Halloween star who also starred in Prom Night and The Fog. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role as Wanda Gershwitz in A Fish Called Wanda. In 2015, she was cast as Dean Cathy Munsch on the FOX horror/comedy series Scream Queens.
She was born to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She left the University of the Pacific after one semester to pursue a career in acting.
Her early roles with John Carpenter made her a scream queen, and she also appeared in Freaky Friday with Lindsey Lohan.
She married Screenwriter Christopher Guest in 1984. She and Guest adopted two children named Annie and Thomas.
She starred in the 1994 film True Lies alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
