Query: Jamie Lee Curtis starred in John Carpenter's Halloween as teenager Laurie Strode.

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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 .

Halloween (1978 film) <=SEP=> Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter , co-written with producer Debra Hill , and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut . The film was the first installment in what has become the Halloween franchise . The film is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield , Illinois . On Halloween night in 1963 , Michael Myers murders his sister . He escapes on October 30 , 1978 from Smith 's Grove Sanitarium , and returns home to kill again . The next day , Halloween , Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode . Michael 's psychiatrist , Dr. Sam Loomis , knowing Michael 's intentions , goes to Haddonfield to track and stop him .   Halloween was produced on a budget of $ 300,000 and grossed $ 47 million at the box office in the United States , $ 23 million internationally , for a total of $ 70 million worldwide , equivalent to roughly $ 267 million as of 2016 , becoming one of the most profitable independent films . Many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho ( 1960 ) . Halloween had many imitators and originated several clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s . Unlike many of its imitators , Halloween contains little graphic violence and gore . It was one of the first horror films to introduce the concept of the killer dying and coming back to life again within the same film . In 2006 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' .   Some critics have suggested that Halloween may encourage sadism and misogyny by audiences identifying with its villain . Other critics have suggested the film is a social critique of the immorality of youth and teenagers in 1970s America , with many of Myers ' victims being sexually promiscuous substance abusers , while the lone heroine is depicted as innocent and pure , hence her survival . Nevertheless , Carpenter dismisses such analyses . Several of Halloweens techniques and plot elements , although not founded in this film , have nonetheless become standard slasher movie tropes . Halloween spawned seven sequels and was rebooted in 2007 .