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Anthony Perkins(1932-1992)

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Anthony Perkins circa 1958
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Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his screen debut in The Actress (1953), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar Friendly Persuasion (1956). Four years later, he appeared in what would be his most noted role, Norman Bates in Psycho (1960), memorializing him into film history forever.
BornApril 4, 1932
DiedSeptember 12, 1992(60)
BornApril 4, 1932
DiedSeptember 12, 1992(60)
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Anthony Perkins in Psycho III (1986)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
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Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, and Vera Miles in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)
Anthony Perkins in Saturday Night Live (1975)

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Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)
Psycho
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  • Norman Bates
  • 1960
Psycho II (1983)
Psycho II
6.5
  • Norman Bates
  • 1983
Anthony Perkins in Psycho III (1986)
Psycho III
5.4
  • Norman Bates
  • 1986
Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens, and Yvette Mimieux in The Black Hole (1979)
The Black Hole
5.9
  • Dr. Alex Durant
  • 1979

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Actor

  • Rosanna Arquette and Anthony Perkins in In the Deep Woods (1992)
    In the Deep Woods
  • The Naked Target (1992)
    The Naked Target
  • Anthony Perkins in A Demon in My View (1991)
    A Demon in My View
  • Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
    Psycho IV: The Beginning
  • The Ghost Writer (1990)
    The Ghost Writer
  • Anthony Perkins and Mädchen Amick in I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
    I'm Dangerous Tonight
  • Daughter of Darkness (1990)
    Daughter of Darkness
  • Edge of Sanity (1989)
    Edge of Sanity
  • Destroyer (1988)
    Destroyer
  • Jacqueline Bisset and Armand Assante in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987)
    Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
  • Anthony Perkins in Psycho III (1986)
    Psycho III
  • Kathleen Turner in Crimes of Passion (1984)
    Crimes of Passion
  • The Glory Boys (1984)
    The Glory Boys
  • For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
    For the Term of His Natural Life
  • Psycho II (1983)
    Psycho II

Director

  • Lucky Stiff (1988)
    Lucky Stiff
  • Anthony Perkins in Psycho III (1986)
    Psycho III
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Writer

  • The Last of Sheila (1973)
    The Last of Sheila

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    • April 4, 1932
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • September 12, 1992
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia as a complication of AIDS)
    • Berry BerensonAugust 9, 1973 - September 12, 1992 (his death, 2 children)
    • Elvis Perkins
    • Osgood Perkins
  • Other works
    Directed and starred as Tandy, the protagonist, in Bruce Jay Friedman's play "Steambath", which debuted off-Broadway at the Truck and Warehouse Theater on June 30, 1970 and closed on October 18, 1970 after 128 performances.
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    • 2 Biographical Movies
    • 5 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Interviews
    • 9 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 8 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Entered Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in September 1950. Also on campus during his first year were Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)) who graduated in 1951 and John Reardon, class of 1952. In 1953 he was offered a leading role in the movie The Actress (1953). Almost immediately after returning to his studies he left to replace John Kerr in "Tea and Sympathy" on Broadway. He never completed his degree but was given an honorary degree by the college some 20 years later.
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    I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
    • Nervous, sweet but often unbalanced characters.
    • Edge of Sanity
      (1989)
      $666,000 .

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