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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Director | Actor | Writer
Date of birth : 04/04/1932
Date of death : 09/12/1992
City of birth : New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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