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From Stockton to stardom: 10 big names with 209 roots
1. JANET LEIGH: Actress Janet Leigh, seen receiving a honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Pacific President Donald DeRosa on May 14, 2004, comes in at No. 1.* Before she was screaming in Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in Merced before moving as an infant to Stockton, where she spent most of her childhood. She graduated from Stockton High before carrying her small‑town Central Valley roots all the way to Hollywood stardom. Named in her honor: Pacific’s Janet Leigh
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