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.
Filmography
all 106
Movies 81
self 33
TV Shows 25
Director 1
Writer 1
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight (2022)
Psycho Tom (2017)
78/52 (2017)
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Psychos (2014)
Fallout (2013)
The Psycho Legacy (2010)
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
The Cockettes (2002)
The American Nightmare (2000)
24 Hour Psycho (1993)
In the Deep Woods (1992)
The Naked Target (1992)
Patricia Highsmith's Tales (1992)
A Demon in My View (1991)
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
The Ghost Writer (1990)
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
A Curious Suicide (1990)
Chillers (1990)
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)
Daughter of Darkness (1990)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Lucky Stiff (1988)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
Destroyer (1988)
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987)
King Kong! The Living Legend (1986)
Psycho III (1986)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
The Glory Boys (1984)
Psycho II (1983)
The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Double Negative (1980)
North Sea Hijack (1980)
The Black Hole (1979)
Twice a Woman (1979)
Winter Kills (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
The Horror Show (1979)
Les Misérables (1978)
First, You Cry (1978)
Remember My Name (1978)
Bitte umblättern (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Mahogany (1975)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Lovin' Molly (1974)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
The Last of Sheila Featurette (1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Play It as It Lays (1972)
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
How Awful About Allan (1970)
WUSA (1970)
Catch-22 (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
The Male Animal (1968)
Pretty Poison (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Champagne Murders (1967)
Evening Primrose (1966)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
The Fool Killer (1965)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
The Sword and the Balance (1963)
The Trial (1962)
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Phaedra (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Treffpunkt New York (1961)
Psycho (1960)
Tall Story (1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
On the Beach (1959)
Green Mansions (1959)
Discorama (1959)
The Matchmaker (1958)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
This Angry Age (1957)
The Tin Star (1957)
The Lonely Man (1957)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Stars of Cabaret (1956)
Windows (1955)
The Man Behind the Badge (1953)
The Actress (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951)
What's My Line? (1950)
Studio One (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-04-04
Deathday1992-09-12 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
Height187-centimeter
RelationshipsBerry Berenson (1973-01-01 - 1992-01-01)
ChildrenOz Perkins, Elvis Perkins
FatherOsgood Perkins
MotherJanet Esselstyn Rane
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsTony Perkins, Энтони Перкинс, Антони Перкинс
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Theatre World Award, Donostia Award, Edgar Awards, Golden Globe Award, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Palme d'Or
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