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Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

7 films · 488 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19802022

Born 22 November 1958 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, as well as in multiple comedies, she is regarded as a "scream queen". As of 2023, her films have grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office. Curtis has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

The youngest daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis made her screen debut in a 1977 episode of the television drama Quincy, M.E..

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 488 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19802022

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2023
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1994
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role1984
  • Disney Legends2024
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year2000
  • Jupiter Awards
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 488 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jamie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 57% low key — the look of the work Jamie takes.

Time of day

Night60%
Day35%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key57%
Natural30%
High key10%

Shot size

Medium44%
Closeup24%
Wide24%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle8%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral40%
Tense34%
Ominous12%
Lonely5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 488 frames from Jamie Lee Curtis's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.