The rattle of the bones

Janet Leigh in her prime

Now we're crying again. Janet Leigh has died. Details here. She was 77, and known to us sisters -- Si-susie and Su-sissy -- via movie mags at Grammy's in the Fifties as a well-endowed Hollywood glamor girl. Mummy would drive us to Grammy's on the roller-coaster road between Exeter, NH and Fitchburg, MA and drop us off for Christmas vacation. We'd scramble to the magazine rack at Hubby's drugstore -- Loddy's Pharmacy -- on Main Street for all the comics and fan mags you could carry, free for the taking. Presumably they were put back onto the rack for sale after we had had our fill.

Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh "together in 'The Perfect Furlough'"

Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, one of those Photoplay photo-op couples like Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Kind of disgusting, especially the men, but fascinating to read about. None of those Clairol blondes could hold a candle to pure-as-the-driven-snow brunette Liz Taylor, of course. The reason she married so often was because she would never have sex with a man she wasn't married to . . . Or at least a man she intended to marry in the very near future as soon as he divorced his current wife ('stole Eddie right out from under the nose of "best friend" Debbie). But Janet and Tony had a life. Kids (middle-agers?) today would know her as the woman slashed in the shower in "Psycho" -- and mother of the magnificent Jamie Lee Curtis of "A Fish Named Wanda" and "Halloween." God bless, Jamie Lee.

Comments

[PAM]

I have vasculitis and am wondering what symptoms Janet Leigh had, and also if there is any answers on how to stop the breakout of the vasculitis. I have had this on and off since 1987 and now it is getting so it is covering more of my body. Am tired all the time and in pain. What steps can I take to get better? Or what kind of doctor should I be seeing. Would love to get some answers to this ...Thank You

[Sissy Willis]

Pam -- So very sorry to hear of your suffering -- Check out Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center for symptoms and other information. All best to you.