10 Facts on the Original Scream Queen of Hollywood, Jamie Lee Curtis (a hugely iconic horror actress)

10 Facts on the Original Scream Queen of Hollywood, Jamie Lee Curtis (a hugely iconic horror actress)

1. Jamie Lee Curtis did not grow up wanting to be an actor. In fact, even though she came from a family of actors she thought from a young age that she would be a police officer.

(Click here for The New Yorker article & her quote.)

2. Her mother happens to be Janet Leigh - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's titular film “Psycho”. So, both Jamie Lee Curtis and her mother have held the title of Hollywood scream-queen.

Neat, huh?

3. Jamie Lee Curtis once auditioned to play the part of Nancy Drew in a film. Ironically she later guest-starred in an episode of the Nancy Drew TV series. The episode was titled “Mystery of the Fallen Angels” [2]