Jamie Lee Curtis first became famous in 1978 when she played Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s Halloween. She was partly cast ...

Jamie Lee Curtis first became a household name in 1978 when she starred as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter’s Halloween. Cast partly because her mother, Janet Leigh, was famous for her role in Psycho, ...

She won three gold medals as a sprinter in the Games, an achievement that seemed unlikely given her poor health as a child. Wilma Rudolph in 1961, winning the 100-meter track meet against the U.S.S.R.