Lila Crane
| Psycho character | |
|---|---|
| Lila Crane | |
 Vera Miles as Lila Crane in Psycho (1960). |
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| Created by | Robert Bloch |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 1982 (aged 54) Fairvale, California, U.S. |
| Race | Caucasian |
| Relationships |
Marion Crane (sister, deceased) Sam Loomis (husband, deceased) Mary Loomis (daughter, deceased; film canon only) |
| Portrayed by: |
Vera Miles (Psycho, Psycho II) Julianne Moore (Psycho (1998)) |
Lila Loomis (née Crane) is a fictional character created by Robert Bloch in his 1959 novel Psycho, and portrayed by Vera Miles in its 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She is the sister of slain victim Marion Crane. Additionally, Lila appears in Bloch's sequel novel and the unrelated sequel film of the same name, in which she serves as an antagonist.
Lila Crane is the younger sister of Marion Crane (Mary in the novel), played by Janet Leigh). After Marion steals $40,000 from her boss, Mr. Lowerly (Vaughn Taylor), she plans to run off from Phoenix, Arizona to the (fictional) small town of Fairvale, California, where her boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin) lives so she could marry him. Lila travels to Fairvale to meet Sam, hoping that Marion would be there with him and the money. She planned to convince Marion to return the money to her employer, so that he won't press charges. Upon arriving in Fairvale, she learns from Sam that he has not seen Marion for days; she has disappeared. Shortly after her arrival, a private investigator hired by Marion's employer, Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam), also comes into contact with her and Sam.
Arbogast searches local hotels, eventually coming to the Bates Motel. After calling to update Lila and Sam about tracing Marion to the motel, he disappears as well. This prompts Sam and Lila to pose as a married couple in order to get a room at the motel to investigate without arousing the suspicion of the owner, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Lila makes her way to Norman's house while Sam distracts him. When Norman realizes what Lila is up to, he knocks Sam unconscious and runs after her. When she enters the fruit cellar, she makes a ghastly discovery: the corpse of Norman's mother, whom Norman claimed was alive. A moment later, Norman enters dressed in his mother's clothes and a wig, wielding a kitchen knife. He attacks her, but Sam tackles him to the ground and disarms him. A psychiatrist later tells her that Norman — who murders people while under the control of an alternate personality taking the form of his long-dead mother — killed her sister and Arbogast.
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