Janet Leigh said on TCM that Van Johnson was responsible for her stage name. He suggested she shorten her first name to Janet; and he thought that, since the film they were doing was a civil war drama, Lee would go well. But then he suggested she spell it Leigh. She was concerned there might a problem with confusion with Vivian Leigh, but then Van Johnson reminded her of Van Heflin. He said "there's two Van's and it hasn't hurt either of us."
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