Jamie Lee Curtis starred in John Carpenter's Halloween as teenager Laurie Strode.
 The producer, Debra Hill, specifically cast Curtis because her mother, Leigh, had been known as a horror icon
In March 2012, Curtis was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play 8a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriageas Sandy Stier

