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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins.jpg
Anthony Perkins in 1975, by Allan Warren
Born (1932-04-04)April 4, 1932
New York, New York, U.S.
Died September 12, 1992(1992-09-12) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death AIDS-related pneumonia
Nationality American
Occupation Actor
Years active 1953–1992
Spouse(s) Berry Berenson (1973–1992, his death)
Children Oz Perkins
Elvis Perkins
Parent(s) Osgood Perkins
Janet Esselstyn Rane

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion but is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and its three sequels.

His other films include The Trial, Phaedra, Fear Strikes Out, Tall Story, The Matchmaker, Pretty Poison, North Sea Hijack, Five Miles to Midnight, The Black Hole, Murder on the Orient Express, Mahogany, and Crimes of Passion.

Perkins was born in New York City, son of stage and film actor Osgood Perkins and his wife, Janet Esselstyn (née Rane). His paternal great-grandfather was wood engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. He was five when his father died. Perkins was a descendant of a Mayflower passenger, John Howland. He attended Brooks School, Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College, having moved to Boston in 1942.


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