Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh on The Phil Donahue Show (9/20/1985)

Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh on The Phil Donahue Show on September 20, 1985. They discuss their mother-daughter relationship and their careers.

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

Unbelievable energy of Janet Leigh ascending the stage. 100% star.

[@karenjanicehollick1545]

A bit ott , sorry

[@MothGirl007]

She was totally a star.

[@tls4022]

She was very charismatic, I see where Jamie gets her charisma and confidence from

[@maryroberts589]

I feel that she was excited & proud to be there with her daughter, also that she wanted to thank others for being there to see them.

[@allieelectra23]

They were both fantastic 😍

[@mirandazar]

Whos watching this after Jamie Lee won an Oscar!?.

[@viviancatanzaro2841]

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[@renataloren2384]

Meeeeee!! ❤

[@CoCoGardner]

Ditto!

[@TheFoxxsean]

Me ☺️

[@tunutto]

Here.....meeeee

[@slc2466]

Here after Jamie Lee's Oscar win- her mom must be beaming in Heaven right now!

[@michaelrochester48]

Janet Leigh It’s alive, her father is dead

[@slc2466]

@@michaelrochester48 Unfortunately Ms. Leigh passed away in 2004.

[@jkrasney1]

I'm here, for the similar reason you may have been. Certainly, the new Oscar award winning supporting actress is a major contributing factor. Although I do remember Jamie Lee Curtis well in "Trading Places." That particular movie remains one of my favorite movies. And "Pyscho" is one of Hitchcock best.

[@kwebster62]

Janet Leigh died first: October 3, 2004, Beverly Hills, CA. Tony Curtis: Died: September 29, 2010, Henderson, NV

[@philineasewatts362]

Are you serious it’s a gold fake piece of 💩something man made up and worthless

[@bluedancelilly]

Its amazing Jamie has been in the business for almost 50 years and they only just now gave her an Oscar. She could've won for so many roles long before this.

[@scottbrandts610]

AMEN! Not only phenomenally talented, but so damn patient!

[@donguess4332]

The Oscar's haven't been relevant for years and Jamie Lee Curtis is a mediocre actress at best.

[@allieelectra23]

​@@donguess4332 I beg to differ. I think she's phenomenal.

[@misscleo378]

I adore her, but I can’t think of any of her pictures that she should have been nominated for.

[@leafyutube]

@@donguess4332 Agreed. People who think she's talented are movie newbies.

[@jeanieolahful]

The way her mom just jumps up and down applauding, that’s adorable

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@toyboimaniac1661]

Good for Jamie Lee Curtis. She was truly ahead of her time!!!

[@AndreUtrecht]

What a great candid conversation about the business that acting in Hollywood is.... you never ever hear actors talk about this these days... they do promotion for their films, go to talkshows to promote, make jokes, and that's it ... actors less and less show who they really are .... and Jamie she is such a wonderful personality... so open, so honest, so smart and so comfortable in her own skin, and she knows who she is ... and how she communicates with the audience, she makes everyone go back to earth, she's not playing the big movie star... probably because she always saw it as something practical, a practical art.... she is so refreshing ... and still is, from what I can see....

[@scottbrandts610]

This is pure royalty! Two of this planet's finest, most accomplished, beautiful, gracious and down-to-earth actresses, and WOMEN, ever to give us the gift of themselves. Bravo!

[@user-nn7us2jp3p]

Bravo !

[@hestergreen2031]

Mother, Daughter duo. Two of our finest actors.

[@dennishalford5763]

They're "actresses," but I realize you must be politically correct and use the male noun. Preferring the male noun, I think, is a tacit admission that male actors---on stage and in film---somehow offer more to audiences than women do. Otherwise, why the preference for the male noun? Either this is the reason or people today are becoming dumber and dumber.

[@vampoftrance]

Tony Curtis is the Father so three

[@allieelectra23]

​@@dennishalford5763 um bla bla effing bla

[@dennishalford5763]

@@allieelectra23 Thank you, Heather. You're such an articulate person. You must be a male actor and a leftist.

[@allieelectra23]

@@dennishalford5763 and you must be a dumb ass

[@roseakarosiehweinstein3216]

Rest in peace Janet Leigh and I love you Jamie Lee Curtis Donahue was amazing at the time

[@Texaslawhorn]

Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis! 🏆

[@madapple8739]

Dead right🎉!!!!!!!

