Posted 22 minutes agoHere's Why Jamie Lee Curtis's Mom Janet Leigh Refused To Let Her Audition For "The Exorcist"Mother knows best.by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Imagine a world where Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't known for 1978's Halloween. It almost doesn't seem possible, considering she was in seven movies from the franchise. Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images Before her big-screen debut in John Carpenter's Halloween, there was actually another horror movie classic that almost featured a very young Jamie Lee, but her mother wasn't having it.