Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother is the classic Hollywood actress Janet Leigh, best known for her iconic role in Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho.

Janet Leigh was a major star of the 1950s and 1960s and became a kind of original “scream queen,” a mantle Jamie Lee Curtis later carried on in horror films like Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis has often spoken publicly about her mother’s influence on her life and career, both through her film legacy and her philanthropic work.