Personal Life
At the age of 15 (pretending being 18) Leigh married 18-year-old John Kenneth Carlisle in Reno, Nevada, on August 1, 1942. The marriage was annulled four months later, on December 28, 1942.
She married Stanley Reames in 1945 and they were divorced in 1948.
Leigh married her third husband, Tony Curtis, on June 4, 1951. They had two children, Kelly and Jamie Lee, who both subsequently became actresses. Following their divorce in 1962, Leigh married stockbroker, Robert Brandt, in Las Vegas; they remained married until her death.
She served on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Foundation, a medical-services provider for actors.
Leigh was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, on May 14, 2004.
Leigh was a Democrat and appeared alongside Tony Curtis at the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
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