Birth Name: Janett Helen Morrison
Date of Birth: July 6, 1927
Place of Birth: Merced, California, United States
Date of Death: October 3, 2004
Place of Death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, remote French (father)
*Danish (mother)
Janet Leigh was an American actress, singer, dancer and author. She is the mother of actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis, with her former husband, actor Tony Curtis.
Janet’s paternal grandfather was John Beauregard Morrison (the son of McHenry Henry Morrison and Susan Ellen/Eliza Tichenor/Titchenal). Susan was the daughter of William Herbert Titchenal and Sarah Ann Dickason.
Janet’s paternal grandmother was Katharine/Katherina/Katherine Francis/Frances Reeb (the daughter of George Reeb/Rube and Rosina Hunziker). George was born in Zutzendorf Bas-Rhin, France, to an ethnic German family, the son of Johann Theobald Reeb and Margaretha Elizabetha Hanns. Rosina was born in Switzerland, of Swiss-German descent.
Janet’s maternal grandparents were Wilhelm/William Marius/Marios Anders Westergaard and Lita Olga Gordia Magelia Kofoed/Coffee (the daughter of Peter Lucius Kofoed/Coffee, from Ronne, and of Margarethe Kristine/Laura Larsen). Wilhelm and Lita were Danish.
Sources: Genealogies of Janet Leigh – https://www.geni.com
https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Janet Leigh (focusing on her father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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