Jamie Lee Curtis (L); Janet Leigh.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; S Granitz/WireImage
Jamie Lee Curtisis reflecting on how she would share her life with her late momJanet Leighif she were still alive today.
“Iwoke up this morning missing my motherand wishing she could see the beautiful family that I have, and that her two daughters are well and thriving and for her to enjoy this magical, creative year I’m having, after such a long time in the same industry she loved,” Jamie, 64, wrote in the caption.
TheEverything Everywhere All at Onceactress added, “The miracle of the movies is that they last forever, in perpetuity. How thrilling to see her legacy today through the loving portal of @variety.”
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Leighdied at age 77 in 2004following a long, private struggle with vasculitis, a group of disorders that attacks blood vessels through inflammation.
Leigh’s husband (since 1962), Robert Brandt, and her daughters — actresses Jamie and Kelly Curtis, whom she shared with ex-husbandTony Curtis— were at the star’s side when she died, according to rep Heidi Schaeffer, who said of Leigh, “She died peacefully at home.”
“As the product of 13 divorces in my immediate family I haveoften struggled with the idea of love, what happens to it?” continued theKnives Outactress. “There are only a couple reminders to me that I was born from love and not resentment, competition, jealousy and rancor which are the cornerstones of any unpleasant divorce.”
“I also forget that they were famous and loved worldwide,” she added of her parents. “Happy hump day Janet and Tony. Thanks for love and life!”
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Jamie has paid homage to her mother’s career over the years, including in October 2021, when shedressed up asPsycho’s Marionfor the premiere of her filmHalloween Kills.
“I am honoring my beautiful late mama, Janet Leigh, but … it’s a little more meta than that,” she toldEntertainment Tonighton thered carpet. “I am actually going asScarlett Johanssonas Janet Leigh in the movieHitchcock. So it’s meta because we never knew what color Janet Leigh’s dress was because it was a black-and-white movie.”
Of her parents, Jamie recalled during a June episode of thePEOPLE in the ‘90spodcast “watch(ing) their work diminish” but “their fame not diminish” as she was growing up.
“And the contradiction of a lot of fame, but not a lot of work, is really hard to navigate for people,” she added. “Very hard to be famous but not be doing the thing that made you famous. And that for the rest of your life you’re famous for something you did a long time ago, and you chase that attention.”
“I wantedto be mindful, as the daughter of stars,” Jamie explained of her own career. “And so, I was hedging my bets, ‘cause I don’t want to be the person pining away for work and not getting it. It’s humiliating and it’s a hard business. It’s all about what you look like.”
source: people.com