[@lauraschleicher7315]

Finally!

[@roseakarosiehweinstein3216]

It's about time

[@allieelectra23]

To be quite frank she deserved many.

[@jv-ep2tc]

in 20 years they can get this show....Jamie you were "more right" than you could have imagined.

[@melmomma6]

I loved that they were in H2O together. I was like OMG, that's her mother and that's the same car she drove in Psycho. Made me smile for that minute and then I had to back to, "Watch out he's COMING!!!!!!!!! Absolutely LOVED IT! 💛

[@allieelectra23]

Me too. I saw a video about that here in KZbin.

[@sisterluke]

its super strange she said in prediction this interview would hit in 25 years. And now she's an Oscar winner.

[@shadykatie100]

Jamie looks amazing in this interview.

[@jaemyrick5277]

I don’t recall Mother Janet Leigh and Daughter Jamie Lee Curtis appeared on The Phil Donahue Show. WOW! WOW! All those years ago! R.I.P. Janet

[@lindaloe]

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS SHOW WITH JANET AND JAMIE LEE!! HAD A GREAT TIME.I THINK I SAW THIS PHIL DONAHUE WHEN IT ORIGINALLY AIRED.

[@rhondafortson5205]

WOW, I had forgotten how Beautiful Jamie Lee Curtis was when she was young. Those cheekbones & eyes are incredible. She didn't need the hair, the extra "decorations" most of the others use. Not to mention her INTELLIGENCE. She is a living tribute to her FANTASTIC PARENTS!!

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

Was? Still is.

[@melissagarza2376]

Love this show, guess I missed it when I was 15yrs old! Great interview! ❤ raised JLC very well, especially in Hollywood ⭐️🌟💫

[@jchow5966]

RIP janet -we love and miss you. ☮️💟

[@wcwn3632]

my gawd this lady is amazing (Jamie)! I just adore her

[@boredweegie553]

enjoyed this immensely,thank you for this upload 👌👌

[@kkvegas]

You're so welcome. I'm really glad you liked it.

[@wendym1234]

Ooh, when Janet said “Don’t interupt me!” to Jamie! LOL

[@7colliemac]

She did a few times .. I hate that ..

[@jeanbaker2087]

I always have known Jamie Lee looked like her mom, but this program really showed me that they looked like twins!

[@maryroberts589]

I agree, but she has her father's amazing gaze too!

[@CathyLarkinWebSavvyPR]

watching this 38 years later - Jamie Lee Curtis is still amazing

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello 👋how are you doing?

[@annetteedel8229]

So is Janet..RIP💖

[@jackiebradley2211]

Jamie Lee was wise beyond her years.

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

I agree. She was and is super smart.

[@roseakarosiehweinstein3216]

@@aavalestormiconicperformer absolutely fucking brilliant and sexy extremely gorgeous and a true blue survivor

[@maryfarwell-uragallo2373]

This is a great interview and I LOVE that Phil Donahue recognized when questions may be too personal to share. He left the door open for Janet to decline answering the question about her mom. Everybody wants dirt these days and we don't often see that integrity anymore.

[@jchow5966]

Donahue was the best daytime talk show ever.

[@Sassyglbeauty]

Man. I’m really glad I watched this. What 2 amazing women they are!

[@60scinema]

I love Jamie Lee’s hairstyle here, it has nice volume and contour.

[@maryroberts589]

Being a woman with short hair, I have always appreciated JLC's ability to make it beautiful & sexy!

[@JanetPlanetful]

Jamie is true to herself. If you’re annoyed by her that’s your issue.

[@donguess4332]

NO not really. People are entitled to their opinion and many of us think she is not that talented. It doesn't mean we have issues. It means we have an opinion that disagrees with yours.

[@allieelectra23]

​@@donguess4332 the majority of the public loves Jamie Lee Curtis and believes that she's an outstanding actress. So it really doesn't matter the few who don't think so.

