The late Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis are being remembered by their daughter Jamie Lee Curtis.
Tuesday marked 19 years since the passing of the Academy Award winner’s mother, Janet, who passed away in 2004 at the age of 77. on commemorate the occasion, the Oscar winner posted a vintage picture of the actors on Instagram in black and white. Tony passed away in 2010 at the age of 85, and this past week commemorated 13 years since his passing.
In her eulogy, Curtis said that her parents would be on the side of the actors’ strike that is now going on as well as the causes that the SAG-AFTRA union is fighting up for.
“Janet Leigh left us on this day in 2004, and Tony Curtis passed away just last week in 2010,” Curtis, then 64 years old, said in an email. “Missing them both now for a long time, and I know from their activism that they would stand with @sagaftra and this righteous fight to protect their and all of our identities!”
In the month of December, Curtis welcomed the fact that the classic 1960 film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock had made it into the list of Variety’s 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.
“I woke up this morning missing my mother and 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,” the Everything Everywhere All at Once actress wrote on Instagram.
She then went on to say that “the miracle of the movies is that they last forever, in perpetuity.” How incredible it is to see her legacy in the present day via the adoring lens of Variety as the number one movie of all time!
In a post from January 2022, Curtis, who has two children with her husband Christopher Guest, once again pondered on her parents. She said that whenever she comes across old photographs of Janet and Tony, she is “caught by not only their extreme beauty but also their deep love and ambition.”
“As the product of a family in which there have been a total of 13 divorces, I have often struggled with the concept of love and wondered what becomes of it.” the author of Mother Nature wrote at this particular period.
“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,” continued Curtis. “There are only a couple reminders to me that I was born from love and not resentment, competition, jealousy, and rancor.” I also forget that they were well-known and well-liked all around the globe. Happy middle of the week, Janet and Tony! Thank you, God, for both love and life!
