One of the most famous horror movies - and horror scenes - in skinemais definitely Alfred Hitchcock'sPsycho. While we didn't see Janet's fully nude body, Psycho titillatedat the time for its skintillating shower scene and the salacious bras on Janet Leigh. Let's throw it back to Janet's major movie contribution.

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh hailed from California and was born Jeanette Helen Morrison. As a California child, she spent a lot of time watching movies by herself which inspired her to be an actress and with a face like hers it's no wonder that she was soon discovered (by actress Norma Shearer) and soon started earning starring roles. She evengave us some suggestive nudity in Safari.

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

Psycho was revolutionaryfor several reasons and one of those reasons was its opening scene that featured Janet in her bra with her discreet lover in a motel room. That kind of thing simply wasn't done in Hays Code Hollywood, but Hitchcock wanted to lock the audience into his thriller by giving us our first thrill: Janet's bombers!

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

We're absolutely psycho for Jan's body and Hitchcock knew that so he shot his infamous shower scene. This was an absolutely scandalous scene because actually showing someone in the shower hadn't been done since before the Hays Code. He did several close-ups and famously used 78 shots for a scene that lasted only 45 seconds and killed off the movie's main character. For years Janet claimed that it was her in the scene, but we now know it was a body double. The real scream queen in that scene? Playgirl Marli Renfro.

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

Janet gave birth to another major scream queen: Jamie Lee Curtis who wound up doing her mom proud with her role in Halloween.

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

Psychowas remade starringAnne Heche who does the infamous scene a lot of justice. How do you think they compare? Even though the 90's movie would have been able to show much more head-on nudity without bothering the censors, it stayed true to Alfred's cuts that chose closeup shots that just barely grazed the nipple. Even with that tactic, we could still spy Anne's nips!

#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh#TBT to Scream Queen Janet Leigh

Sadly, Janet struggled to be taken seriously after starring in Psycho. She did continue acting, taking roles here and there, but she would forever be known as the original Marion Crane in Psycho. #TBT to the original scream queen!