Jamie Lee Curtis

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis.  (Photo by Time Life Pictures/DMI/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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The daughter of film stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis launched her film career as a "scream queen." After a nondescript supporting role on the TV series Operation Petticoat, Curtis rose to cult stardom playing the straight-laced teenage babysitter imperiled by an unknown slasher in Halloween (1978). Upon appearing in the film's sequel and in such spookers as {#... Read More