Random Delightful Things You Didn't Know About Jamie Lee Curtis (20 items)

(#4) She's Best Buds With Sigourney Weaver

Both Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver are tall, brunette, and beautiful, so it's no surprise they often go up for the same roles. Lesser people might let that competition make them bitter enemies. But for Weaver and Curtis, it has blossomed into a great friendship.

The two actors starred in a film together in 2010 called You Again, where they played rivals. But the resulting friendship has been nothing but laughs both on- and off-screen.
(#11) She's An Expert Organizer

Curtis is known as something of an expert when it comes to organization, and she prides herself on her skills. Good Housekeeping toured Curtis's home, and it's exceptionally orderly. She told the magazine, "I've created a system that allows me the brain time to disengage from what I call the custodial part of mothering and being a wife."

Curtis even has what she describes as a "soup freezer file," where she stores flat, frozen plastic bags of soup, arranged vertically.
(#2) She's Jake Gyllenhaal's Godmother

Jake Gyllenhaal is blessed not only with great hair, great looks, and an impressively difficult-to-spell name, he's also got one of the coolest godmothers on earth. Jamie Lee Curtis, who remains close friends with Gyllenhaal's parents, Stephen and Naomi, holds that honor.

Though she may seem larger than life, Curtis is no fairy godmother. She told Entertainment Weekly that "when [Gyllenhaal] actually started show business, I said, 'Look, I'm your celebrity godmother.'"
(#20) Her Sister Kelly Played Muffy In 'Trading Places'

Older sis Kelly Curtis is an actress in her own right, as well as a director.

When Jamie nabbed the lead in Trading Places, Kelly got a cameo as country club snob and headband aficionado Muffy, who mocked Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) when he was down on his luck.
(#1) She Carried On Her Mom's Horror Film Legacy

Well-known for her horror roles in the '70s and '80s, Jamie Lee Curtis didn't come by her "Scream Queen" nickname accidentally. Curtis was born into an established Hollywood family, and her mother, Janet Leigh, played one of cinema's most iconic film characters: Marion Crane in Psycho.

Curtis inherited Leigh's talent for terror and went on to make a name for herself as the star of the Halloween franchise. Recently, she re-created her mother's iconic Psycho scene for the television show Scream Queens, bringing things full circle.
(#13) She's Published Multiple Children's Books

Curtis is an accomplished writer - she works not only as an occasional blogger for the Huffington Post, but she's also a published author. The actor writes children's books, though it wasn't exactly a path she saw herself pursuing. As she mentioned at an industry event, "I never thought I'd write a book in my life. I got 840 on my SATs - combined."

Watching her daughter grow inspired Curtis to begin writing. In the past 15 years, Curtis has written nearly a dozen children's books on everything from moods to moms.