The nude body you see on-screen is not Janet Leigh's but Marli Renfro's
Posted by Mr. Bill on 4/15/2024, 11:24 pm, in reply to "
Movie Psycho"
Hitchcock knew that American men were curious about Janet Leigh and used that to his advantage. Marli Renfro, a pin-up model, heard about the requirement of a body double for a nude scene for a Universal Studios production from a photographer she was working with. She had to strip in her audition. She got the part as her body type was similar to Janet Leigh's. In the scene, when Leigh's Marion pulls down the curtain, you can spot her disfigured ring finger that she cut off accidentally as a 3-year-old trying to help her brother with a lawn mower.
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