Signed by MGM

Film debut in "The Romance of Rosy Ridge"

Played title role in "My Sister Eileen"

Began TV appearances with "The Rosemary Clooney Show"

Broke out of ingenue mold for good with performance in Alfred Hitchcock's motion picture "Psycho"; earned Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress

Co-starred in the classic "The Manchurian Candidate"

Played Rosie in film "Bye Bye Birdie"

Made TV-movie debut, "The Monk" (ABC)

Co-starred in Stephen Verona's "Boardwalk"

Published autobiography, "There Really Was a Hollywood"

Returned to "Psycho" territory as host of the Showtime TV-movie "Psycho IV: The Beginning"

Published memoir on the making of "Psycho"

Published first novel "House of Destiny"

Appeared with daughter Jamie Lee Curtis in "Halloween H2O"

Appeared as mother of Nancy McKeon and Alexandra Wilson in the CBS TV-movie "In My Sister's Shadow"