Jamie Lee Curtis wishes late mother Janet Leigh a happy birthday with sweet throwback photo

She was born into Hollywood royalty.

And Jamie Lee Curtis honored her late actress mother, Janet Leigh, with a heartfelt post celebrating what would have been her 94th birthday.

The 62-year-old actress shared a sweet black-and-white snap with her legendary mom from when she was just a child to mark the memory.

Tribute: Jamie Lee Curtis honored her late actress mother, Janet Leigh, with a heartfelt post celebrating what would have been her 94th birthday

‘Happy Birthday Janet Leigh. You had a BIG life and gave me one too. Love and misses,’ she captioned the post.

Janet died at her home in Beverly Hills in 2004 at the age of 77 following a year-long battle with vasculitis, a disorder that destroys blood vessels by inflammation.

Leigh was known for her award-winning role as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, Psycho. 

Mom and Dad Curtis grew up with her birth father Tony Curtis and Janet’s fourth (and final) husband, stockbroker Robert Brandt; seen with Tony and Janet in 1991

A star is born: Leigh was known for her award-winning role as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, Psycho 

She went on to star in The Manchurian Candidate, Bye Bye Birdie, Wives and Lovers and An American Dream. 

Jamie and Janet acted together in a 1978 episode of ABC’s The Love Boat, John Carpenter’s 1980 horror flick The Fog, and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998. 

Curtis grew up with her birth father Tony Curtis and Janet’s fourth (and final) husband, stockbroker Robert Brandt.   

Famous family: Jamie and Janet acted together in a 1978 episode of ABC’s The Love Boat, John Carpenter’s 1980 horror flick The Fog, and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998

‘I’m the child of movie stars. I watched my parents get face lifts and neck lifts,’ she told PEOPLE last month. 

‘I watched their work diminish, I watched their fame not diminish. And the contradiction of a lot of fame, but not a lot of work, is really hard to navigate for people. Very hard to be famous but not be doing the thing that made you famous. And that for the rest of your life, you’re famous for something you did a long time ago, and you chase that attention.’

Her breakout role in 1978’s Halloween cemented her status as a scream queen and she’ll soon star in the latest sequel from the franchise, Halloween Kills, when the flick hits theaters on Oct. 15.  

‘I wanted to be mindful, as the daughter of stars,’ Curtis said. ‘And so, I was hedging my bets, ’cause I don’t want to be the person pining away for work and not getting it. It’s humiliating and it’s a hard business. It’s all about what you look like.’  

Curtis has two adult children — daughter Annie, 33; and son Thomas, 24 — from her 36-year marriage to Christopher Guest.

‘I wanted to be mindful, as the daughter of stars,’ Curtis said. ‘And so, I was hedging my bets, ’cause I don’t want to be the person pining away for work and not getting it. It’s humiliating and it’s a hard business. It’s all about what you look like’

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