Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were one of Hollywood’s most glamorous couples in the ’50s and ’60s, but their marriage ended in bitterness. Despite the love that brought them together, their union eventually fell apart. After welcoming their first daughter, Kelly, their relationship began to crumble, and their second daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, was born in an attempt to save the marriage. Jamie later called herself a “save-the-marriage baby” but admitted, “I failed.”

Curtis and Leigh met in the early 1950s when Leigh was already a star, appearing in films like *Little Women*. Tony, still on the rise, quickly fell for her, and they married in 1951. However, behind the glamorous image, Curtis grew insecure about Leigh’s greater fame. He admitted, “I was becoming subservient.”

Their marriage suffered from Curtis’s substance abuse and infidelity, leading to their divorce in 1962. Jamie reflected, “By the time I came along… their bond had deteriorated.”

Both Jamie and Kelly followed their parents into acting, but Jamie spoke openly about the difficulties of growing up with famous parents, saying, “The comparing. The measuring up. Everywhere I went.”

Despite their parents’ tumultuous relationship, both daughters have carried on their parents’ legacies.