Marion Crane

Marion Crane
Psycho character
Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in a promotional still for Psycho (1960)
First appearance	Psycho (1959)
Created by	Robert Bloch
Portrayed by	Janet Leigh Vera Miles (Psycho trailer) Anne Heche Rihanna
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Lila Crane (sister) Mary Loomis (deceased niece; film canon only)
Significant other	Sam Loomis (deceased boyfriend/brother-in-law)

Marion Crane (originally known as Mary Crane, also by the alias Marie Samuels) is a fictional character of Robert Bloch's 1959 thriller novel Psycho and portrayed by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film adaptation. She was later played by Anne Heche in the 1998 remake and Rihanna in the television series Bates Motel (2017).^[1]

Marion was conceived by Bloch as a false protagonist, and is the sister of Psycho's true protagonist Lila Crane. Leigh's portrayal of the character is the best known, establishing the actress as one of the first scream queens and the character as culturally significant; Leigh also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award. Heche's portrayal was ambivalently received by critics.