Anthony Perkins
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Date of Birth:
4 April 1932, New York, New York, USA
Date of Death:
12 September 1992, Hollywood, California, USA (pneumonia as a complication of AIDS)
Nicknames:
Tony
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Spouse
Berry Berenson (9 August 1973 - 11 September 1991) (his death) 2 children
Trade Mark:
Played psychotic roles.
Trivia: Boycotted the 1987 television movie Bates Motel (1987) (TV). Son of Osgood Perkins. Father of Oz Perkins and Elvis Perkins. Entered Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in September 1950. Also on campus during his first year were Fred Rogers (of "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" (1968)) who graduated in 1951 and John Reardon, class of 1952. In 1953 he was offered a leading part 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. On September 11, 2001 his widow and mother of his two sons, Berry Berenson was one of the 58 victims on AA-11 out of Boston that terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center. Former brother-in-law of Marisa Berenson. |
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