, before branching out into other genres and showing off her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Curtis has also written several children's books and is known for her activism and advocacy work in the areas of children's health and wellness. She has won several awards and accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
Download or read book Introduction to Janet Leigh written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Leigh was an American actress who was born on July 6, 1927, in Merced, California. She started her career in the entertainment industry in the late 1940s and appeared in various films and television shows throughout the 1950s. Some of her most well-known acting credits include "The Manchurian Candidate", "Touch of Evil", and "Psycho". Her performance in "Psycho" earned her critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued to act until the 1990s, with her final film appearance being in 2004's "Bad Girls from Valley High". Aside from her acting career, Leigh was also an activist and philanthropist. In 1966, she founded the Jennifer Jones-Simon Foundation, which supports causes related to mental health and disability. She was also involved in various charities, including the March of Dimes and the United Services Organization. Leigh passed away on October 3, 2004, at the age of 77. She leaves behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most recognizable actresses and as a humanitarian who was committed to making a positive impact in the world. Overall, Janet Leigh was an accomplished actress and humanitarian, known for her performances in numerous films and television shows. She was dedicated to her craft and to giving back to those in need, making her a beloved figure both on and off-screen. Her legacy continues to live on, and her contributions to the entertainment industry and the world at large will not be forgotten.
Download or read book Tippi written by Tippi Hedren and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood—the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnie—tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time . . . now with a foreword by Melanie Griffith For decades, Tippi Hedren’s luminous beauty radiated from the silver screen, enchanting moviegoers and cementing her position among Hollywood’s elite—beauty and star power that continue to endure. For too long Hedren’s story has been told by others through whispered gossip and tabloid headlines. Now, Hedren sets the record straight, recalling how a young and virtuous Lutheran girl from small-town Minnesota became a worldwide legend—as one of the most famous Hitchcock girls, as an unwavering animal activist, and as the matriarch of a powerful Hollywood dynasty that includes her movie star daughter Melanie Griffith, and rising star Dakota Johnson, her granddaughter. For the first time, Hedren digs deep into her complicated relationship with the man who discovered her talent, director Alfred Hitchcock, the benefactor who would become a repulsive and controlling director who contractually controlled her every move. She speaks openly about the dark pain she endured working with him on their most famous collaborations, The Birds and Marnie, and finding the courage she needed to break away. Hedren’s incandescent spirit shines through as she talks about working with the great Charlie Chaplin, sharing the screen with some of the most esteemed actors in Hollywood, her experiences on some of the most intriguing and troubling film sets—including filming Roar, one of the most dangerous movies ever made—and the struggles of being a single mother—balancing her dedication to her work and her devotion to her daughter—and her commitment to helping animals. Filled with sixteen pages of beautiful photos, Tippi is a rare and fascinating look at a private woman’s remarkable life no celebrity aficionado can miss.
Download or read book How We Sleep at Night written by Sara Cunningham (Social activist) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A christian mother comes to terms with her son being gay through a personal journey that starts with the Church and ends at the Pride Parade.
Download or read book Janet Leigh written by Michelangelo Capua and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first decade of her career Leigh appeared as the stereotypical "nice girl." She was cast opposite some of the industry's biggest names including Robert Mitchum in Holiday Affair, Stewart Granger in Scaramouche, James Stewart in The Naked Spur, and Charlton Heston in Touch of Evil. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho supplied her most memorable role: Marion Crane, who is murdered before the picture is half over. The part earned Leigh an Academy Award nomination. From 1951 to 1962, Leigh was married to favorite co-star Tony Curtis. They had two daughters, Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis, both of whom followed in their parents' professional footsteps. This book reveals and reflects upon Janet Leigh's life and career and also extensively analyzes her films and television appearances.
Download or read book Today I Feel Silly Other Moods That Make My Day written by Jamie Lee Curtis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1998-09-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today I feel silly. Mom says it's the heat. I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet. I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night. I dressed like a star and was quite a sight. Today I am sad, my mood's heavy and gray. There's a frown on my face and it's been there all day. My best friend and I had a really big fight. She said that I tattled and I know that she's right. Silly, cranky, excited, or sad--everyone has moods that can change each day. Jamie Lee Curtis's zany and touching verse, paired with Laura Cornell's whimsical and original illustrations, helps kids explore, identify, and, even have fun with their ever-changing moods. Here's another inspired picture book from the bestselling author-illustrator team of Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth.