[@gericummings6122]

Wow! And this was addressing the "Me, too" movement, before it came to fruition. Thank you Jamie and Janet, for addressing the male sexual manipulation that existed in the motion picture industry,

[@xtradelite903]

They both starred with each other in two films: The Fog (1980), and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). In H20 Janet Leigh is the school’s secretary and has only a cameo appearance. What’s nice about it is: 1) Janet’s character’s name is, Norma Watson, a nod to an evil character in the original Stephen King/Brian De Palma film “Carrie” (1976), & 2) Janet’s (Norma Watson’s) car is the same exact car from the film “Pyscho” (1960) that starred Janet Leigh (char: Marion Crane). I also recommend you see the original The Fog (1980), the remake was trash. Well, let’s see if you can connect all the dots and make sense of it all.

[@vampoftrance]

That must have been fun for Janet Leigh when she saw the car!

[@bettyjohnston9370]

I really enjoyed seeing Jamie Lee & her mom - both favorite actors of mine

[@jennifer_m.8613]

After seeing Jamie Lee finally win an Oscar, I was so moved Seeing this archived footage of her and her mother on Donahue, I can't believe they had such a great relationship

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

Her parents are so iconic. I have seen most everything they have been in.

[@trudyramgren8817]

Two beautiful people!!! Great actors!"❤

[@austinpink9018]

UNFORGETTABLE Janet Leigh 💖

[@andrealouisejackson5307]

they look like each other too.

[@timothygrant7266]

Halloween is my favorite horror movie and Psycho is a great film too. Jamie and Janet were together in The Fog, another one of my favorite horror movies.

[@user-nn7us2jp3p]

I remember Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis from the old days. Janet was a total knockout who had the tiniest waist. They were fan favorites. I saw them in my mother’s movie magazines.

[@judyelan4610]

love jamie lee - so courageous, her own person, smart and wonderful

[@noramcdonnell9573]

Jamie Leigh Curtis so well deserved congratulations. Nora

[@pattymiller9040]

Phi Donahue, one of the best talk shows ever!!!

[@magyoe3471]

Am watching this show just one Sunday aft the Oscars night where Jamie won her Oscar for 2023 Best Supporting Actress! Yippee PTL! 🙌🏼

[@darrensmall5548]

Dreadful configuration of the seating with half the audience staring at the back of Jamie and Janet's heads

[@canpreston7076]

I think it’s a great idea. I think it makes them be more open and not have all those eyes on you.

[@scottstallings5029]

Boy, you're right. Those poor people. Well, on the brighter side. Jamie Lee Curtis is a bit ugly and retarded looking. The audience, thank our lord 🙏 and savior, were spared her horrible mug. LET'S GO BRANDON

[@danielasuncion9991]

​@@canpreston7076 Interesting point.

[@michellem2892]

Nah…it worked perfectly for the show…intimate and vivacious in tone.

[@sdne1959]

. It's interesting to see how quickly this episode turned into what may as well have just been billed, "Donahue, with guest Jamie Lee Curtis.......along with an appearance by her mother, Janet Leigh". I'm not at ALL surprised that the YOUNG, HOT NEW, FRESH-FACED "talent" would be the one the show tended to gravitate towards, but after watching this I find myself wondering if Janet Leigh later felt at all slighted by how quickly she became a 'bit player' on this show, even though she was one of the two 'stars' on it, or if she didn't care at all, and was just proud to get to see how her daughter's career was beginning to take off right around this time, and didn't care at ALL that she wasn't the center of attention on this particular show...... 🤔 Thank you VERY much for posting this !! .

[@CathainSeo]

Just watching the late great Phil who passed yesterday interviewing jamie Leigh & her late mother back in 1985. Such a thoughtful host especially how he enquired then almost apologised if he pried to much into Janet Leigh's relationship with her own mother compared with that with her daughter Jamie Leigh. Two fun ladies. I'm' sure jamie Lee Curtis will reflect a little having heard the news on Phil's interviews with her over the years. I wonder whether she'll reflect back to this one & perhaps shed a tear watching her mother talk with younger her. That's how life goes, our parents sometime pass & we have to continue on. The familiar feelings of the relationship disappear & we're in a new emotional terrain as distance comes with the lack of physical presence interaction with us.

[@gericummings6122]

Jamie Leigh is drop dead gorgeous. Wow!

[@scott7119]

Totally agree. Back in the 50's, in films like 'Living it Up', Janet was breathtakingly beautiful. Folks always focus on Psycho, but she has a whole body of wonderful film work.

