Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film set in the fictional suburban midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, USA on Halloween. The Babysitter Murders was its original title.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

John Carpenter directed the film which stars Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle, Tony Moran and Tommy Lee Wallace sharing the role of Michael Myers.

The film centers on Myers' escape from a psychiatric hospital, his murdering of teenagers, and Dr. Loomis' attempts to track and stop him.

Jamie Lee Curtis is an actress. She was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train. ~ Latest Michael Myers is Tyler Mane.

Halloween is regarded as a classic among horror films, and as one of the most influential horror films of its era. ~ Real life horror, was that of Sharon Tate.

Curtis has since developed a of collection of film projects that cover many genres. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times.

Jamie Lee Curtis is married to actor Christopher Guest (Lord Haden-Guest) and, as the wife of a lord, is titled Lady Haden-Guest, but she chooses not to use the title when in the United States. She is currently the spokeswoman for Activia. She is also a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper.

Curtis is the daughter of actor parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.  She grew up acting, after attending the  University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Jamie considered majoring in social work, but left after a semester in order to pursue a career in acting.

Curtis's film debut was the 1978 horror Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only central teenage character in the film who is not killed. The film was a major success and was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time, earning status as a classic horror film. Curtis was subsequently cast in several horror films, garnering her the title of a "scream queen".

Her next film following Halloween was the horror film, The Fog, which was directed by Halloween director John Carpenter. Getting out of the horror genre, Curtis' role in 1983's Trading Places helped her to leave the horror queen image behind.

1988's A Fish Called Wanda achieved near cult status – while showcasing her as a first rate comic actress. She won a Golden Globe for her work in 1994's True Lies (with the Governator) ~ nominated at Scream Awards.

Curtis' other successful film roles include Disney's Freaky Friday (2003), opposite Lindsay Lohan. The movie was filmed at Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, near where Curtis and Guest make their home with their children. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in this movie.

Spending Christmas with the Kranks, she convinced Reader's Digest "

... that telling the truth is something she does all the time."

In October 2006 Curtis told Access Hollywood that she has closed the book on her acting career to focus on family. However, she returned to acting after she was cast in June 2007 in Disney's live-action-animated film, Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Curtis made her TV debut in an episode of Columbo, but her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy Anything But Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992. Since then she has been a guest on a variety of TV shows as well as game show episodes of Match Game.

In addition to film and television, Curtis has written several children's books.

Children's books - Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of children's books, all published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

* When I was Little: A Four-Year Old's Memoir Of Her Youth, 1993.
* Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born, 1996.
* Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, 1998; listed on the New York Times best-seller list for 9 weeks.
* Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery, 2000.
* I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem, 2002.
* It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel, 2004.
* Is There Really A Human Race?, 2006.
* Big Words for Little People, ISBN 9780061127595, 2008.
* My Friend Jay, 2009, edition of one, presented to Jay Leno