Download or read book Watch Me written by Anjelica Huston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Picking up where A Story Lately Told leaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, [this book] is a chronicle of her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act, about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor, [and] about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears"--
Download or read book Postcards From the Edge written by Carrie Fisher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** THE NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLING CULT CLASSIC NOVEL ** ** In a new edition introduced by Stephen Fry ** ‘I don’t think you can even call this a drug. This is just a response to the conditions we live in.’ Suzanne Vale, formerly acclaimed actress, is in rehab, feeling like ‘something on the bottom of someone’s shoe, and not even someone interesting’. Immersed in the sometimes harrowing, often hilarious goings-on of the drug hospital and wondering how she’ll cope – and find work – back on the outside, she meets new patient Alex. Ambitious, good-looking in a Heathcliffish way and in the grip of a monumental addiction, he makes Suzanne realize that, however eccentric her life might seem, there’s always someone who’s even closer to the edge of reason. Carrie Fisher’s bestselling debut novel is an uproarious commentary on Hollywood – the home of success, sex and insecurity – and has become a beloved cult classic. ‘This novel, with its energy, bounce and generous delivery of a loud laugh on almost every page, stands as a declaration of war on two fronts: on normal and on unhappy’ STEPHEN FRY ‘A single woman’s answer to Nora Ephron’s Heartburn . . . the smart successor to Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays’ Los Angeles Times ‘A cult classic . . . A wonderfully funny, brash and biting novel’ Washington Post 'A wickedly shrewd black-humor riff on the horrors of rehab and the hollows of Hollywood life' People 'Searingly funny' Vogue
Download or read book American Prince written by Tony Curtis and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from a hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty.
Download or read book Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born written by Jamie Lee Curtis and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Depraved Heart written by Patricia Cornwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has a character as strong as any in popular fiction" —Wall Street Journal New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Depraved Heart: “Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.” —Mayes v. People, 806 III. 306 (1883) Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy. But how can it be? It’s clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago. As Scarpetta watches she begins to learn frightening secrets about her niece, whom she has loved and raised like a daughter. That film clip and then others sent soon after raise dangerous legal implications that increasingly isolate Scarpetta and leave her confused, worried, and not knowing where to turn. She doesn’t know whom she can tell—not her FBI husband Benton Wesley or her investigative partner Pete Marino. Not even Lucy. In this new novel, Cornwell launches these unforgettable characters on an intensely psychological odyssey that includes the mysterious death of a Hollywood mogul’s daughter, aircraft wreckage on the bottom of the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, a grisly gift left in the back of a crime scene truck, and videos from the past that threaten to destroy Scarpetta’s entire world and everyone she loves. The diabolical presence behind what unfolds seems obvious—but strangely, not to the FBI. Certainly that’s the message they send when they raid Lucy’s estate and begin building a case that could send her to prison for the rest of her life. In the latest novel in her bestselling series featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell will captivate readers with the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and cutting-edge forensic detail that she is famous for, proving yet again why she’s the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer.
Download or read book Janet Leigh Tony Curtis written by Marion Crane and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Leigh, born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced, California, US, on July 6th, 1927 was an actress, singer, dancer & author, whose career lasted over 5 decades. Raised in Stockton, California by working-class parents, Jeanette was discovered when aged 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her get a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leigh featured in radio programs before getting into acting, making her movie debut in the drama The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947). She appeared in many motion pictures from a wide variety of genres, including the crime-drama Act of Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952) then western drama The Naked Spur (1953). Janet played dramatic roles during the late '50s, starring in Safari (1956) then Orson Welles's film noir Touch of Evil (1958), among others. Jeanette had her biggest hit as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychological thriller Psycho (1960), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress then being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. She continued to appear in movies intermittently, including Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Harper (1966), Night of the Lepus (1972) then Boardwalk (1979). Leigh made her Broadway debut in 1975 in a production of Murder Among Friends, before appearing in a couple of horror flicks with her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis: The Fog (1980) then Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).
Download or read book My Mommy Hung the Moon written by Jamie Lee Curtis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My mommy hung the moon. She tied it with string. My mommy's good at EVERYTHING. The ninth children's book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell is a celebration of unconditional love between mother and child. Mommy is the best at everything: Not only does she carpool, untangle kites, steal bases, and bake cookies, she also seems to light up the sun with her love. Written straight from the heart and illustrated with tender hilarity, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story is a keepsake that defines the magical relationship a mother has with her son or daughter. So grab the little one you love, and rejoice as the ordinary moments of everyday life become extraordinary because of the magic of mother love.