[@shirleyjacobs1912]

Her mom was drop dead gorgeous

[@marcyfan-tz4wj]

@@shirleyjacobs1912 absolutely. tony curtis had a screw loose to lose her. jamie's solid and beautiful also but janet stopped traffic long before her daughter came along. who stopped more traffic? i don't know but enter guilty plea on both counts.

[@MothGirl007]

Absolutely.

[@lindapigeon6656]

Jamie Lee Curtis is so beautiful and reel. Just love it here :)

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how are you doing?

[@kathleenmurphy6009]

Love Jamie in True Lies! This was a charming interview. Janet was very good in The Manchurian Candidate and lovely in an early version of Little Women with Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford.

[@MrS98VAC]

This is so 80's!

[@rhettjanes1056]

I'll say this there's just nothing like the classic movies I think the way they were directed and the way Hollywood's older stars carried it's was a big part of it.

[@robertfahr2420]

Very cool Jamie Lee and Melanie Griffith remain best friends.

[@terr777]

Jamie and her husband, Christopher are still together. Pretty cool!

[@user-nn7us2jp3p]

Jamie Leigh is well liked as far as I am concerned and she takes her acting very seriously. She is great ! ❤

[@u.s.family9279]

💕Janet & Jamie so Beautiful....

[@Randy8878]

Wow! Jamie Lee Curtis so young!

[@jochenstossberg5427]

And so intensely overbearing, even back then. She's so abrasive!

[@allieelectra23]

​@@jochenstossberg5427 I disagree

[@gericummings6122]

I love that Jamie is taller than her mom!

[@lasinmt106]

Beautiful women who respect each other! And lovely for them to have shared. Jamie Lee seems to have stayed true to the advice of staying true to WHO SHE IS. She writes children books and will perhaps a little to often appears on talk shows? However I rarely see talk shows so I'm not an expert or one who should even mention that. I haven't seen most of her movies as was never a fan of SCREAM's or even the kinds she often has appeared in. Love to have heard however she has continued to show up in Halloween or that genre just for kicks no doubt. What caught my eye was the respect between the mother daughters adult relationship. Really cool and precious at the same time. Jamie Lee's going to make a great MOM and from what I gather she has.

[@mariaroldan4200]

I knew them both! Jamie ended up adopting two children, whom I babysat.

[@maryroberts589]

Wow! That's awesome!!

[@roseakarosiehweinstein3216]

Beautiful

[@chancepryor]

OSCAR WINNER JAMIE LEE CURTIS ❤

[@PPLL463]

I met her in the 80’s , she was very nice and had beautiful manners !

[@JustinCase780]

Phil Hartman nailed this bit!

[@alpimarzi5501]

Janet Leigh as Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie is my all time fave 🥰

[@kifacorea]

Oscar winner

[@jnadle1]

That week was taped at NBC Studios in Burbank.

[@kkvegas]

You're right. I was actually in the audience for this episode.

[@romeroflores7576]

🌸🌺🏵Wow... Jamie looks so beautiful‼🏵🌺🌸🌻

[@pinkyalmeroth3702]

Kids and twenty somethings today....What's Psycho?? Both such evolved women. How beautiful they are

[@ericsamuelson5656]

When Donahue did his week from Los Angeles, it was taped at the NBC studios in beautiful Burbank since it aired on KNBC Ch 4

[@kkvegas]

@@ericsamuelson5656 You are correct. I was at this particular taping.

[@mammiemei9579]

That’s academy award winner Jamie Lee Curtis thank you!

[@coolsean30]

I never seen this interview but it’s kinda crazy to think most of the people that was in the studio audience is long gone

[@kkvegas]

Since I was in the audience that day, I guess I should be grateful that I'm still here. 😄

[@coolsean30]

@@kkvegas😂

[@wendym1234]

It is CRAZY to think it because it’s probably NOT true. 😂. Yes, maybe many of those over 40 but not the younger people there.

[@coolsean30]

@@wendym1234I didn’t say all I said most

[@bkman222]

@@kkvegas the live audience experience was tremendous. Been to more than a few tapings myself.

[@bjh1]

Jamie Lee Curtis was born a boy. You can still find the birth announcement of her famous Hollywood parents. A news paper article and photo of Jamie and her parents.

[@ThinkLascivious]

Wow... this is nearly 40 years ago.

