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Biography
Janet was an only child of a couple who often moved from town to
town. Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped
several grades and finished high school when she was 15. As a
lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters.
She was a student, studying music and psychology, at the University
of the Pacific until she was "discovered" visiting her parents in
Northern California. Her father was working the desk at a ski
resort where her mother worked as a maid. Retired MGM actress Norma
Shearer saw a picture of Janet on the front desk and asked if she
could borrow it. This led to a screen test at MGM and a starring
role in 'The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)'. MGM was looking for a
young naive country girl and Janet filled the bill perfectly. She
would play the young ingenue in a number of films and work with the
leading stars, including, 'Errol Flynn' (qv), 'Gary Cooper' (qv),
'James Stewart' (qv), 'Orson Welles' (qv) and 'Judy Garland' (qv).
Her career would include a number of successful movies including
'Little Women (1949)', Angels in the Outfield (1951), Scaramouche
(1952), Houdini (1953), 'The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)' and
many others. Janet would appear in many types of films, from
comedies to westerns to musicals to dramas. Of her more than fifty
movies, she would be remembered for the forty-five minutes that she
was on the screen in the small budget movie 'Psycho'. Directed by
'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv), this 1960 thriller would include the
shower scene that would become a film classic. Even though Janet is
killed off early in the picture, she would be nominated for an
Academy Award and receive a Golden Globe. Her next film would be
'The Manchurian Candidate (1962)' where she would star with 'Frank
Sinatra' (qv). For the rest of the decade, her appearances in films
would be rare, but she would work with 'Paul Newman' (qv) in
'Harper (1966)'. In the seventies, she would appear on the small
screen in a number of made for Television Movies.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (Made for TV) (2001)
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[ Sandra Bullock ] [ Jane Fonda ] [ Malfitan ] [ Lynda Day George ] [ Linda Blair ] [ Jamie Lee Curtis ] [ Anne Archer ]
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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
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Fate Totally Worse Than Death, A (2000)
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Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (Made for TV) (2000)
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[ Jane Russell ]
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Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (Made for TV) (1999)
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
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[ Michelle Williams ] [ Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ] [ Jamie Lee Curtis ]
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Unmasking the Horror (1998)
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[ Michelle Williams ] [ Jamie Lee Curtis ]
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In My Sister's Shadow (Made for TV) (1997)
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Ei, Das (1993)
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Horror Hall of Fame, The (Made for TV) (1990)
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[ Joan Rivers ] [ Catherine Hicks ] [ Linda Blair ] [ Veronica Cartwright ]
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Salute to Jack Lemmon, A (Made for TV) (1988)
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Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (Made for TV) (1985)
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Fantasy Film World of George Pal, The (1985)
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[ Barbara Eden ]
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Terror in the Aisles (1984)
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[ Debbie Harry ] [ Jessica Tandy ] [ Grace Kelly ] [ Padma ] [ Nancy Allen ] [ Angie Dickinson ] [ Jane Fonda ] [ Ellen Burstyn ] [ Mia Farrow ] [ Morgan Fairchild ] [ Elsa Lanchester ] [ Lynda Day George ] [ Sigourney Weaver ] [ Carol Kane ] [ Jessica Walter ] [ Lee Remick ] [ Linda Blair ] [ Season Hubley ] [ Sissy Spacek ] [ Catherine Mary Stewart ] [ Jamie Lee Curtis ] [ Amy Irving ] [ Veronica Cartwright ] [ Adrienne Barbeau ] [ Holly Palance ] [ Nina Blackwood ] [ Faye Dunaway ] [ Shelley Duvall ] [ P J Soles ] [ Ann Dusenberry ] [ Joan Crawford ]
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Fog, The (1980)
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[ Jamie Lee Curtis ] [ Adrienne Barbeau ]
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Salute to Alfred Hitchcock, A (Made for TV) (1979)
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[ Ingrid Bergman ]
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Mirror, Mirror (Made for TV) (1979)
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[ Lee Meriwether ] [ Robin Mattson ]
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Boardwalk (1979)
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Telethon (Made for TV) (1977)
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[ Randi Oakes ] [ Polly Bergen ] [ Eve Plumb ]
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Murder at the World Series (Made for TV) (1977)
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[ Lynda Day George ] [ Lisa Hartman ]
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Circus of the Stars (Made for TV) (1977)
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[ Joey Heatherton ] [ Bernadette Peters ] [ Claudia Cardinale ] [ Valerie Perrine ]
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Salute to Orson Welles, A (Made for TV) (1975)
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[ Ingrid Bergman ]
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Columbo: Forgotten Lady (Made for TV) (1975)
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[ Francine York ]
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Murdock's Gang (Made for TV) (1973)
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One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
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[ Kathleen Quinlan ]
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Night of the Lepus (1972)
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Deadly Dream (Made for TV) (1971)
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House on Greenapple Road, The (Made for TV) (1970)
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[ Lynda Day George ] [ Eve Plumb ]
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Hello Down There (1969)
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[ Lee Meredith ]
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Monk, The (Made for TV) (1969)
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Honeymoon with a Stranger (Made for TV) (1969)
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[ Barbara Steele ]
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Ad ogni costo (1968)
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American Dream, An (1966)
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[ Susan Denberg ]
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Harper (1966)
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[ Shelley Winters ] [ Lauren Bacall ] [ Pamela Tiffin ]
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Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)
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[ Joan Blondell ]
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Three on a Couch (1966)
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Kid Rodelo (1965)
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Wives and Lovers (1963)
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[ Shelley Winters ] [ Marianna Hill ]
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
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Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
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Pepe (1960)
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[ Zsa Zsa Gabor ] [ Debbie Reynolds ] [ Donna Reed ] [ Judy Garland ] [ Kim Novak ]
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Who Was That Lady? (1960)
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[ Joi Lansing ] [ Dyanne Thorne ]
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Psycho (1960)
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[ Rita Wilson ] [ Anne Heche ]
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Touch of Evil (1958)
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[ Zsa Zsa Gabor ] [ Joi Lansing ] [ Marlene Dietrich ]
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Vikings, The (1958)
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Perfect Furlough, The (1958)
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[ Linda Cristal ]
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Jet Pilot (1957)
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Safari (1956)
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Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
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[ Jayne Mansfield ]
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My Sister Eileen (1955)
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Living It Up (1954)
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[ Sheree North ]
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Black Shield of Falworth, The (1954)
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Prince Valiant (1954)
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[ Katherine Heigl ] [ Jodie Kidd ] [ Debra Paget ] [ Joanna Lumley ]
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Rogue Cop (1954)
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Confidentially Connie (1953)
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Naked Spur, The (1953)
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Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
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Houdini (1953)
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Scaramouche (1952)
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Just This Once (1952)
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Fearless Fagan (1952)
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Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
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[ Joi Lansing ]
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Angels in the Outfield (1951)
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Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
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It's a Big Country (1951)
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Red Danube, The (1949)
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Holiday Affair (1949)
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That Forsyte Woman (1949)
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Doctor and the Girl, The (1949)
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Act of Violence (1949)
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Little Women (1949)
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[ Kirsten Dunst ] [ Winona Ryder ] [ Elizabeth Taylor ] [ Samantha Mathis ] [ Meredith Baxter ] [ Claire Danes ] [ Susan Sarandon ]
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How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949)
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Words and Music (1948)
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[ Cyd Charisse ] [ Judy Garland ]
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Hills of Home (1948)
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Romance of Rosy Ridge, The (1947)
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If Winter Comes (1947)
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[ Deborah Kerr ]
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