
Anthony Perkins
Born: 1932-04-04
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazan’s production of Tea and Sympathy (1955). He quickly became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, working alongside actors such as Henry Fonda (The Tin Star), Sophia Loren (Desire Under the Elms), Shirley MacLaine (The Matchmaker), Audrey Hepburn (Green Mansions), and Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, and Ava Gardner (On the Beach). He left Hollywood in 1960 and had a successful career in Europe, where he co-starred with Ingrid Bergman (Aimez-vous Brahms?), Melina Mercouri (Phaedra), Brigitte Bardot (Une ravissante idiote), and Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, and Orson Welles (Le procès). He returned to Hollywood in 1968 with Pretty Poison, which became a cult classic. In the decades that followed, his career continued to flourish alongside personalities like Diana Ross (Mahogany), Jeff Goldblum (Remember My Name), Elizabeth Taylor (Winter Kills), John Candy (Double Negative), and Lauren Bacall (Murder on the Orient Express). In 1973, he co-wrote The Last of Sheila with Stephen Sondheim. During his career, he won a Golden Globe, a Cannes Award, and a David di Donatello Award, and was nominated for two Tony Awards and one Academy Award. Perkins died on September 12, 1992, of AIDS complications.
Known For

Psycho

The Orson Welles Story

Fifty Shades of Erotica

Destroyer

Winter Kills

Murder on the Orient Express

Les Misérables

The Cockettes

Tall Story

The Champagne Murders

Mahogany

Pretty Poison

Catch-22

On the Beach

Phaedra

North Sea Hijack

Crimes of Passion

Psycho II

WUSA

Green Mansions

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Agent 38-24-36

The Tin Star

The Black Hole

Lovin' Molly

The Trial

Double Negative

Tab Hunter Confidential

The Lonely Man

Is Paris Burning?

Psycho IV: The Beginning

I'm Dangerous Tonight

A Demon in My View

Psycho III

Ten Days' Wonder

Twice a Woman

The Ghost Writer

The Actress

Edge of Sanity

Friendly Persuasion

24 Hour Psycho

Evening Primrose

First, You Cry

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Daughter of Darkness

The Naked Target

In the Deep Woods

The Making of 'Psycho'

Night of 100 Stars

This Angry Age

Goodbye Again

The Horror Show

How Awful About Allan

Remember My Name

Fallout

Desire Under the Elms

Fear Strikes Out

The American Nightmare

The Sins of Dorian Gray

The Matchmaker

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

The Fool Killer

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Play It as It Lays

Someone Behind the Door

The Sword and the Balance

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

Five Miles to Midnight

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

Stars of Cabaret
