#2: Her Parents Divorce in 1962 and Her Father’s Presence Becomes Limited
In 1962, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis divorced when Jamie Lee Curtis was four years old. Following the separation, she primarily lived with her mother in Los Angeles while her father’s involvement in her daily life became limited.

The divorce marked a defining shift in her early family structure. In later interviews, she described her father as largely absent during her upbringing. The separation shaped the foundation of a relationship that would remain complicated into adulthood.