[@katymcclure8405]

I wanted to hear more about Janet Leigh in the Psycho movie, shower scene and Alfred Hitchcock.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@jchow5966]

Same here!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Janet leigh and Jamie lee act together in the classic horror film the fog..Is it mother and daughter wow, i new she was Tony Curtis daughter but never new the lady in psycho was her mother 💟👍

[@karenl14]

Halloween was an icon. But so was Prom Night. Talk about a true Scream Teen Horror. And let's not forget "True Lies"❤

[@rah62]

Jamie's comments about "Perfect" not doing well because it was a "tricky subject about journalists", were off the mark. "Perfect" bombed because it was a cheesy T-&-A flick ostensibly about "aerobics" which included lengthy scenes of her and Travolta thrusting and grinding in all sorts of suggestive poses, and there was no chemistry whatsoever between the two of them, and using journalism as a cover for T-&-A was seen as what it really was - just a cover.

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

"You were nude for seven seconds in Trading Places" and those were GREAT seconds!

[@lrod8721]

It’s not fair to compare mother/daughter relationships between these women, generations were very different when Janet was growing up. Mothers never got involved in their daughters lives. Thankfully that’s changed

[@robertfahr2420]

Forty minutes in. The lady who brought up "nepo baby" 37 years before nepo baby.

[@maudeboggins9834]

Ms. Leigh was truly lovely.

[@patrickd.3681]

2:40. Jamie Lee saying “uh oh” is amusing. foreshadowing as to what Donahue was going to say next.

[@blackblake3658]

Love Jamie but she was not even the best supporting actress in that movie. This was a legacy gift.

[@dantesebastian1777]

Jamie hasn't changed her personality one bit.

[@Deisi666]

I find it fascinating how women looked so different in the 80s. Janet wasn’t even 60 here

[@blackblake3658]

Less plastic surgery.

[@davemattia]

Smoker and drinker -- big time.

[@karenjanicehollick1545]

Reminds me of her part in columbo a fadingstar last resort

[@meo21626]

Saw that recently! So good !

[@ignaziodimasi2136]

congratulations on the award I wrote a story that can be made into a film it is of the fantasy genre uncle zino is my Italian name 🌹🌹

[@nickbigd]

Women actresses in prior eras were always asked about concerns/worries that they might be “perceived as difficult.” Never men.

[@sandyiannuzzi3929]

Yes! So happy Jamie Lee won the Oscar!

[@JerkyPuck]

Her screaming days were definitely not over….and us horror fans are glad!

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

19:57 so true. She saw behind the scenes and there is no magic.

[@onemercilessming1342]

Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis were in "The Vikings" together and supposedly took Jamie Lee on location with them.

[@Alexander_Keiser]

😮 Every member of the audience look slender and healthy back in those days.

[@shannonelizabethkelley7822]

It figures that that MAN'S FIRST QUESTION is about SEX..it's disgusting the world is still this way what a shame

[@CitizenTurtleIsland]

15, 20 years, eh? Always liked this woman and loved her more, when she chose to be authentic inside and outside, as she aged. I'm 61 years old... age peer.

[@robertfahr2420]

Kelly Curtis. Always known of her yet want to know more.

[@mariebristow4292]

She was a librarian at the Academy of Motion Pictures when I saw her introduce a Janet Leigh film in Hollywood at the Egyptian Theater. She had her mom’s script and read some of the margin notes.

[@CrissyRed]

Jamie Lee is rubbing her nose a lot wink wink wink sniff sniff lol

[@ThefetchNZ]

I forgot how aweful Phil was. So great to see mum and daughter together

[@jochenstossberg5427]

Why on earth do you think he was awful? He was one of the best. Very gracious and extremely bright.

[@ThefetchNZ]

@@jochenstossberg5427 if awful is the wrong word for you how about unnecessarily combative. It could have been a great conversation I just felt Phil was searching for a headline.

[@dianemanson7756]

I think you😅 are the awful one for having to make such an uninformed comment. Phil is an extremely talented, intelligent & humorous host. Later on he co-hosted a political talk show that really showed just how smart he was - how well-informed & well-read he is. A great show I still miss as it was unlike anything else on TV then or now.

[@jchow5966]

People were more open minded than they are now about some things.

[@jchow5966]

Terrific!!!!!!!!!