Query: Jamie Lee Curtis' mother is a Palestinian.

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Jamie Lee Curtis <=SEP=> Jamie Lee Curtis , Lady Haden-Guest ( born November 22 , 1958 ) is an American actress and author . She made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter 's Halloween ( 1978 ) . A big hit , the film established her as a notable actress in horror , and she subsequently starred in Halloween II ( 1981 ) , The Fog ( 1980 ) , Prom Night ( 1980 ) , Terror Train ( 1980 ) , and Roadgames ( 1981 ) , gaining the status of `` scream queen '' to mainstream audiences . Curtis has since compiled a body of work that spans many genres , including the cult comedy films Trading Places ( 1983 ) , for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role , A Fish Called Wanda ( 1988 ) , and True Lies ( 1994 ) , for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy .   Curtis ' other notable films include Blue Steel ( 1989 ) and Freaky Friday ( 2003 ) , for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy . For her role in the television series Anything But Love , Curtis received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Television Series Musical or Comedy . Curtis received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress -- Miniseries or a Movie for her performance in the television film , Nicholas ' Gift ( 1998 ) . Curtis also starred in the comedy horror series Scream Queens on FOX .   Curtis is the daughter of the actress Janet Leigh and actor Tony Curtis . She is married to actor , screenwriter , and director Christopher Guest , 5th Baron Haden-Guest . Her 1998 book Today I Feel Silly , and Other Moods That Make My Day made the best-seller list in The New York Times . She has appeared in advertisements and is a blogger for The Huffington Post .

Janet Leigh <=SEP=> Janet Leigh ( born Jeanette Helen Morrison ; July 6 , 1927 -- October 3 , 2004 ) was an American actress , singer , dancer and author . She is best remembered for her performance in Psycho , for which she was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination . She was the first wife of actor Tony Curtis and the mother of Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis .   Discovered by actress Norma Shearer , Leigh made her acting debut on radio in 1946 and secured a contract with MGM the following year . Early in her career , she appeared in popular films spanning a wide variety of genres , including Act of Violence ( 1948 ) , Little Women ( 1949 ) , Angels in the Outfield ( 1951 ) , Scaramouche ( 1952 ) , The Naked Spur ( 1953 ) and Living It Up ( 1954 ) . She played mostly dramatic roles during the latter half of the 1950s , in such films as Safari ( 1956 ) and Touch of Evil ( 1958 ) , but achieved her most lasting recognition as the doomed Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho ( 1960 ) .   Her highly publicized marriage to Curtis ended in divorce in 1962 , and after starring in The Manchurian Candidate that same year , Leigh scaled back her career . Intermittently , she continued to appear in notable films , including Bye Bye Birdie ( 1963 ) , Harper ( 1966 ) and Night of the Lepus ( 1972 ) as well as two films with her daughter , Jamie Lee : The Fog ( 1980 ) and Halloween H20 : 20 Years Later ( 1998 ) . She also wrote four books between 1984 and 2002 , including two novels .   Leigh died in 2004 at age 77 , following a year-long battle with vasculitis , an inflammation of the blood vessels . Among her survivors was her husband of 42 years , Robert Brandt .