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BY MRS. FRED MORRISON
For Janet Leigh’s mother these were the enchanted years — that were to lead to a mountain lodge, a famous star and that “lucky” dress
THE Fourth of July is a hard day to spend quietly at home, particularly if you live in a hot cattle town like Stockton, California. I love Stockton. I was bom within a few miles of it, and my husband was, too. It has a very colorful, early California history.
But on the Fourth of July, 1927, Fred and I weren’t concerned with the past or the present. Our thoughts were all wrapped up in the future, as they had been 'for the past nine months. We were awaiting our long-overdue first baby and we still didn’t have a name for her.
“Her.” That was the way I always spoke of the baby from the very first day that I knew she was coming. My handsome young husband and I had been married a little over a year and he indulged me in everything. Fred got as close to an argument then as he ever does.
“Look Helen,” he said. “We ought to consider a few boys’ names, anyhow.”
“I just can’t,” I answered, stubbornly. “She’s simply got to be a ( Continued on page 90)
Silting on top of the world:
Janet Leigh gets a chance to sing in new film “Little Women”
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When the Sugar Bowl ski resort’s photographer took this picture he didn’t know it would be Janet’s passport to Hollywood
Janet, right, liked everything — kids, sports, even school! With best friend Maggie Shepherd, who called her “Toots”
At twelve, with her mother. It was soon after this she started wearing “flats” because she was growing taller than Maggie!