It was in the 1970s that the phrase "Scream Queen " gained major prominence thanks to four iconic horror movie actresses: Veronica Cartwright, Sandra Peabody, Dee Wallace, and of course, James Lee Curtis . Women who paved the way for them included Fay Wray, from 1933's King Kong and known as the "very first scream queen," Anne Gwynne (Chris Pine's grandmother) who starred in 1940's Black Friday opposite Boris Karloff and 1944's House of Frankenstein , as well as Janet Leigh (Jamie's mother) who is known as Marion in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

"Scream Queen" is a term used to refer to the conventionally attractive young damsel-in-distress characters that always appear in the horror genre, and although derogatory it has taken on a new meaning, with many on-screen "screa

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