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Leigh is best known for starring in films such as John Frankenheimer's \"The Manchurian Candidate,\" Orson Welles' \"Touch of Evil\" and Alfred Hitchcock's \"Psycho,\" for which she won a Golden Globe.

Curtis eventually starred in two horror movies with her ionic mother: \"The Fog\" and \"Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.\"

In addition to being Curtis' mother, Leigh was also the mother of Kelly Curtis. She shared both daughters with \"Some Like It Hot\" actor Tony Curtis, whom she was married to from 1951 until 1962.

Leigh died at the age of 77 in October 2004.

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